February 27, 2024

US airman dead after self-immolating outside Israeli embassy

AFP: A US airman has died after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington at the weekend in protest over the war...

International

February 27, 2024

Biden hopes for ceasefire in days as Israelis, Hamas take part in Qatar talks

Reuters: US President Joe Biden said on Monday (26 February) he hopes to have a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza start by next...

International

February 27, 2024

Farmers shout slogans as they burn an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other ministers at a protest site, during the march towards New Delhi to push for better crop prices promised to them in 2021, at Shambhu Barrier, the border between Punjab and Haryana states, India February 23, 2024.

International

February 27, 2024

Indian protesters determined to secure agrarian reforms

Reuters : Farmers in India’s northern Punjab state demanding higher prices for their crops from the national government are relying on young students to ensure...

International

February 27, 2024

‘31,000 Ukrainian troops killed’

BBC Online : Volodymyr Zelensky says 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed during Russia’s full-scale invasion. The Ukrainian president said he would not give the...

International

February 27, 2024

Palestinian Prime Minister Shtayyeh resigns

Reuters : Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said on Monday he was resigning to allow for the formation of a broad consensus among Palestinians about...

International

February 26, 2024

Maryam Nawaz becomes first woman to be chief minister of Punjab

Reuters: Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of Pakistan’s three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was elected on Monday as the head of the country’s most populous...

International

February 26, 2024

Palestinian government submits resignation to Abbas: PM

AFP: Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Monday announced the resignation of his government which rules parts of the occupied West Bank. “I submit the...

International

February 25, 2024

Somalia will defend itself if Ethiopia seals

Reuters : Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said his country would “defend itself” if Ethiopia goes ahead with a deal to set up a naval...

International

February 25, 2024

Gaza desperately needs more aid but agencies can’t cope

BBC : The images have been searing. Children scrabbling in the dirt, gathering handfuls of spilled flour which they stuff into their pockets. Aid trucks...