Can Russia and Iran challenge the Western-led global order?
Iran and Russia to sign a 20-year strategic partnership agreement.
Thousands across Gaza celebrate ceasefire announcement
Qatar says Israel and Hamas have agreed a ceasefire starting on Sunday to halt the devastating 15-month war in Gaza.
See the scenes of celebration in Gaza as Hamas agrees to ceasefire terms
Palestinians celebrate the news of Hamas agreeing to ceasefire terms.
Georgian opposition leader beaten up, blames governing party members
Giorgia Gakharia needs hospital treatment in the latest attack on an opposition leader.
People with Covid vaccine injuries not getting help they need, inquiry hears
Vaccine damage payment scheme ‘inadequate and inefficient,’ says Vaccine Injured spokesperson
People who were severely harmed by Covid vaccines faced an “inadequate and inefficient” process for obtaining a government payout, with many rejected and others waiting years for a decision, the Covid inquiry has heard.
The vaccine damage payment scheme offers a one-off sum of £120,000 to people who have such serious adverse reactions to the vaccines that they are at least 60% disabled. But people affected by vaccine injuries told the inquiry they did not get the help and financial support they deserved.
Continue reading...Ceasefire in Gaza: A fragile calm amid unending struggle
Is this really a step towards peace or just another chapter in a story of delayed justice and extended suffering?
Biden says US, Israeli pressure on Hamas led to Gaza ceasefire
US President Joe Biden says the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal is the agreement the US introduced in spring 2024.
‘A stern message’: how return of Trump loomed over Gaza ceasefire negotiations
US president-elect demanded a deal – while success against Iran and Hezbollah gave Israeli PM room to make one
The phone call from Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steven Witkoff, surprised the aides of Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Calling from Doha in Qatar last Friday evening, after Shabbat had already begun, Witkoff announced he was coming to Israel and would meet Netanyahu. Overruling the suggestion of Netanyahu’s aides that they could meet once the Jewish day of rest was over, Witkoff, 67 – a billionaire lawyer and real estate developer – insisted brusquely that they meet in the morning.
Continue reading...‘Staying alive was luck’: Joy and despair as Gaza ceasefire agreed
Hamas, Israel reach ceasefire deal, Qatar, US say, leaving Palestinians with mixed feelings, and an urge to return home.
The human toll of Israel’s war on Gaza – by the numbers
After 15 months of war, Israel and Hamas reach a ceasefire. Al Jazeera breaks down the impact on human life.
Let’s rejoice the ceasefire, but also make sure Gaza is allowed to recover
What we witnessed in Gaza was the destruction of an entire society. Healing will not be easy.
Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire deal: Qatari PM
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza, the Qatari Prime Minister has announced.
Trudeau meets with Canada’s provincial leaders to plan for Trump tariffs
Canadian leaders pledged to pursue a 'strong' response if slapped with the 25-percent tariffs Trump has threatened.
South Africa accused of ‘horrific’ crackdown as 78 bodies pulled from mine
The Democratic Alliance, the second-biggest party in the governing coalition, calls for an independent inquiry.
Reports say Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire deal
Celebrations in Gaza following reports that Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire deal.
‘Homecoming’ show for artist Frank Auerbach to be held at Berlin gallery
Exclusive: First show of figurative painter’s work to be displayed in city he fled in 1939 to escape Nazi regime
Frank Auerbach is to be the subject of what has been billed as a homecoming show in Berlin, at which some of his final paintings will be displayed in the city he fled as a child.
Auerbach, who died in November last year, never had a show in the city of his birth, which he left due to persecution by the Nazis. Both of his parents were later killed in Auschwitz.
Continue reading...Italy seeks to protect restaurants and hotels from fake and paid-for reviews
Under draft law, online reviewers would have to provide ID and proof that they visited the place in question
The Italian government is seeking to clamp down on fake and paid-for online reviews in an effort to protect the country’s hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions from misleading and damaging content.
Under a draft law announced this week, which still needs to be approved in parliament, anyone wanting to write an online review would be required to provide verifiable ID and proof that they visited the place in question.
Continue reading...Qatar announces Israel and Hamas agreement on Gaza truce, captive exchange
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that several aspects of the proposal are 'unresolved'.
What do we know about the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal in Gaza?
Gaza ceasefire agreed, including a prisoner exchange and aid surge, after more than 460 days of conflict.
Ireland’s two main centre-right parties to form coalition government
Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin will be taoiseach for first three years with Fine Gael’s Simon Harris taking over in November 2027
Ireland’s two main centre-right parties have clinched a deal with a group of independent lawmakers to form a coalition government, six weeks after an election that wiped out the Greens as a political force.
In the deal, sealed on Wednesday, Fianna Fáil’s leader, Micheál Martin, will become taoiseach, or prime minister, for the first three years of the five-year government, with the incumbent Fine Gael leader, Simon Harris, taking over in November 2027.
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