- Virtually no aid has reached north Gaza in 40 days, UN says BBC.com
- How my family has survived the famine in Gaza Mondoweiss
- Days, Not Weeks: Gaza, Starvation, and the Imperative to Act Now Just Security
- UN Security Council members call for ‘huge’ surge in aid entry to Gaza The Times of Israel
- Video Humanitarian aid crisis in Gaza ABC News
Milei plan to privatise Argentina river sparks fears among local communities
Communities on Paraná River fear privatisation of waterway operations will destroy way of life
River communities in Argentina fear that Javier Milei’s plans to privatise operations on a key shipping route could lead to environmental damage and destroy their way of life.
Since taking office almost a year ago, the self-styled “anarcho-capitalist” president has pledged to privatise a number of the state’s assets. The latest is the Paraguay-Paraná waterway – a shipping route of strategic importance for Argentina and its neighbours.
Continue reading...‘Bomb cyclone’ slams western US, leaving two dead and 600,000 without power
Authorities warn that severe winds and heavy rains are expected across the northwestern United States through Friday.
Extremist Timbuktu Islamic police chief sentenced to 10 years in jail by ICC
Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud had been convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity
The international criminal court has sentenced an al-Qaida-linked extremist leader to 10 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity carried out when he headed the Islamic police in Timbuktu in Mali, west Africa.
Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud was convicted in June of torture, religious persecution and other inhumane acts. Judges found he was a “key figure” in a reign of terror after Islamic extremist rebels overran the ancient desert city in 2012.
Continue reading...Thousands in Greece strike to protest soaring living costs
Demonstrations held in Athens and Thessaloniki against rising prices, low wages and unaffordable housing.
US vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire
Vote marks fourth time Joe Biden's administration has vetoed a UNSC Gaza ceasefire resolution since Israel's war began.
US vetoes another UN Security Council resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire
The US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of captives.
Miss Universe runner-up to move to Nigeria after South Africa nationality row
Furore over whether Chidimma Adetshina was really South African led to invitation to represent Nigeria
A beauty queen who pulled out of the Miss South Africa competition when her nationality was questioned has said she wants to relocate to Nigeria, after coming second in the Miss Universe pageant while representing the West African country.
Chidimma Adetshina, whose father is Nigerian, was crowned Miss Universe Africa and Oceania and came runner-up to Denmark’s Victoria Kjær Theilvig in Mexico on Saturday night.
Continue reading...Jimmy Lai trial: key points from media mogul’s testimony on first day
Detained pro-democracy activist spoke for first time about charges against him under Hong Kong national security law
Jimmy Lai, the detained pro-democracy activist and media mogul who is the target of Hong Kong’s most high-profile national security case, took the stand in court on Wednesday. For the first time since he was detained in December 2020, Lai spoke publicly about the charges against him, for which he faces spending the rest of his life behind bars.
Four years after his arrest, the 77-year-old seemed older and not as strong as he used to be. His first words – swearing an oath on the Bible – were delivered hoarsely.
Continue reading...Australia vs India: Kohli and Rohit in spotlight for Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Australia and India resume a rivalry ready to challenge the Ashes as Test cricket's number one.
Tottenham appeal against length of Bentancur ban for racial slur on Son
Tottenham accept misconduct ruling against Uruguayan midfielder but appeal against length of seven-game ban.
Police in Georgia break up protest camp
Police in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi have dragged away and arrested anti-government protesters.
All That Remains
Fault Lines follows the journey of a 13-year-old amputee from Gaza named Leyan as she seeks treatment in the US.
Jihadist police chief of Timbuktu jailed for war crimes in Mali – BBC.com
- Jihadist police chief of Timbuktu jailed for war crimes in Mali BBC.com
- ICC sentences al-Qaida-linked former police chief to 10 years for war crimes in Mali The Associated Press
- Extremist Timbuktu Islamic police chief sentenced to 10 years in jail by ICC The Guardian
- ICC sentences Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz to 10 years over Mali war crimes Al Jazeera English
- ICC sentences Malian Islamist to 10 years over Timbuktu repression Reuters
Iran has offered to keep uranium below purity levels for a bomb, IAEA confirms
UN inspectorate chief calls Tehran’s move a ‘concrete step in the right direction’, amid threat of restored sanctions
Iran has offered to keep its stock of uranium enriched up to 60% – below the purity levels required to make a nuclear bomb – the head of the UN nuclear inspectorate, Rafael Grossi, has confirmed amid the threat of restored European sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear activities.
“I think this is … a concrete step in the right direction. We have a fact which has been verified by us. It is the first time Iran has agreed to take a different path,” Grossi said in Vienna on Tuesday.
Continue reading...Jihadist police chief of Timbuktu jailed for war crimes
Prosecutors say he led a "reign of terror" after the city was overrun by an al-Qaeda-linked group in 2012.
ICC sentences Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz to 10 years over Mali war crimes
Al Hassan was convicted in June of war crimes during the 2012-13 period, when Ansar al-Din ruled Timbuktu.
Israeli strikes on Syria’s Palmyra kill 36, state media say
A UK-based monitor says the strikes hit a weapons warehouse and the homes of Iran-backed fighters.
Biden agrees to give Ukraine anti-personnel mines
A US official tells the BBC the mines will be given soon, as Russia advances steadily in the east.
How gangsters took over Gaza’s aid routes – Financial Times
- How gangsters took over Gaza’s aid routes Financial Times
- Gangs looting Gaza aid operate in areas under Israeli control, aid groups say The Washington Post
- How was a UN aid convoy robbed near Israeli military positions? Al Jazeera English
- Cigarettes for $1,000: regulated aid in Gaza leads to rise in looters, smugglers The Jerusalem Post
- After 97 UN aid trucks in Gaza are ‘violently looted’ by armed men, food prices soar Fox News