Israeli strikes on Gaza restaurant and market kill 33 – health ministry – BBC
- Israeli strikes on Gaza restaurant and market kill 33 - health ministry BBC
- Israeli strikes kill 48 at Gaza shelters for displaced Palestinians, hospitals say, as military operation intensifies CNN
- Airstrikes Pound Gaza as Israel Announces Plans to Displace More Residents The New York Times
- Hamas-run authorities say at least 48 killed in series of IDF strikes in Gaza The Times of Israel
- Israeli attacks kill more than 60 as Gaza blockade accelerates starvation Al Jazeera
Israeli strikes on Gaza restaurant and market kill 33, health ministry says
The restaurant in Gaza City's Rimal neighbourhood had been recently been operating a community kitchen.
India’s Pakistan strikes show how warfare has been normalised again
All-out war is unlikely but shifting of goalposts amid Gaza and Ukraine conflicts suggests Kashmir crisis could escalate
India’s string of attacks on Pakistan overnight – a response, Delhi says, to the killing of 26 in a terror attack in Kashmir last month – comes at a time when warfare has become increasingly normalised internationally and the restraints of the global diplomatic system weakened.
Though flare-ups between the two south Asian powers are nothing new, India’s Operation Sindoor is already notably more aggressive than recent military actions launched by Delhi against its neighbour in 2016 and 2019, raising the stakes for Pakistan’s promised response to what it says was “an act of war”.
Continue reading...Sistine Chapel doors closed as Vatican conclave begins
The papal conclave has begun as a Vatican offical declared ‘extra omnes’, signaling non-voters to exit the chapel.
Two-thirds of global warming caused by world’s richest 10%, study finds
Study authors argue progressive taxes on wealth and carbon-intensive investments could provide a solution.
‘I wish I could say that the worst is over’: Former Pakistani FM Bhutto
“I wish I could say that the worst is over," former Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari told Al Jazeera.
‘It’s not Europe bad, America good’: JD Vance returns to Munich meeting
In his third appearance with the Munich Security Conference, the US vice president sought to strike a conciliatory tone.
Kashmir crisis: what is Lashkar-e-Taiba and is it supported by Pakistan?
India claims to have attacked camps associated with a militant group in Pakistan – but what is its relationship with Islamabad?
As India launches missile strikes on what it says are camps associated with militant groups inside Pakistan in retaliation for last month’s massacre in Kashmir, attention has once again focused on India’s claimed relationship between Islamabad and armed groups involved in attacks in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, most prominently Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Continue reading...Elk could return to UK after 3,000 years in rewilding project
First stage of initiative will introduce ‘keystone’ species to beaver enclosures in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Elk could return to the UK after 3,000 years under plans by the Wildlife Trusts to reintroduce the “keystone” species into Britain’s landscapes.
The Derbyshire Wildlife Trust wants to introduce elk into two existing beaver enclosures in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, with the hope of demonstrating that the large semiaquatic deer should be released to roam free in the wild.
Continue reading...Trump plans to announce US will refer to Arabian Gulf rather than Persian Gulf
Move sparks outrage in Iran as diplomats try to broker deal between Tehran and Washington over nuclear programme
Donald Trump plans to announce while on his trip to Saudi Arabia next week that the US will now refer to the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf of Arabia rather than the Persian Gulf.
The move has prompted outrage from Iranian leaders, and last-minute efforts are being made to persuade Trump to pull back from offending Iran in the midst of vital talks on the future of the Iranian nuclear programme. “If Trump went ahead with the proposal he would manage to unite every Iranian, pro- or anti-regime, against him, and that is a near impossible achievement,” one diplomat said.
Continue reading...25 years of Putin: what can we expect next?
How has Russia’s leader maintained his longevity – and how has it shaped the world?
Why was a Gaza ‘Freedom Flotilla’ ship attacked?
Drones struck a Freedom Flotilla ship carrying aid bound for Gaza. Organisers believe Israel was behind the attack.
Court orders detained Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk returned to Vermont
Lawyers say the Turkish national, who has been held in a Louisiana Ice center for two weeks, was illegally detained
A federal appeals court on Wednesday granted a judge’s order to bring a Turkish Tufts University student from a Louisiana immigration detention center back to New England for hearings to determine whether her rights were violated.
A judicial panel of the New York-based US second circuit court of appeals ruled in the case of Rümeysa Öztürk after lawyers representing her and the US justice department presented arguments at a hearing on Tuesday.
The Associated Press contributed reporting
Continue reading...Palestinians turn plastic into diesel amid fuel shortage in Gaza
Amid Gaza’s worsening fuel crisis under the Israeli blockade, Palestinians are converting plastic into diesel.
Libyan authorities reject report they will take in US deportees
President Trump has denied knowledge of Libya deportations, though his officials have sought to deport migrants abroad.
Trump says he’ll decide what the U.S. will call the Persian Gulf during his Middle East visit – PBS
- Trump says he’ll decide what the U.S. will call the Persian Gulf during his Middle East visit PBS
- Trump planning to change how US refers to Persian Gulf CNN
- Trump to rename Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf ahead of US-Iran nuclear talks, Middle East trip: report Fox News
- Trump plans to rename Persian Gulf, officials say The Times of Israel
- Trump's Reported Move To Rename Persian Gulf Unites Iranians In Outrage Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Mali’s military government suspends political parties’ activities
Decree signed by General Goita suspends activities 'until further notice', citing 'reasons of public order'.
Between borders and bombs, I lost my mum: A daughter’s tribute from Gaza
As Israel continues to bomb Gaza, Maram Humaid writes about never getting the chance to say goodbye to her mother.
Rohit Sharma announces retirement from Test cricket
The India captain's announcement brings an end to the career of one of his country's best Test match batsmen.