‘Hell Plan’: Israel’s scheme for Gaza
Could phase two of the Gaza ceasefire be dead even before it gets underway?
Vital leprosy drugs due in Nigeria after year delay
Newly diagnosed patients may have suffered irreversible damage as a result of not having the drugs.
Reform MP Rupert Lowe hits back at party leadership after losing whip
MP accused of threatening party chair says dealing with leadership is like smashing his head against a brick wall
Rupert Lowe has compared dealing with the Reform party leadership to smashing his head against a brick wall amid a public war of words that has revealed deep tensions at the heart of the rightwing party.
Lowe posted a statement on X asking the party leader, Nigel Farage, to have dinner with him less than 24 hours after Lowe lost the Reform whip, having been accused of threatening the party chair, Zia Yusuf.
Continue reading...South Korea’s impeached President Yoon released from prison
Yoon was arrested in mid-January on insurrection charges over his brief imposition of martial law weeks earlier.
How close are scientists to producing artificial blood?
Clinical trials from the UK to Japan are exploring man-made substitutes for blood.
Trump’s polarising appeal leaves European populists in a tight spot
Nationalist parties have tended to praise the US president’s politics, but many voters dislike his treatment of Ukraine
Europe’s rightwing populist parties are split over how far to distance themselves from Donald Trump’s pressure on Ukraine, with some fearing unflinching solidarity with the US president’s brand of nationalism will damage their efforts to widen their domestic support.
Broadly, unease over Trump’s treatment of Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and the ominous encroach of authoritarianism by the new US administration, is strongest among the populist parties in western Europe and some Nordic countries.
Continue reading...Manchester United vs Arsenal: Premier League preview – teams, watch, stream
Manchester United host title-chasing Arsenal in the English Premier League on Sunday. Al Jazeera takes a closer look.
Fighting continues as Syria’s president calls on Alawite to lay down arms
More than 250 people reportedly killed in Syria's west as Alawite loyalists clash with security forces.
Watch: ‘Worst is yet to come’ as ex-cyclone nears Australia
The BBC's Katy Watson reports from the Gold Coast, as strong winds and heavy rains batter the region.
Afghan women who fled Taliban to study abroad face return after USAID freeze
US aid funding enabled the women to study in Oman - but their scholarships have been abruptly terminated.
India football great Chhetri comes out of retirement aged 40 for Asia Cup
Sunil Chhetri returns to football at 40 - a year after retiring - to boost India's Asia Cup qualification hopes.
Six seriously injured in ADF trucks that crashed near Lismore in northern NSW
One truck rolled several times into a paddock and another tipped onto its side, attempting to avoid the first vehicle, at around 5pm on Saturday
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Thirty-two people were involved in an incident in which two Australian defence force vehicles rolled off the road at Lismore on Saturday that has left 13 injured, some seriously.
Emergency services were called to the scene in northern New South Wales shortly after 5pm with initial reports that 22 people had been injured. NSW police said on Sunday that 13 personnel were injured. Six are in a serious condition.
Continue reading...A tribute to Um Adnan
Remembering a Lebanese woman whose fierce resilience defied Orientalist tropes.
US support to maintain UK’s nuclear arsenal is in doubt, experts say
Malcolm Rifkind joins diplomats and analysts urging focus on European cooperation to replace Trident
Britain’s ability to rely on the US to maintain the UK’s nuclear arsenal is now in doubt, experts have warned, but working with European states to replace it will be costly and take time.
An existing debate about the future of Trident – Britain’s ageing submarine-launched nuclear missile system – has taken a dramatic new turn in recent weeks amid fears Donald Trump could pull out of Nato.
Continue reading...Indian killed in Jordan was victim of job scam, family say
Thomas Gabriel Perera was killed by Jordanian security forces while trying to enter Israel illegally.
At least 14 people killed in overnight attacks in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian officials say Russian attacks hit the Donetsk and Kharkiv regions, damaging buildings and vehicles.
They lost 52 soldiers fighting alongside the US. Now they feel threatened by Trump
Danes, who have been loyal allies of Washington, are blindsided by Trump's insistence on taking over Greenland.
Around the world in 60 hours: Nigerian aims to set travel record with ‘low-mobility’ passport
Alma Asinobi wants to break Guinness world record for shortest time to visit seven continents
In 2019, Alma Asinobi, a Nigerian postgraduate architecture student, gave herself an ambitious goal after obtaining her first passport: to visit up to 16 countries every year.
Then Covid-19 triggered a global lockdown, curtailing her dreams. Since restrictions were lifted, she has visited more than 30 countries and founded a travel agency, Kaijego.
Continue reading...Cyclone Alfred weakens but dangerous winds, flooding continue
More than 330,000 homes lose power as Cyclone Alfred leaves devastation in parts of Queensland and New South Wales.
They lost 52 soldiers fighting alongside the US. Now they feel threatened by Trump
Danes, who have been loyal allies of Washington, are blindsided by Trump's insistence on taking over Greenland.