What we know about the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil
Mahmoud Khalil, who the Trump administration is seeking to deport, says he is a "political prisoner."
Pope Francis stops using oxygen mask as condition improves, Vatican says
The Vatican says Pope Francis is 'improving' after spending five weeks in Rome's Gemelli Hospital.
‘Nowhere is safe’: Doctor in Gaza describes scenes of ‘nonstop’ injuries after Israel ends ceasefire – WBUR News
- 'Nowhere is safe': Doctor in Gaza describes scenes of 'nonstop' injuries after Israel ends ceasefire WBUR News
- Gaza trauma surgeon says half of patients injured in Israeli strikes were children ABC News
- Gaza’s silent epidemic Al Jazeera English
- Israel and the Occupied Territories: Red Cross Field Hospital responding to increased number of casualties in Gaza ICRC
- ICRC: hospitals in Gaza struggling to cope with casualties Reuters
Driver rams anti-government protester in Jerusalem, drags him for 50 meters – The Times of Israel
- Driver rams anti-government protester in Jerusalem, drags him for 50 meters The Times of Israel
- Israelis Take to Streets a Day After Gaza Strikes The New York Times
- Israeli opposition to Netanyahu finds voice as war returns to Gaza Reuters
- Fury toward Netanyahu as Israelis protest renewed war in Gaza CNN International
- Protesters Are in the Streets to Stop Netanyahu's Israel Becoming Like Erdogan's Turkey Haaretz
Farmer’s house in danger from climate change, court told in RWE case
German coal giant is one of world’s biggest polluters and should contribute to flood defences, says farmer in Peru
A Peruvian farmer’s home is in “concrete danger” from climate change, a court has heard, in the resumption of a decade-long legal battle to get German coal giant RWE to contribute to flood defences in the Andes.
Lawyers for Saúl Luciano Lliuya, who say his home is threatened by rapidly melting glaciers, told the upper regional court in Hamm on Wednesday that the risk of extreme flooding represented a breach of civil law.
Continue reading...Israeli forces claim to have retaken Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor
Israeli forces have resumed some ground operations in Gaza and reportedly taken the Netzarim Corridor.
British couple held by Taliban due in court on unknown charges, family say
Peter Reynolds, 79, and wife, Barbie, 75, expected to appear in Kabul on Thursday after detention last month
A British couple in their 70s imprisoned by the Taliban are due in court in Kabul on Thursday but have not been informed of the charges, their family has said.
Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife, Barbie, 75, who run a training business in Afghanistan, were detained last month when they travelled to their home in Bamiyan province.
Continue reading...Trump administration withdraws from Russian war crime investigations
The Trump administration has defunded a programme documenting the abduction of children from Ukraine.
Trump and Zelenskyy share ‘frank’ but ‘very good’ call as Ukraine accepts partial ceasefire
Ukraine’s president says his country is ready to implement pause in strikes on energy and infrastructure
Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a “very good telephone call” on Wednesday, according to Trump, in the first conversation between the US president and his Ukrainian counterpart since their disastrous showdown in the White House three weeks ago.
Zelenskyy described the call as “positive, very substantive and frank”, and said he had signed up to a partial ceasefire that Trump agreed with Vladimir Putin a day earlier. The White House said Trump had promised to help with a Ukrainian request to source more air defence batteries for Kyiv.
Continue reading...Mexico’s attorney general cites irregularities in investigation of alleged cartel killing site – The Associated Press
- Mexico’s attorney general cites irregularities in investigation of alleged cartel killing site The Associated Press
- Top Mexican prosecutor investigating alleged cartel killing site where bones, shoes were found: "Truth will come out" CBS News
- ‘Extermination Camp’ Found in Mexico, Group Searching for the Missing Says The New York Times
- Armed men seen on video targeting group searching for relatives in Jalisco The Associated Press
- The inventory of terror: 1,300 objects have now been found at the Teuchitlán extermination center EL PAÍS USA
As U.S. foreign aid programs grind to a halt, African health leaders look for a silver lining – NPR
- As U.S. foreign aid programs grind to a halt, African health leaders look for a silver lining NPR
- 'You can now die': The human cost of America's foreign aid cuts in Africa NPR
- The Real Threat to American Soft Power Bloomberg
- The country that kicked out USAID Financial Times
- Opinion | Gutting U.S.A.I.D. Was a Disaster. Here Is How to Move Forward. The New York Times
Colleges Fear Decline in International Student Enrollment – Inside Higher Ed
- Colleges Fear Decline in International Student Enrollment Inside Higher Ed
- US: Trump administration actions creating an uncertain outlook for international students ICEF Monitor
- International student interest in the US endures under Trump The PIE News
- What They’re Saying: Top Admissions Consultants On MBA Applicants’ Reaction To Trump Poets&Quants
- International enrolment’s precarious moment in US Times Higher Education
Trump suggests US could run Ukraine’s power plants
The US president says peace efforts are "very much on track", a day after Russia's president declined to agree a full ceasefire.
Israelis Return To Streets In Anger Over Netanyahu’s Policies – Barron’s
Israel launches ‘limited ground operation’ to retake Netzarim corridor in Gaza
UN calls for investigation after staff member among 20 people reportedly killed in renewed airstrikes
Israeli forces have launched a “limited ground operation” to retake the Netzarim corridor, a newly widened road protected by fortified bunkers that divides Gaza and is seen as essential to controlling the devastated Palestinian territory.
The move is a significant escalation of Israel’s new offensive in Gaza and came less than 36 hours after a massive wave of airstrikes that killed more than 400, including 183 children and 94 women, the health ministry there said.
Continue reading...EU accuses Google and Apple of breaking its rules, risking Trump clash
Tech companies could be fined billions if EU finds they have breached the Digital Markets Act
The European Commission has accused the US tech companies Google and Apple of breaking its digital rules, in a landmark action that could escalate transatlantic tension with Donald Trump.
The US president has sought to exert pressure on the EU to back away from tougher regulation of American technology groups, warning that he could retaliate by imposing tariffs on foreign companies.
Continue reading...A child in Gaza watched his mother burn alive. Then he died too. – Mondoweiss
- A child in Gaza watched his mother burn alive. Then he died too. Mondoweiss
- Israeli strikes on Gaza add to soaring child death toll The Guardian
- 'They wanted to be doctors, teachers': Gazans grieve children killed in massive Israeli strikes BBC.com
- 'My son cries all night from hunger': Gazans face food shortage as Israel resumes bombing Haaretz
- 'Nothing Short of Genocide': Israel Kills 200 Children Common Dreams
Pope no longer requires mechanical ventilation – Vatican News – English
- Pope no longer requires mechanical ventilation Vatican News - English
- Pope Francis no longer needs mechanical help to breathe as his health improves, Vatican says NBC News
- Vatican Releases First Photo of Pope Francis Since He Was Hospitalized The New York Times
- Pope Francis stops using oxygen mask as condition improves, Vatican says Al Jazeera English
- Pope Francis no longer needs ventilation as condition improves, Vatican says Reuters
Scoop: Trump’s letter to Iran included 2-month deadline for new nuclear deal – Axios
- Scoop: Trump's letter to Iran included 2-month deadline for new nuclear deal Axios
- Iran says it will consider 'opportunities' as well as threats in Trump letter Reuters
- Opinion | Trump Should Stop Iran’s Nuclear Threat With a Deal The New York Times
- Report: Trump letter to Iran set 2-month deadline to reach nuclear deal The Times of Israel
- Trump drops two-month deadline on nuclear deal with Iran The Jerusalem Post
Names and faces of children killed in Israel’s latest offensive on Gaza – Middle East Eye
- Names and faces of children killed in Israel's latest offensive on Gaza Middle East Eye
- 'They wanted to be doctors, teachers': Gazans grieve children killed in massive Israeli strikes BBC.com
- 'My son cries all night from hunger': Gazans face food shortage as Israel resumes bombing Haaretz
- Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the attacks in Gaza UNICEF
- The Guardian view on Israel breaking the ceasefire: destroying hope along with lives | Editorial The Guardian