Category: 1. Palestine

The United States has agreed to help Russia boost its agricultural and fertiliser exports to the world market in exchange for a maritime security deal in the Black Sea.

The White House and the Kremlin announced the deal on Tuesday after teams from the US and Russia met in Saudi Arabia to carve out a pathway towards peace in Ukraine.

These negotiations came amid the Trump administration’s push to end the war in Ukraine that has been dragging on since 2022. President Donald Trump shifted US…

Sometimes journalists befuddle me, and I’m a journalist – although my touchy detractors would dispute that.

Perhaps like you, I have been watching – with a healthy dose of bemusement and amusement – the outrage-du-jour dominate the latest 24-hour “news cycle” in North America and beyond.

Such is the squirrel-like attention span of many of my perpetually outraged colleagues, that today’s outrage usually has a short life expectancy since another outrage inevitably comes along…

New Zealand continue dominance on Pakistan’s tour with 129-run win in T20 series finale.

A destructive Tim Seifert has ensured New Zealand made short work of their 129-run target to win the final Twenty20 against Pakistan by eight wickets in Wellington and take the series 4-1.

Seifert, who made an unbeaten 97 off 38 deliveries, set the big-hitting tone on Wednesday with 18 off the first over by Jahandad Khan.

Fellow opener Finn Allen followed with 14 in the second over from Mohammad…

Israel’s renewed attacks on the Gaza Strip have continued for a ninth straight day, killing  dozens of Palestinians, as the United Nations says more than 140,000 people have been displaced since last week.

The UN’s humanitarian agency, OCHA, said 142,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced since Israel resumed its war on Gaza on March 18.

“Fleeing with only a few personal belongings, many people are now staying on the streets, in desperate need of food, drinking water, and shelter…

Dallia Abdelmoniem, a political commentator & civil society activist, explains the recent advances the Sudanese army has made in Khartoum, as the Rapid Support Forces fortify positions in Darfur. After two years of war, is Sudan at a turning point?

Israel kills a child in Gaza every 45 minutes.

That is an average of 30 children killed every day over the past 535 days. ​

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed at least 17,400 children, including 15,600 who have been identified. Many more remain buried under the rubble, most presumed dead.

Many of the surviving children have endured the trauma of multiple wars, and all of them have spent their lives under the oppressive shadow of an Israeli blockade, affecting every aspect of their…

Sudan’s army has recaptured Khartoum airport from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), “fully securing it”, according to a military source.

Soldiers also encircled areas surrounding the airport in the Sudanese capital on Wednesday, another key development in a two-year-old conflict between the armed forces and rival RSF.

“These are quite significant gains by the Sudanese armed forces just in the last few hours,” said Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan, reporting from Khartoum.

The…