Category: 1. Palestine

Bardiya, Nepal – Bali, unlike most girls around her, never liked to sing and dance. She loved cars and dreamed of how it would feel to wrap her fingers around the wheel and leave her village behind in the rearview mirror.

But her dream was cut short on her sixth birthday when she was sold into servitude by her parents.

For five years, she scrubbed dishes, cleaned floors and worked the fields for a family from a higher caste than her own. The caste system, prevalent across South Asia, is a…

Lebanese officials say the attack on Dahiyeh killed at least three people and wounded seven others.

Israel’s military has bombed the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the second time in less than a week, killing at least three people and threatening the ceasefire it agreed with Hezbollah four months ago.

The attack on Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, early on Tuesday, came without warning and wounded at least seven others, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.

Israel’s military…

Donald Trump on Sunday said he was “not joking” about the possibility of seeking a third term as president of the United States, even though the US Constitution bars presidents from being elected more than twice.

“There are methods which you could do it,” Trump said when asked if he was serious, in an interview with NBC News. One such method, he hinted, could involve Vice President JD Vance running in 2028 and stepping down if elected, to allow Trump to take over.

“But there are…

In just 10 days, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has broken the Gaza ceasefire, tried to dismiss the head of the Shin Bet intelligence agency, orchestrated a no-confidence vote on the attorney general, and passed a law to change how Supreme Court appointments happen.

The legislation, passed last Thursday, will allow Netanyahu to change the court’s makeup in his favour, his critics say. The change will come into effect in the next parliamentary term.

The move has raised concerns…

Kumar put on an outstanding bowling display, becoming the first Indian to take four wickets on IPL debut.

A sparkling debut performance by medium pacer Ashwani Kumar, powered up by a single banana, helped Mumbai Indians register their first win of the IPL season, downing Kolkata Knight Riders by eight wickets.

Kumar’s stunning but highly unexpected 4-wickets-for-24-runs effort, coupled with an overall disciplined bowling performance by the home team, restricted champions Kolkata to a modest…

CK Hutchison, one of the largest conglomerates in Hong Kong, earlier this month announced plans to sell its stake in two ports on the Panama Canal to a group of US investors led by BlackRock.

The plan, part of a $22.8bn megadeal that would grant the consortium control over more than 40 ports in 23 countries, followed complaints by United States President Donald Trump that the key shipping route was under Chinese control.

CK Hutchison shares soared following news of the deal on March 4, but…

China’s military has launched a new round of military exercises around Taiwan in its latest “warning” to Taipei’s democratic government.

The People’s Liberation Army said on Tuesday that the drills served as a “powerful deterrent” to “separatist forces” advocating Taiwanese independence.

The exercises are intended to test the “combat readiness” of China’s army, navy, air force, and rocket force and their ability to work together during a joint military operation, the…

These are the key events on day 1,132 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

These are the key events from Monday, March 31:

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• Russian forces shelled a front-line settlement in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhia region, killing a 66-year-old woman and wounding five others.
• The number of people wounded in Russia’s attack on Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, has risen to three.
• Moscow’s Ministry of Defence said Ukraine had attacked energy facilities in Russia’s Bryansk region…

United States President Donald Trump has said his long-awaited reciprocal tariffs will be lower than what other countries charge as uncertainty over his biggest trade announcement yet continues to roil global stocks.

Speaking at the White House on Monday, Trump said the tariffs he is preparing to announce on Wednesday will be “nicer” than the trade policies of US trading partners.

“We are going to be very nice by comparison to what they were. The numbers will be lower than what they…

The administration of President Donald Trump has announced it will undertake a “comprehensive review” of federal contracts with Harvard University, as part of its crackdown on anti-Semitism in the United States.

But critics fear the prestigious Ivy League university is the latest target in a purge of pro-Palestinian voices.

On Monday, three departments under Trump’s control — the Department of Education, the General Services Administration and the Health and Human Services Department…