The Russian foreign minister debates his country’s approaches to Gaza and Ukraine.In a world grappling with its geopolitics being fragmented, the East versus West competition for power is seemingly threatening to divide and polarise the global order.
Russia’s ability...
The ICRC says it is shocked and appalled by the attack, which it described as deliberate.An attack on a humanitarian convoy of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Sudanese capital has killed two people...
The regional fallout from Israel’s war on Gaza has drawn renewed attention to the so-called “resistance axis” – an alliance of sorts between Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran and Syria.
But while Hezbollah and Iran have been visibly active since October...
Israel’s relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip has hit areas it had told Palestinians to evacuate to in the territory’s south.
The strikes came a day after the United States vetoed a United Nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian...
In the United States, speaking freely about Israel’s war on Gaza often has a price.For expressing their opinions on the Israel-Palestine, many Muslim Americans and Arab Americans have paid a hefty price, including the loss of jobs and...
EXPLAINERGaza’s ‘literary giant’ Refaat Alareer has been killed as the death toll in the enclave mounts – here are major updates.Here’s how things stand on Friday, December 8, 2023:
The latest developments
Prominent Palestinian poet and academic Refaat Alareer was...
The murder of history teacher Samuel Paty shocked France and fuelled contentious debates about freedom of expression.A French court has convicted six teenagers in connection with the 2020 beheading of history teacher Samuel Paty, whose murder shocked the...
Rights groups say the Israeli strike that killed a Reuters reporter and injured six others must be investigated as a war crime.Israel has said that a journalist killed by its military forces in southern Lebanon was “in an...
As the war enters its 653rd day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Friday, December 8, 2023.
Fighting
Russia launched a swarm of Iranian-designed attack drones, damaging port infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region and killing one...
Putin hosts Raisi as part of a blitz round of Middle East diplomacy after visits to the UAE and Saudi Arabia.Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has condemned Israel’s assault on Gaza as he met Russian President Vladimir Putin for...
