The desperate last stand to save a forest from Tesla | Environment
A clash between competing visions The German Tesla factory has faced controversy since its opening in March 2022. Among the issues reported by IG Metall,…
Israel escalates Gaza bombardment as ceasefire talks intensify | Israel-Palestine conflict News
US and Arab mediators are working round-the-clock to hammer out a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, sources close to the talks told the Reuters…
Christmas in Damascus is different this year, after al-Assad’s fall | Syria’s War News
Damascus, Syria – There’s something different about Christmas this year, Damascenes say. Although the decorations may have been more elaborate last year, Carol al-Sahhaf says this…
‘It’s chaos’: Aftermath of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte | Climate News
Days after Cyclone Chido hit the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, residents are still struggling to access water and food, as rescuers race to…
Armenian Christians in Jerusalem’s Old City feel the walls closing in | Jerusalem News
As Israel’s war on Gaza rages and Israeli attacks on people in the occupied West Bank continue, Armenian residents of the Old City of Jerusalem…
Thousands of bodies found in Syria’s mass graves | Syria’s War News
A mass grave outside Damascus contained the bodies of at least 100,000 people killed by the former government of ousted President Bashar al-Assad, according to…
Hundreds feared dead on Mayotte after Cyclone Chido | Weather News
Several hundred people may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone in nearly a century hit the French Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, according…
At Kenya’s ‘Maasai Olympics’, women run to bridge the gender gap | In Pictures News
A crowd erupts in cheers as a young Maasai woman pelts over the finish line, the latest participant in the “Maasai Olympics”, a reimagining of…
Syrians return to the homes they fled, only to find them levelled | Syria’s War News
Damascus, Syria – Nizar al-Madani, 34, stood with tears in his eyes as he looked around Qaboun. After seven years of displacement, he returned on…
Syria’s schools reopen a week after al-Assad’s overthrow | Syria’s War News
Students have returned to classrooms in Syria after authorities ordered schools reopened, in a potent sign of some normalcy a week after opposition fighters swept…
Dozens killed in Israeli air strike on Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp | Gaza News
More than 30 Palestinians have been killed and 50 others injured in an Israeli air attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. Medics…
At a Syria morgue, people search for loved ones killed by Assad regime | Syria’s War News
Mohammad Chaeeb spoke softly into his phone, telling a relative the grim news: he found his brother at the Al-Mujtahid Hospital morgue. “I saw him…
Israel forces Palestinians in Maghazi camp to flee for their lives again | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Israel is forcing Palestinians from the Maghazi refugee camp to leave after claiming that a rocket attack originated from the area in central Gaza. The…
Japanese atomic bomb survivors accept Nobel Peace Prize | Conflict
Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group, has accepted the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize “for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear…
Firefighters in US battling a wildfire in Malibu, California | Climate Crisis News
Firefighters in the United States are battling a wildfire in Malibu, California that is near Pepperdine University and prompting evacuations of about 6,000 people and…
The end of Syria’s forever war
Rapid advances by Syrian opposition forces end a war that began with peaceful protests before spiralling out of control. Source link
Thousands rally in Georgia’s 12th day of pro-EU protests | Politics News
Thousands of people took to the streets across Georgia for the 12th consecutive day of protests against the government’s decision to shelve European Union accession…
Families search Syria’s Sednaya Prison for loved ones after al-Assad’s fall | Syria’s War News
Rescue teams and relatives of disappeared people in Syria are searching for their loved ones at the notorious Sednaya Prison in Damascus after the fall of President Bashar…
Syrians around the world celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad | Syria’s War News
Syrians gathered in cities around the world to celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government with chants and prayers after opposition fighters entered the capital…
Opposition fighters seize al-Assad presidential palace in Syria’s Damascus | Syria’s War News
Syrian opposition fighters have taken over the presidential palace in Damascus after a rapid offensive that seized control of the capital and sent crowds into…