In Tunisia, refugees and migrants are expelled to the desert, left helpless | Refugees News
The welfare of a group of sub-Saharan African refugees and migrants, many just hoping to cross Tunisia for the security of Europe, is of growing…
US imposes sanctions on Maduro allies over ‘illegitimate’ election results | Nicolas Maduro News
Washington, DC – The United States has imposed new sanctions on Venezuelan judicial and election officials whom it accuses of helping President Nicolas Maduro certify his…
US greenlights military assistance to Egypt, overruling rights concerns | Weapons News
Biden administration approves $1.3bn in military aid for Egypt, despite reports that rights abuses remain widespread.The administration of United States President Joe Biden has said…
First-person account of surviving Israel’s bombing of al-Mawasi in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict
ESSAYMost people were asleep when Israel’s bombs made a three-storey-deep crater and started a large fire.I’m Tala Herzallah, 22, from northern Gaza. I’m currently displaced…
After Edmundo Gonzalez flees, what’s next for Venezuela and its opposition? | Elections News
Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez has fled to Spain, seeking political asylum amid turmoil in his country after a disputed presidential election. The opposition presidential…
Venezuela opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez leaves country for Spain | Elections News
Edmundo Gonzalez is seeking asylum in Spain after he challenged the re-election of Nicolas Maduro.Venezuela has said that opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez has left the…
In its presidential elections, Algeria prepares for ‘business as usual’ | Politics News
As Algerians head for the polls to vote in a presidential election, analysts say they do not expect big changes. Of the 15 hopefuls who…
Scholasticide must not be normalised | Education
On August 10, the Israeli bombardment of al-Tabin School in Gaza City killed more than 100 people sheltering there, including many children. This was one…
UAE pardons 57 Bangladeshis jailed for anti-Hasina protests | Protests News
The Bangladeshi nationals were sentenced to long prison terms for protesting against the unrest in their home country.The president of the United Arab Emirates has…
DRC says 129 killed in attempted escape from country’s biggest prison | Prison News
Interior Minister Shabani Lukoo says 24 people were shot dead while others suffocated in the crowd.Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have…
US says it seizes Venezuela leader Maduro’s plane, citing sanctions breach | Nicolas Maduro News
Justice Department says $13m aircraft bought through shell company, ‘smuggled’ out of US for Maduro’s use.United States authorities say they have seized a $13m aircraft…
Unspoken bonds: Gaza’s forcibly displaced and the homes they yearn for | Israel-Palestine conflict
Deir el-Balah, Gaza – An insight I gained over the past two decades is that trauma is not only experienced, it is encoded in our…
Kicked out at 18 to live on the streets – a teenage migrant in Spain | Migration
Barcelona, Spain – The morning he turned 18, the Spanish children’s centre that Ilyas* had been sheltering in for two years since he arrived across…
‘Why was my child killed?’ Parents grieve a month after Bangladesh clashes | Protests
Dhaka, Bangladesh – In the early afternoon of July 19, four-year-old Abdul Ahad was on the balcony of his family’s toy-strewn, rented apartment in Rayerbag…
Brazil moves to block access to Musk’s X amid disinformation row | Social Media News
The decision comes after a months-long feud between a judge and X’s owner Musk over censorship and disinformation.Telecommunications regulators in Brazil have begun the process…
Russia jails journalist for spreading ‘fake news’ about army in Ukraine war | Freedom of the Press News
Sergei Mikhailov was arrested in 2022 after publishing reports about civilian deaths in Bucha and Mariupol.A court in Russia has sentenced journalist Sergei Mikhailov to…
WFP suspends staff movements in Gaza after Israeli forces attack its team | Israel-Palestine conflict News
UN food agency says it’s the first time in the 10-month-long war that one of its vehicles has been directly shot at near a checkpoint.The…
Creating hope for Gaza’s student doctors amid Israeli bombardment | Israel-Palestine conflict
Gaza City – Before October 2023, Ezzeddin Lulu, or just “Ezz”, enjoyed sketching people he saw on the streets. With his charcoal pencil and drawing…
Hong Kong prepares for Stand News verdict in latest media freedom test | Courts News
Two Hong Kong journalists will learn the outcome this week of their landmark sedition trial, whose verdict could set the tone for the future of…
At least 9 killed as Israel launches major raid on occupied West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Israel deploys hundreds of soldiers and air force in attack that its media described as biggest since 2002.At least nine people have been killed, according…