Starmer: Gaza aid ‘totally inadequate’

Tue, 20 May 2025 15:44:35 +0000

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer called Israel’s Gaza aid “totally and utterly inadequate.”

US Senator says at least pro-Palestinian protester speaking ‘in English’

Tue, 20 May 2025 15:16:49 +0000

A Republican senator said a pro-Palestinian protester interrupting a hearing was "progress" because it was in English.

UK government suspends free trade talks with Israel over Gaza war

Tue, 20 May 2025 14:52:16 +0000

It also imposes new sanctions, targeting illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

UEFA Europa League final: Man Utd vs Tottenham – Start, team news, lineups

Tue, 20 May 2025 14:43:21 +0000

Manchester United play Tottenham Hotspur in Europa League final as both teams look to end an awful season on a high.

WHO members adopt landmark pandemic agreement in US absence

Tue, 20 May 2025 14:05:23 +0000

Accord aims to prevent repeat of disjointed response and international disarray that surrounded COVID-19 pandemic.

EU and UK pile pressure on Russia with parallel sanctions

Tue, 20 May 2025 13:57:10 +0000

Brussels and London acting ‘in concert’ after Trump failed to secure ceasefire promise from Putin.

Trump fails to secure Ukraine ceasefire after Putin call: What’s next?

Tue, 20 May 2025 13:38:23 +0000

Truce talks will begin immediately, Trump says after Putin call, but Moscow has not set a deadline for next steps.

Why isn’t the world paying attention to Sudan?

Tue, 20 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Sudan's devastating war is now entering its third year, and the conflict is far from over.

Public workers in Africa see wages fall by up to 50% in five years: Survey

Tue, 20 May 2025 12:51:20 +0000

Budget cuts leave health and education workers struggling to make ends meet, ActionAid reports.

The Nairobi family values conference: When tradition is a colonial trap

Tue, 20 May 2025 12:39:05 +0000

Foreign forces continue to push conservative agendas on Africans under the veneer of ‘defending’ African tradition.

Gaza’s ongoing Nakba

Tue, 20 May 2025 12:30:05 +0000

Palestinians in Gaza remember the Nakba and Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud explains how they're experiencing it again.

Israel deserves “no applause” for allowing some food into Gaza

Tue, 20 May 2025 12:28:09 +0000

“If this was about getting food to the people of Gaza, there are existing organisations."

Iran’s Khamenei slams ‘nonsense’ US nuclear demands

Tue, 20 May 2025 12:18:13 +0000

Negotiations between Washington and Tehran looking shaky as Iran resists US negotiator Witkoff’s ‘red line’.

Video: EU has ended all sanctions on Syria

Tue, 20 May 2025 11:46:17 +0000

The European Union has lifted all sanctions on Syria.

EU reaches initial deal to lift economic sanctions on Syria: Reports

Tue, 20 May 2025 10:34:16 +0000

Sanctions were levied during the rule of Bashar al-Assad, who was toppled in December.

Israel should “negotiate with the Palestinians” to stop war on Gaza

Tue, 20 May 2025 10:16:41 +0000

“The negotiations should take place between Israel … and the [Palestinian Liberation Organisation].”

Europe considers the perils of flying fighters in Ukraine’s airspace

Tue, 20 May 2025 10:13:35 +0000

Leaders weigh the risks of a plan named Skyshield that could see European air forces defend Ukraine from the air.

Pregnant woman among victims of Israeli strike on Gaza school shelter

Tue, 20 May 2025 10:04:27 +0000

An Israeli air strike on the Musa bin Nusair School in Gaza City has killed at least a dozen Palestinians,

Detained student Mahmoud Khalil honoured at alternative graduation

Tue, 20 May 2025 10:01:23 +0000

Detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was honoured at an alternative graduation ceremony in New York.

Video: UK, France, Canada threaten action against Israel over Gaza

Tue, 20 May 2025 09:28:45 +0000

Leaders from Canada, France and the UK threaten to impose sanctions on Israel if it continues its offensive in Gaza.

UK, France, Canada threaten ‘concrete actions’ against Israel over Gaza

Tue, 20 May 2025 09:28:05 +0000

Husam Zumlot, Palestine’s ambassador to UK, urges arms embargo and support in holding ‘war criminals’ accountable.

‘Delaying extinction’: The last-ditch race to save the Orinoco crocodile

Tue, 20 May 2025 09:17:45 +0000

Venezuelan scientists fear they're losing the fight to save the critically endangered Orinoco crocodile from extinction.

Australia’s opposition coalition splits after election loss

Tue, 20 May 2025 08:33:39 +0000

National Party and Liberal Party part ways after more than 60-year alliance following election defeat.

US cuts another $60m in grants to Harvard University

Tue, 20 May 2025 08:26:07 +0000

Government says funding freeze is due to the university's alleged failure to address anti-Semitism on campus.

The one thing Trump might be getting right

Tue, 20 May 2025 08:12:46 +0000

His plan to cut the budgets of US intelligence agencies is a rare challenge to unchecked power.