The Israeli Knesset has passed a bill banning UNRWA from operating in Israel and another that will likely scale back aid distribution across war-ravaged Gaza. UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) supports Palestinian refugees in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, includingContinue Reading
Former President Donald Trump hammered home an anti-immigration issue in his closing argument pitch to voters on October 27 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. But before Trump spoke, the event made headlines for a series of racist jokes by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe. He called Puerto Rico an “islandContinue Reading
A series of bomb threats against multiple Indian airlines has rocked the country this week, throwing authorities there and across five other nations into a scramble to investigate threats amid long delays and flight diversions. India’s flagship carrier, Air India, has been the target of more than a dozen warningsContinue Reading
Switzerland and Italy redrew their shared border in the Alps last week, forced by melting glaciers that, along with vast snowfields, define large sections of the territorial boundary between the Central European neighbors. In May 2023, an agreement to change the border was drawn up between Switzerland and Italy. ThatContinue Reading
Israel has bombed the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh in Lebanon as it has escalated its attacks within its northern neighbor, ostensibly to target Hezbollah and armed Palestinian factions after almost a year of cross-border exchanges. In the narrow alleys of the densely populated Palestinian camp near the coastalContinue Reading
Most countries have backed a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution that sets a deadline for Israel to end its illegal occupation of Palestinian territory amid rising international criticism of Israel. The resolution, passed on Wednesdayis not legally binding. But it includes stern rebukes of Israel and won the supportContinue Reading
A new education law in South Africa is dividing legislators and sparking angry emotions in a country with a complex racial and linguistic history. Last Friday, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) bill into law but suspended the implementation of two hotly contested sections for atContinue Reading
As Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed more than 41,000 peoplenears one year, assaults in the occupied West Bank continue, with at least 703 people killed by Israeli forces since October 7. Despite Gaza and the West Bank being just 33km (21 miles) apart at their closest points, IsraeliContinue Reading
The United States and United Kingdom have both agreed to review Ukraine’s request to lift restrictions on the use of their long-range missilesincluding Storm Shadow missiles, in Russian territory. But the growing indications from the West that it may approve Ukraine’s desire to use these weapons deep inside Russian territoryContinue Reading
After months of delay due to logistics, the first sets of mpox vaccines have finally arrived in Democratic Republic of the Congo, donated by Western countries. The Central African nation is the epicenter of a new mpox outbreak that led the World Health Organization (WHO) to sound its highest alertContinue Reading
