World

Vessels supporting US-built Gaza aid pier wash away in heavy…

Posted by May 25, 2024

CENTCOM said that four vessels had broken free from their moorings, but that pier was still functional.Waves have swept away vessels supporting the United State

Read More

Photos: Up close and personal, cicadas display nature’s artwork

Posted by May 25, 2024

A once-in-221-year convergence of two broods of periodical cicadas are emerging at the same time in the United States. The big effect of the cicadas is the shee

Read More

Israel continues to bomb Gaza, including Rafah, despite ICJ ruling

Posted by May 25, 2024

Israel has continued its relentless attacks on Rafah despite the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering it to put an end to the military operation there,

Read More

Watching the watchdogs: The US media and intergenerational fault lines

Posted by May 25, 2024

As Israel continues to wage its genocidal war on Gaza, a fault line in American society is becoming increasingly more pronounced. University students are challe

Read More

Millions vote amid heatwave alert in Phase 6 of India’s…

Posted by May 25, 2024

Millions of Indians have voted in the penultimate round of a gruelling national election, with a combined opposition trying to stop Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Read More

Modi’s media marathon

Posted by May 25, 2024

As Narendra Modi fights for a third term in office, his media blitz is like nothing he has done before.With voter turnout in India’s elections unexpectedly lo

Read More

Punched, choked, kicked: German police crack down on student protests

Posted by May 25, 2024

“We are witnessing a great endangerment of academic freedom – and this has started since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza,” says Cecilia, an underg

Read More

‘Down with dictatorship’: Tunisians rally against gov’t crackdown on media

Posted by May 25, 2024

Demonstration comes after two Tunisian commentators critical of President Saeid were sentenced to prison.Several hundred Tunisians have marched through the capi

Read More

Italy to resume UNRWA funding as Gaza faces humanitarian crisis

Posted by May 25, 2024

Italy has announced it will restore funding for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) months after it suspended aid to the agency over Isra

Read More

Chilean firefighter arrested for allegedly starting blaze that killed 137

Posted by May 25, 2024

A firefighter and a forestry official have been arrested on suspicion of starting a fire that killed 137 people in Vina del Mar city.Authorities in Chile have a

Read More

Some 45,000 Rohingya flee amid allegations of beheading, burning in…

Posted by May 25, 2024

UN rights chief Volker Turk urges Bangladesh, other countries ‘to provide effective protection’ to the latest refugees.Escalating violence in conflict-torn

Read More

Rescuers search rubble after over 300 buried in Papua New…

Posted by May 25, 2024

Landslide blocked highway access to affected communities making helicopters the easiest way to reach the disaster zone.Rescue teams have arrived at the site of

Read More