A pregnant woman and four-month-old baby were among several victims who died on board a refugee and migrant vessel in the central Mediterranean, according to officials and witnesses. The Italian coastguard “recovered eight bodies, five men and three women” late on Thursday and 42 survivors […]
In January, the English-language website of the prominent Israel Hayom newspaper reported with satisfaction that Netflix had suddenly added an “unusually high number of Israeli-made films”. The paper speculated that this “special gesture” was perhaps an attempt to “lure back customers”, after a high number […]
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have detained an academic who tore up his degrees on live television in protest against a ban on women’s university education in the country, his aide said on Friday. “From today I don’t need these diplomas any more because this country is […]
Ramallah, occupied West Bank – After Hamas’s armed wing in the besieged Gaza Strip launched rockets towards Israel on Wednesday night, it explained its reasons; chief among them was the treatment of what it termed a “red line”: female Palestinian prisoners. The announcement touched on […]
Turkey says Western nations, including the United States and Germany, have not given it any information to back up their assertions that security threats had prompted them to close their missions in the country. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Friday suggested the countries may have […]
Police officers gather outside one of the eight locations they raided after TV actress Arisara “Due” Thongborisut exposed the players said to be behind the ‘macau888’ gambling operation. (Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham) Police have arrested a man said to be linked to the macau888 gambling website […]
United States President Joe Biden has underlined his support for the legal “status quo” of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in a meeting at the White House with Jordan’s King Abdullah II. In a private lunch with the king and Crown Prince Hussein on Thursday, Biden […]
In May 2020, the murder of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis triggered protests across the United States, in what many hoped would be a turning point in the fight against police brutality. Three years later, Americans find themselves reckoning with the […]
Conservatives in the United States are sounding the alarm about Critical Race Theory (CRT) in education. They claim that examining systemic racism and the history of race relations in the country “indoctrinates” students and causes feelings of undue guilt for historical wrongdoing. Multiple states and […]
Twenty-seven people have been killed in South Sudan’s Central Equatoria state in tit-for-tat violence between cattle herders and members of a militia on the eve of a visit to the country by Pope Francis. The incident happened on Thursday, according to a local official. The […]
