Explore inspiring stories, grassroots movements, and peace-building initiatives from around the globe.
Israel's US-backed Gaza aid plan may lead to second Nakba, UN agency chief warns The head of Unrwa has sharply criticised Israel’s plan for aid delivery in Gaza, saying it violates core humanitarian principles and is designed to serve military goals rather than genuine relief efforts. “It is not possible for a humanitarian organisation, which truly respects the basic humanitarian principles, to adhere to such a scheme,...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:The right-wing Noboa had defeated left-wing candidate Luisa Gonzalez amid allegations of electoral fraud.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Former Israeli captive says army air strikes in Gaza put her in danger Naama Levy, one of five Israeli female soldiers freed during the January ceasefire, told a crowd in Tel Aviv that Israeli air strikes terrified her far more than anything else during her captivity in Gaza. “They come by surprise,” she said, describing the strikes. “First you hear a whistle, pray it doesn’t fall on you, and then — the booms, a noise...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Israel accused of using aid control to forcibly displace Palestinians Israel’s tight grip on humanitarian aid is not just reckless—it’s part of a strategy to uproot Palestinians from northern Gaza, the Norwegian Refugee Council has warned. Ahmed Bayram, the organisation’s spokesperson, told Al Jazeera the selective delivery of aid amounts to coercion. “We think that providing aid to one area above another, as opposed...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:The film is inspired by dissident director Jafar Panahi's own experience in jail.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Arsenal lift the UEFA Women's Champions League with a 1-0 win that ended Barcelona's hopes of a three-peat.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Israel's actions in Gaza cannot be justified by Holocaust: German official Germany’s commissioner for antisemitism has called for a more honest and critical discussion about Berlin’s stance on Israel, warning that recent actions in Gaza go beyond what can be defended in the name of historical responsibility. Felix Klein told the Sunday edition of the national daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that while Germany’s...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Hostages and Missing Families Forum called on the government to 'return to the negotiating table'.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Israeli air strikes kill 48 in Gaza since dawn, health officials report Israeli warplanes have killed at least 48 Palestinians in fresh air raids across the Gaza Strip since dawn, according to the territory’s Health Ministry.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:The US president has threatened to impose a 50-percent tariff on all goods from the EU starting June 1.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:The young victims, two of whom remain under the rubble, range in age from seven months to 12 years old. .
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:A British surgeon working in Nasser Hospital said he had operated on the doctor's surviving 11-year-old.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:A British surgeon working in Nasser Hospital said he had operated on the doctor's surviving 11-year-old.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Israeli settlers torch wheat fields near Nablus, farmers suffer heavy losses Israeli settlers have torched roughly four hectares (10 acres) of wheat fields near the northern West Bank town of Sebastia, local officials told the Wafa news agency. The head of Sebastia municipality, Mohammad Azem, said the settlers came from Shavei Shomron — an illegal settlement — and a nearby outpost. “Azem said the wheat crop was...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Over 70,000 Gaza children face acute hunger as aid trickles in The World Food Programme has warned that more than 70,000 children in Gaza are suffering from severe malnutrition, as Israel continues to block the vast majority of aid convoys. “WFP is taking every opportunity to deliver food and nutrition assistance – but this is just a drop in the bucket,” the UN agency wrote on X. “To avert famine and save lives, we...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Israeli blockade in Gaza causes 300 miscarriages, officials say Authorities in Gaza say at least 300 pregnant women have suffered miscarriages as extreme hunger grips the besieged enclave. The Government Media Office blamed the sharp rise in pregnancy complications on severe food shortages. Health officials confirmed that 58 Palestinians have died from malnutrition, while another 242 lost their lives due to the lack of...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Israeli air strikes kill 44 Palestinians across Gaza Israeli warplanes have pounded the Gaza Strip since dawn, killing at least 44 Palestinians, reported the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The ministry said 25 of those killed were in the southern region of the enclave, which has come under renewed bombardment despite earlier Israeli claims of “safe zones” in the area. The attacks have intensified across the besieged...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Hamas says Israeli use of Palestinian human shields shows 'moral collapse' Hamas has said that testimonies from Palestinian detainees and Israeli soldiers in anews reportby the Associated Press documented “heinous crimes committed by” Israel. Seven Palestinians spoke to AP about being used as human shields in both Gaza and the occupied West Bank, in a report published on Saturday. Two Israeli military officers also...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:A look at how Israel is repurposing commercial drones to use as weapons of war in Gaza.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Hamas condemns Israeli attack which killed nine children in Khan Younis Hamas has called an Israeli attack on the home of Dr Alaa al-Najjar, a doctor at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, “a horrific massacre”. Najjar, a paediatric specialist at al-Tahrir hospital within the Nasser Medical Complex,received the charred bodies of nine of her children while on dutyafteranIsraelistrike hit her home. “This heinous crime...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:The meeting comes after US and EU agreed to lift sanctions to allow the civil war-hit country to recover and rebuild.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Nearly half of Israelis support army killing Palestinians in Gaza, poll finds Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Sat, 05/24/2025 - 12:19 An overwhelming number of Israelis, including seculars, back the forced transfer of Palestinians from Gaza and Israel Palestinians carry their belongings as they flee their homes, following evacuation orders issued by the Israeli army, in the Shujaiya neighbourhood of Gaza City on 3 April...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Despite war losses, Hezbollah is using the vote as an opportunity to show it still has political influence.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Israeli settlers deliberately damage water pipes near Jericho in West Bank Israelisettlers have damaged water pipes supplying Palestinian families in the al-Auja waterfall area, north of Jericho in the occupied West Bank. Hassan Mleihat, of the Al-Baydar Organisation for the Defence of Bedouin Rights, told Wafa news agency on Saturday that settlers deliberately disrupted the water supply in a systematic effort to...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Israeli forces ‘systematically using Palestinians as human shields in Gaza’ Submitted by MEE staff on Sat, 05/24/2025 - 13:56 Palestinian detainees and Israeli soldiers tell AP of widespread use of human shields since war began This handout picture released by the Israeli army on 8 September 2024 shows Israeli troops during operations in the Gaza Strip (Israeli army/AFP) Off Israeli forces are systematically forcing...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Power restored after outage hit the prominent film festival on its closing day and affected 160,000 homes in the area.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:To eat, we are forced to breathe the poisonous smoke from burning wood and trash.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:101 East investigates cross-border persecution and the killing of former Cambodian opposition MP, Lim Kimya, in Thailand
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:As Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza intensifies, its allies begin to speak up.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:The two countries swap hundreds of soldiers and civilians as Russia launches more drone attacks on Ukraine.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Political discord over when to hold elections and growing tensions with the armed forces have left government hamstrung.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Tensions over upcoming elections and the barring of an opposition candidate are mounting.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Gaza aid is mere 'teaspoon' of what is needed, says Guterres, amid widening starvation and destruction across enclave.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:For Israel, the park in Sebastia will be a link to their heritage. Palestinians see an attempt to force them out.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:EU official says trade deal 'must be guided by mutual respect, not threats' after US president threatens a huge tariff.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source: