Category: Global News
Sweden resumes aid to UN agency for Palestinians
First payment of $20m to be disbursed after Sweden gets assurances of the UNRWA's checks on spending and personnel.
Israel’s ‘anti-Zionists’ brave police beatings, smears to demand end to war
Some have been jailed for refusing to serve in the armed forces while others face threats and harassment.
Iran condemns UN experts’ report on protest crackdown as ‘false’, ‘biased’
Report by UN fact-finding mission says Iran's brutal suppression of 2022 protests amounted to crimes against humanity.
Will a four-day work week solve Germany’s labour shortage?
Counterintuitively, a new German experiment is testing whether working less can help overcome a labour crunch.
UN Security Council calls for ceasefire in Sudan during Ramadan
Fighting has forcibly displaced more than 8 million people, with millions more in need of food and humanitarian aid.
The airdrops: Optics of urgency, illusions of aid
An absurd spectacle as the US drops aid into Gaza while also arming Israel.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 745
As the war enters its 745th day, these are the main developments.
Why Google’s AI tool was slammed for showing images of people of colour
Gemini's attempt to correct the marginalisation of ethnic minorities has backfired.
US-led coalition shoots down 15 drones fired by Yemen’s Houthis in Red Sea
US military says it was responding to a large-scale attack by the Iran-aligned group that posed an 'imminent threat'.
Analysis: Why are Iranian monarchists backing Israel over its Gaza war?
Iran's monarchists have moved closer to Israel, which they see as a key ally in their fight to reinstate the Pahlavis.