Author: Javeria Ejaz

Catherine Russell said she was appalled by the reported killing of 15 Palestinians, including nine children and four women, who were waiting in line for nutritional supplements provided by Project Hope, a UNICEF partner organization. The incident occurred in Deir Al-Balah. An additional 30 people were injured, including 19 children. News reports indicate that it resulted from an Israel strike.  ‘Mothers seeking […]

Rushdi Abualouf Gaza correspondent Watch: Hegseth greets Netanyahu at the Pentagon Negotiations between Israel and Hamas in Qatar on a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal have stalled after three days of indirect talks, a Palestinian official has told the BBC. The official said key sticking points included how aid would be distributed during the ceasefire and Israeli troop withdrawals. On […]

Getty Images China’s “dog days” arrived early this year, catching millions in the country’s eastern region off guard As Chinese authorities issue warnings for extreme heat in the country’s eastern region, students are leaving their stuffy dormitories to camp in hallways and supermarkets. Some have ditched their campuses altogether. “We sometimes go out to stay in hotels for the air-conditioning,” a 20-year-old […]

Anbarasan Ethirajan South Asia Regional Editor Getty Images Fast-changing geopolitics has compelled Delhi to reach out to China to reset ties, experts say After years of border tensions, India and China appear to be gradually moving towards resetting ties – but larger challenges and suspicions remain. The visit of two senior Indian officials to China late last month was seen as a […]

Merlyn Thomas explains what verified videos tell us about an air strike in Deir al-Balah that killed at least 15 people At least 15 Palestinians, including eight children and two women, have been killed in an Israeli strike while queuing for nutritional supplements in front of a clinic in central Gaza, a hospital says. Video from al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah […]

Caio Quero BBC Brasil editor Getty Images US President Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro, his former counterpart in Brazil, have a closer relationship A message from US President Donald Trump on Wednesday landed like a grenade in Brazil, bringing the relationship between the two countries to an all-time low. Trump pledged to impose tariffs on Brazil at a rate as high as […]

Michelle Fleury & Nathalie Jimenez North America business correspondent & Business reporter Watch: Beverley Morris flushes her toilet using a bucket because of low water pressure When Beverly Morris retired in 2016, she thought she had found her dream home – a peaceful stretch of rural Georgia, surrounded by trees and quiet. Today, it’s anything but. Just 400 yards (366m) from her […]

Paul Adams Diplomatic correspondent, Kyiv Watch: The most intense strikes on Kyiv since June Everyone agrees: it’s getting worse. The people of Kyiv have, like the citizens of other Ukrainian cities, been through a lot. After three and a half years of fluctuating fortunes, they are tough and extremely resilient. But in recent months, they have been experiencing something new: vast, coordinated […]

Listen to article Mahathir Mohamad has spent more than half of his life in politics and public service. In his case – starting Thursday, when he marks his centennial birthday – that means more than 50 years in and out of Malaysian and international corridors of power. A world leader reaching their 100th birthday is a rare milestone, making their insights particularly valuable. As […]

Moses Kollie Garzeawu & Wycliffe Muia BBC News, Monrovia & Nairobi Watch: Trump praises Liberian president’s English, the country’s official language US President Donald Trump has praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai for speaking “good English” and asked him where he went to school. What Trump might have missed is that Liberia shares a unique and long-standing connection with the US. English is […]

Listen to article At least 35 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza since dawn, according to hospital sources cited by Al Jazeera Arabic. Most of the casualties were reportedly women and children, with the highest number of deaths occurring in central and southern parts of the besieged territory. At least 17 people were killed in the central city of Deir el-Balah. […]

The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on the UN Human Rights Council special rapporteur Francesca Albanese, an outspoken critic of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. Secretary of State Marco Rubio linked the move to her support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), some of whose judges have already been sanctioned by the US. Rubio said the US was sanctioning Albanese for directly […]

The death toll from the July Fourth flash flood that ravaged a swath of central Texas Hill Country rose on Tuesday to at least 109, many of them children, as search teams pressed on through mounds of mud-encrusted debris looking for scores of people still missing. According to figures released by Governor Gregg Abbott, authorities were seeking more than 180 people whose […]

Kenya’s President William Ruto has ordered police to shoot protesters targeting businesses in the legs, ensuring they are incapacitated but not killed. The UN and human rights groups have accused the police of using excessive force in the recent wave of anti-government protests – 31 people were killed on Monday, according to a state-run body. “Anyone caught burning another person’s business or […]

Listen to article Russia pummelled Ukraine with its largest missile and drone attack in more than three years of war, claiming to have targeted an airfield in a region bordering EU and NATO member Poland. The strike comes after US Donald Trump said he would ramp up arms deliveries to Ukraine and accused his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of talking “bullshit” on Ukraine. AFP […]

Any analysis of Donald Trump’s current thinking on Russia risks getting out of date very quickly. Read too much into an individual tweet, post or off-the-cuff comment by the US president, and the danger is that your conclusions will be contradicted by tomorrow’s tweet, post or off-the-cuff comment. Believe me. I’ve been there. As today’s edition of the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper put […]

Just how safe are India’s skies? It’s a question many are asking after June’s devastating Air India crash, which killed at least 270 people. The London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner went down less than a minute after taking off from Ahmedabad airport in western India on 12 June. “India’s skies have always been safe – in the past and even today,” said Faiz […]

US President Donald Trump’s tariff decisions since he took office on January 20 have shocked financial markets and sent a wave of uncertainty through the global economy. Here is a timeline of the major developments: February 1 – Trump imposes 25% tariffs on Mexican and most Canadian imports and 10% on goods from China, demanding they curb the flow of fentanyl and […]

EPA Many of the reported cases of sexual violence on 7 October 2023 happened at the Nova music festival Hamas used sexual violence as “part of a deliberate genocidal strategy” during the 7 October 2023 attack on Israel, an all-women group of Israeli legal and gender experts allege in a new report calling for justice. The Dinah Project says the report is […]

BBC Abu’s cartoons sharply captured the media’s servility during the Emergency “It’s unfair to lift censorship suddenly,” growls a grizzled newspaper editor into the phone, a copy of The Daily Pulp sprawled across his desk. “We should be given time to prepare our minds.” The cartoon capturing this moment – piercing and satirical – is the work of Abu Abraham, one of […]

US President Donald Trump, hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, said the United States had scheduled talks with Iran and indicated progress on a controversial effort to relocate Palestinians out of Gaza. During their meeting, Netanyahu gave Trump a letter that he said he had used to nominate the US president for the Nobel Peace Prize. […]