‘No Xmas as usual’: pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate in US cities Organizers focus on second-most popular shopping day in cities including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles The Guardian - US · Dec 24, 2023
Death toll from Israeli attacks tops 20,000 – As it happened This blog is now closed. The Guardian - AU · Dec 23, 2023
US is engaging in high-level diplomacy to avoid vetoing a UN resolution on critical aid for Gaza The United States, key allies and Arab nations are engaging in high-level diplomacy in hopes of avoiding another U.S. veto of a new U.N. resolution on desperately needed aid to Gaza ahead of a long-delayed vote now scheduled for Thursday morning The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2023
International court rules against Guatemala in landmark Indigenous and environmental rights case Guatemala violated Indigenous rights by permitting a huge nickel mine on tribal land almost two decades ago, according to a ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2023
Guyana, Venezuela, 11bn barrels of oil – and six centuries of colonial conflict Maduro’s annexation threat is only the latest move on a chessboard stretching back to the 15th century. The outcome could reverberate throughout Latin America and the Caribbean The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2023
Gaza war: deadlock in the security council shows that the UN is no longer fit for purpose As Israel launched its ground offensive in Gaza on October 27 – having conducted airstrikes in the weeks following the horrific attack by Hamas on October 7 – the UN general assembly convened an emergency session. With reports of upwards of 7,000 civilian deaths in Gaza, the general assembly passed… The Conversation · Dec 14, 2023
A cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war is a next step to ending the bloodshed Too many innocent lives have been lost in Gaza, many of them children. Israelis have lost their lives as well, on Oct 7 and after. A cease-fire is an imperfect beginning, but if not now, when? Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 14, 2023
Why Egypt doesn't want Palestinians in Gaza to cross the border Hemmed in by Israeli forces and the Mediterranean Sea, Palestinians in Gaza seemingly have only one place left to go — across the border to Egypt. But Egypt is resistant to letting them in. WEKU · Dec 12, 2023
First Thing: Hamas issues threat over lives of hostages Israeli troops reach heart of Khan Younis as Benjamin Netanyahu calls on Hamas fighters to surrender. Plus, the oldest black hole ever observed The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023
Israel rejects claims it is trying to force Palestinians out of Gaza WHO chief says Gaza’s health system is ‘on its knees and collapsing’ amid intensifying ground offensive The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023
UN chief vows to go on seeking ceasefire in Gaza despite US veto António Guterres says UN has no clear route map to stop conflict and world institutions are ‘caught in a time warp’ The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2023
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is marking its 75th anniversary? Seventy-five years ago on Sunday, the U.N. General Assembly approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at a meeting in Paris The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2023
Israeli military says five of its soldiers killed in war – as it happened US uses emergency declaration to provide $106.5m worth of rounds for immediate delivery to Israel, Pentagon says The Guardian - AU · Dec 9, 2023
US defies appeals to back UN resolution for urgent Gaza ceasefire US vetoes resolution despite pleas from secretary general and Arab allies, saying ceasefire ‘would only plant the seeds of the next war’ The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2023
The Guardian - AU · Dec 8, 2023 US risks ‘complicity in war crimes’, says Human Rights Watch – as it happened This blog is closed
The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023 Washington faces UN showdown over fresh resolution for Gaza ceasefire US may feel impelled to protect Israel with veto again as UAE prepares security council motion
The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023 First Thing: Personal attacks dominate Republican presidential debate Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Christie and Ron DeSantis make case to be alternative to Donald Trump. Plus, how a community in France learned to go zero waste
The Guardian - AU · Dec 7, 2023 UAE asks for UN security council to vote on draft resolution demanding humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza – as it happened This blog is now closed.
Al Jazeera · Dec 7, 2023 UN secretary-general invokes Article 99 on Gaza Antonio Guterres warned of a deepening ‘catastrophe’ as he called on the Security Council to act.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2023 Agreement to phase out fossil fuels would be huge for humanity, says Gore Exclusive: former US vice-president and climate activist says phase-out can be only measure of success for Cop28
The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2023 Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels Exclusive: UAE’s Sultan Al Jaber says phase-out of coal, oil and gas would take world ‘back into caves’
WEKU · Dec 1, 2023 At climate summit, nations want more from the U.S.: 'There's just a trust deficit' The United States looms large at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. Historically, it's responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than any other nation. But it's also key for major breakthroughs.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2023 First Thing: Henry Kissinger, US foreign policy giant, dies aged 100 Former secretary of state under Richard Nixon became one of the most prominent and controversial figures of US foreign policy in the 20th century. Plus, what’s happening on the first day of Cop28
The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2023 ‘Climate collapse in real time’: UN head António Guterres urges Cop28 to act World Meteorological Organization says 2023 will be hottest year on record, leaving ‘trail of devastation and despair’
The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2023 Who’s who at Cop28: the leaders with the world’s future in their hands From fossil fuel chiefs to an outspoken UN secretary general, a look at who will attend the UAE’s climate summit