More than 200 civilians killed as Sudan’s RSF attacks Darfur displacement camps Relief International medics among dead as paramilitaries step up violence against region’s displaced people The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2025
Tony Nicholls obituary Other lives: Documentary maker, video consultant for the UN, and course leader in media at Bedford College The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2025
Do celebrity climate warriors amplify the message or embody the problem? Private jets, superyachts and red carpet speeches... when celebrities champion climate action, do they help the cause or expose their own hypocrisy? It’s a question worth asking again, as Prince William announces that the 2025 Earthshot Prize ceremony will be held in Brazil – a star-studded prelude to the UN… Radio France Internationale · Apr 13, 2025
Israel attacks Gaza’s last working hospital as it expands offensive across territory Israeli attacks kill at least 14 Palestinians across besieged territory on Palm Sunday The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2025
Labour MPs push for Foreign Office to recognise Palestinian statehood Emily Thornberry calls for UK to join France, as Emmanuel Macron says June UN conference must be decisive moment The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2025
Sudan paramilitaries kill at least 100 people in attack on famine-hit camps At least 20 children and nine aid workers among dead The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2025
Gaza Hospital Hit As Israel Intensifies Assault An Israeli air strike early Sunday heavily damaged one of the few functioning hospitals in Gaza, as the Israeli military said it targeted a Hamas "command and control centre" operating from within the facility. International Business Times · Apr 13, 2025
Gaza is a ‘killing field’ where people are being starved. How long will the world tolerate this? What is happening is, quite simply, annihilation. Yet our politicians keep funding it and media outlets normalize it The Guardian - US · Apr 13, 2025
Myanmar Quake Victims Mark New Year Camped In Ruins Thousands marked the start of Myanmar's water festival on Sunday in the ruins of last month's earthquake, with the country's most raucous holiday muted by the tragedy of the tremor. International Business Times · Apr 13, 2025
Myanmar hit by fresh earthquake during hundreds of aftershocks The death toll from the original quake was 3,649, with 5,018 injured The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2025
'Ambassadors' sought to support Scottish 'decolonisation' bid in New York THE organisation hoping to have the United Nations “decolonise” Scotland are seeking “ambassadors” to join them at the organisation’s… The National (Scotland) · Apr 13, 2025
Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers trade accusations of targeting energy infrastructure Russia’s Sergey Lavrov and Ukraine’s Andrii Sybiha accused each other’s countries of striking energy infrastructure despite a US-brokered limited ceasefire at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum on Saturday. Euronews · Apr 13, 2025
Myanmar Marks New Year Festival Mourning Quake Losses Thousands marked the start of Myanmar's water festival on Sunday in the ruins of last month's earthquake, with the country's most raucous holiday muted by the tragedy of the tremor. International Business Times · Apr 13, 2025
Over 100 Feared Dead In Sudan Paramilitary Attacks In Darfur: UN More than 100 people, including 20 children, are now feared dead in Sudan following paramilitary attacks on the besieged Darfur city of El-Fasher and two nearby famine-hit camps, the United Nations said on Saturday. International Business Times · Apr 12, 2025
Al Jazeera · Apr 12, 2025 Sudan paramilitaries kill at least 100 people in Darfur attack, UN says The RSF and allied militias launched an assault on the Zamzam and Abu Shorouk camps and the city of el-Fasher.
Al Jazeera · Apr 12, 2025 Three rebels, one Indian soldier killed in Kashmir gun battles Three Kashmir fighters and an Indian soldier killed in separate firefights in Indian-administered Kashmir.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2025 Iran and US agree to continue nuclear talks after first indirect round Iranian foreign minister hails ‘calm and respectful environment’ to mediated talks in Oman
The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2025 How Pakistan quietly became world’s biggest solar importer South Asian country’s quiet solar surge shows how clean energy is no longer just an environmental choice, but a powerful economic solution, experts say
The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2025 UK police chiefs call for ban on social media for under-16s Four senior officers say more controls needed, amid claims platforms are ‘fuelling and enabling’ crime
Al Jazeera · Apr 12, 2025 Over 1,560 killed since Israel broke Gaza truce At least 1,563 people have been killed since Israel resumed offensive on March 18, as humanitarian situation worsens in
International Business Times · Apr 12, 2025 UN Warns US Aid Cuts Threaten Millions Of Afghans With Famine Fresh US cuts to food assistance risk worsening already widespread hunger in Afghanistan, according to the World Food Programme, which warned it can support just half the people in need -- and only with half rations.
The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2025 Voices: When Macron recognises Palestine, will Starmer follow suit? COMMENT: Recognition of Palestine is not about taking sides, nor rewarding terrorism, nor delegitimising Israel – it is about parity, writes Sir Vincent Fean, the former British consul general to Jerusalem
Radio France Internationale · Apr 12, 2025 Will US-Iran nuclear talks break the deadlock or fan the flames? The United States and Iran are on Saturday holding talks on Tehran's nuclear programme, for the first time since President Donald Trump cancelled a 2015 deal. Hosted by Oman, the meeting is aimed at reaching a new agreement on Iran's nuclear facilities.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2025 The ‘new world order’ of the past 35 years is being demolished before our eyes. This is how we must proceed We have seen the conflict and tragedy that can follow when an old era collapses. Countries that believe in multilateralism must come together now, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown
The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2025 IDF unit involved in Gaza paramedics’ killing was under command of brigade led by notorious Israeli general Golani troops were under command of reservist armoured 14th Brigade, part of division led by Brig Gen Yehuda Vach