British woman and husband found dead after failed Atlantic crossing Sarah Packwood and Brett Clibbery’s life raft washed up on a remote Canadian island after they were reported missing on 18 June The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2024
Israel military says it intercepts missile, Yemen’s Houthi rebels confirm targeting Eilat Israel’s military said it had intercepted a surface-to-surface missile headed for the Red Sea resort town of Eilat early on Sunday. Yemen’s Houthi rebels later confirmed they had targeted the city with multiple ballistic missiles to avenge Israeli air strikes on the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah the day before… France 24 · Jul 21, 2024
Yes, five years in jail is too harsh, but the Just Stop Oil Five shouldn’t have done it The urgent needs of the road users they held up were ignored during this climate crusade The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2024
Unregistered Senegal Youth Struggle For Legal Status It was only when 12-year-old Senegalese schoolboy Lassou Samb prepared to sit his end-of-year exams that his lack of any legal documentation finally caught up with him. International Business Times · Jul 21, 2024
‘Impunity must end’: World reacts to ICJ ruling against Israeli occupation Several countries call on international community to pressure Israel in wake of ‘watershed’ opinion by top UN court. Al Jazeera · Jul 20, 2024
South mourns and north rejoices as Cyprus marks 50 years of ethnic division Greek Cypriots in south wake to air raid sirens reminiscent of invasion while Turkish-occupied north celebrates The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2024
Israel strikes Yemen port after Houthi rebels attack Tel Aviv Three reported killed and 87 wounded after oil depot and electrical installations hit The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2024
United Nations marks Apollo 11 55th with international moon missions stamps Photos of the moon captured by American, Russian, European, Japanese, Indian, Korean and Chinese spacecraft are the subject of new United Nations stamps for the 55th anniversary of Apollo 11. Space · Jul 20, 2024
Four arrested in multimillion-dollar meth lab bust in South Africa More than $100m worth of chemicals used in the manufacturing of illicit drugs were seized in raid, police say. Al Jazeera · Jul 20, 2024
Sorry, JD Vance, but being a ‘childless cat lady’ is actually not a bad thing Rather than being ‘miserable’, as Trump’s running mate once said, women who are childfree by choice are often happier and healthier The Guardian - US · Jul 20, 2024
AP PHOTOS: Remnants of lives interrupted by war half a century ago captured in Cyprus' buffer zone A rickety piano leans crookedly against a peeling apartment wall, pots and pans filled with dust rest on a stove that has seen much better days and a book, its pages turning yellow with time, lies open next to a rusty tin can; signs of homes, once teeming with life,… The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2024
Turkey’s Erdogan, Cyprus president see different paths for divided island Turkish leader says he sees no point in UN-led talks as Christodoulides declares reunification is the only way forward. Al Jazeera · Jul 20, 2024
Cyprus Marks 50 Years Since Turkish Invasion Cyprus anniversary stirs contrasting emotions as Greek Cypriots mourn and Turkish Cypriots celebrate, with hopes for reunification and peace. Top News · Jul 20, 2024
Cop29 host Azerbaijan seeks $1bn from fossil fuel producers for climate fund Countries and companies involved in oil and gas extraction to be asked to join scheme aimed at tackling global heating The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2024
The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2024 Labour rejects Jack Straw’s two-state solution for Cyprus as island marks 50 years of division New British government under pressure to broker deal to end half-century-long crisis
The Guardian - AU · Jul 20, 2024 Israel-Gaza war: ceasefire ‘close to the goalline’, says US – as it happened US secretary of state Antony Blinken said that a long-sought ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was within sight
The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2024 Inside a Lebanese village where war with Israel has already arrived Long stretches of Odaisseh and a neighbouring village have been virtually abandoned and reduced to rubble
Fortune · Jul 20, 2024 Affordable travel is to blame for Europe’s overtourism problem, spoiling its most sought-after cities like Barcelona, Amsterdam and Athens Mass tourism isn't a new phenomenon, but it’s reached a tipping point in Europe where locals are increasingly bearing the brunt of it.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2024 ‘Why can there be no peace?’ Cyprus remains divided 50 years on As both sides of the island mark the war that began on 20 July 1974, it is in the knowledge that almost nothing has changed
International Business Times · Jul 20, 2024 Sirens In Cyprus Mark 50 Years Since Turkish Invasion Sirens pierced the pre-dawn quiet in Cyprus on Saturday to mark 50 years since Turkish troops landed on the Mediterranean island in an invasion that has left it divided to this day.
International Business Times · Jul 19, 2024 40 Haitian Migrants Dead After Voodoo Ritual Sets Boat Ablaze At least 40 migrants have died after a boat they were traveling in caught fire off the northern coast of Haiti, a UN agency said Friday, with police saying the explosion was sparked by a voodoo ritual gone wrong.
Al Jazeera · Jul 19, 2024 Palestinians urge world to end Israel’s illegal occupation after ICJ ruling Activists say ICJ’s ruling will do little for Palestinians under occupation unless other states apply pressure to Israel
The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2024 ‘Not acceptable in a democracy’: UN expert condemns lengthy Just Stop Oil sentences Michel Forst, UN special rapporteur, joins growing chorus of voices criticising jail terms handed to five defendants
France 24 · Jul 19, 2024 Top UN court says Israel’s occupation of Palestinian Territories is ‘unlawful’ The International Court of Justice ruled Friday that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian Territories is illegal and called on it to stop building settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas hailed the decision while Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said it cannot alter…
The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2024 Why ICJ ruling against Israel’s settlement policies will be hard to ignore Judgment challenges allies such as UK and US, which for years soft-pedalled on occupation of Palestinian territories