The country hosting COP28 climate talks aimed at cutting fossil fuel emissions is massively ramping up its own oil production, the BBC has learned. The United Arab Emirates’ state oil…
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Gaza’s fear and anger as ceasefire ends and fighting erupts
The resumption of fighting between Israel and Hamas has been met with a mixture of fear and anger in Gaza, with the UN calling it a “nightmare”. A temporary ceasefire…
Donald Trump clashes repeatedly with judge in heated New York testimony
Donald Trump clashed repeatedly with a judge and defended his family’s business as he testified in a civil fraud trial in New York. During almost four hours on the witness…
Israeli attack shaking the very foundations of every building in Gaza City
The bombing has continued over Gaza City. Israel has been using all kinds of unconventional weapons and bombs, shaking the very foundations of almost every single residential building in the…
New US sanctions over Russia-Ukraine war target Lancet drones
The United States has announced new sanctions covering some 130 new entities, including firms in China, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates, for allegedly supplying Russia’s military with much-needed components…
Blinken to focus on minimising harm to civilians
As we’ve reported, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is making his second visit to Israel since Hamas launched a series of deadly attacks on the country on 7 October…
Pope Francis says two well-defined states is the ‘wise solution’
Pope Francis has said that a two-state solution is the “wise” way to solve the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Speaking to Italian broadcaster RAI, Francis said there had to…
Israel has broken through Hamas front line defence: Military
On the ground, Israel’s military spokesman says that with back up from the air and sea, troops have now broken through Hamas’s front lines of defence in northern Gaza. An…
Canada bans China’s WeChat on government devices
Canada has announced it will ban WeChat on government devices. The Chinese-owned app is sometimes referred to as the “everything app” – like WhatsApp, Facebook, Amazon and Tinder all in…
‘No one trusts Netanyahu’: Israel’s war cabinet divided amid Gaza conflict
It took one tweet over the weekend for cracks to emerge within the Israeli political establishment. Just after midnight on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote that he had never…