The International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders. In more than seven months of war, more than 35,000 Palestinians have been killed and large parts of the Gaza Strip destroyed. The International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant bear criminal … Read more
The president was seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Iran has declared five days of mourning after President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash. There is no power vacuum, however. According to the constitution, the first vice president assumes power until elections are held within 50 days. So how … Read more
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been killed after his helicopter crashed in a remote region of the country. Raisi’s body was identified early on Monday by rescuers who had begun a search in the mountainous northwest of Iran near the border with Azerbaijan the previous afternoon. A hardline religious conservative, Raisi had long been seen … Read more
Israel refutes South Africa’s accusation that its Gaza military campaign is a genocidal act against Palestinians. In its latest appeal, South Africa has called on the United Nations’s top court for urgent measures to order a halt to Israel’s assault on Rafah. Since early this month, Israeli forces have been pounding the southern city where … Read more
Police say that man who first went missing in 1998 was held by a 61-year-old neighbour just a few minutes from his home. An Algerian man who went missing in 1998 during the country’s civil war has been found alive in his neighbour’s cellar 26 years later, according to authorities. The country’s Ministry of Justice … Read more
Police in the United States have taken back a lecture hall from pro-Palestinian protesters who for hours occupied the building at the University of California, Irvine, and then cleared a student encampment that stood for more than two weeks. Officers from about 10 law enforcement agencies converged on the campus on Wednesday after university officials … Read more
Breaking news and analysis on day 222 of Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Flood | The Electronic Intifada Podcast The Electronic Intifada Soldier killed in south Gaza fighting, in first Israeli fatality of Rafah offensive The Times of Israel Israel’s war on Gaza updates: Many killed as Israel launches ground attacks Al Jazeera English Israeli tanks push deeper into Rafah; battles … Read more
Palestinians have commemorated the 1948 Nakba, or “catastrophe”, when hundreds of thousands of people were expelled from their homes during the establishment of the State of Israel as Israeli forces continue their assault on Gaza. The Nakba has been one of the defining experiences for Palestinians, helping to shape their national identity. This year’s commemoration … Read more
Shopkeeper Nazer Mohammad ran home as soon as he heard about flash floods crashing through the outskirts of Pul-e-Khumri, a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan. By the time he got there, all had been swept away, including his home and family of five. “Everything happened just all of a sudden. I came home, but there … Read more
An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth produced stunning displays of colour in the skies across the Northern Hemisphere early on Saturday, with no immediate reports of disruptions to power and communications. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rare severe geomagnetic storm warning when a solar outburst reached Earth on Friday afternoon, … Read more