World

Israel’s response to Iran and the factors that will shape…

Posted by April 18, 2024

Speculation is mounting over how Israel will respond to Iran’s weekend attack, itself a response to Israel’s April 1 strike on the Iranian embassy in Damasc

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Holding Up the Sky: Saving the Indigenous Yanomami tribe in…

Posted by April 18, 2024

A Brazilian tribal leader warns that illegal mining in forests will have dire consequences for the rest of the world.Davi Kopenawa is a tribal chief and spokesm

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Israeli attack on nuclear sites to prompt tit-for-tat, pursuing nukes:…

Posted by April 18, 2024

Iran warns Israel that if it goes ahead with a retaliation for last week’s attack, Tehran will respond in kind and also pursue a nuclear weapon.Tehran, Iran â

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We must avoid double standards in foreign policy

Posted by April 18, 2024

With brutal wars unravelling in Ukraine and Gaza, and escalatory attacks between Iran and Israel, defending international law has never been more necessary. Man

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‘World drained my colours’: Gaza artist saved from war by…

Posted by April 18, 2024

On October 6, Malak Mattar packed her suitcase at her family home in the Gaza Strip, in the Remal neighbourhood. It’s an area near Gaza City that has been sin

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The world cannot turn its back on Sudan and its…

Posted by April 18, 2024

At Renk in South Sudan, 40km (25 miles) south of the border with Sudan, I met a young boy – Miyok, orphaned by the brutality of the Sudan conflict. Miyok is o

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Photos: Image of mourning Palestinian woman wins World Press Photo…

Posted by April 18, 2024

A haunting image of a grieving Palestinian woman embracing the body of her little niece, who was killed in an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip, won the 2024 Wor

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Jacob Zuma’s nine lives: How South Africa’s ex-president keeps coming…

Posted by April 18, 2024

In March, the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) barred former President Jacob Zuma from running as a parliamentary candidate in next month’s general

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Russia pounds Ukraine’s cities and front lines as air defences…

Posted by April 18, 2024

Ukraine’s dwindling supply of air defence missiles enabled Russia to devastate its energy infrastructure with ever-increasing effectiveness during the past we

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Deadly Sahel heatwave caused by ‘human-induced’ climate change: Study

Posted by April 18, 2024

Mali and Burkina Faso recorded most extreme heat in what scientists called a once-in-a-200-year occurrence.Human-caused climate change contributed to an unusual

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Iran, Israel and the potential for miscalculation

Posted by April 18, 2024

The Middle East has been waiting with bated breath for Israel’s response to Iran’s attack last weekend as the spectre of regional conflict seems closer than

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India election 2024 phase 1: Who votes and what’s at…

Posted by April 18, 2024

EXPLAINERA total of 102 constituencies in 21 states will vote on April 19 for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections.The first of seven phases of the Indian

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