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Russia warns West on ‘dangerous’ escalation of tensions in Ukraine war 2024-05-04
Press TV

Russia has censured the "dangerous" Ukraine-related remarks made by France’s President Emanuel Macron and UK's Foreign Secretary David Cameron. Macron on Thursday reiterated that he does not rule out the option of sending French forces to fight against Russian troops in Ukraine, while Cameron said...

photo: AP / Andriy Andriyenko, File

Canada police charge three with murder of Sikh leader Nijjar, probe India link 2024-05-04
Philenews

Canadian police on Friday arrested and charged three Indian men with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year and said they were probing whether the men had ties to the Indian government. Nijjar, 45, was shot dead in June outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, a Vancouver suburb...

photo: AP / K.M. Chaudary

Kenya, Tanzania brace for Cyclone Hidaya as flood death toll rises 2024-05-03
Al Jazeera

Kenya and Tanzania have been bracing for a cyclone on the heels of torrential rains and floods that have devastated East Africa, killing nearly 400 people and forcing tens of thousands from their homes. Cyclone Hidaya is inching closer to the eastern coast of Tanzania, with an expected landfall...

photo: AP

Gaza reconstruction could take 80 years, damage unseen since World War II: UN 2024-05-03
Press TV

A United Nations official says the destruction caused by Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip is unseen since the Second World War, estimating that the reconstruction of the Palestinian territory could take 80 years and cost up to $40 billion. Speaking at a press conference in the Jordanian capital Amman...

photo: AP / Ismael Abu Dayyah

Türkiye suspends all trade operations with Israel 2024-05-03
BRTK

In the second phase of restrictive measures, Türkiye suspended all export and import operations with Israel due to its “aggression against Palestine in violation of international law and human rights,” the Turkish Trade Ministry announced late Thursday. Previously, Türkiye restricted 54 product...

photo: AP / Markus Schreiber

EU announces US$1 billion aid to Lebanon to curb migration 2024-05-02
The New Arab

EU Chief Ursula von der Leyen announced US$1 billion in aid to Lebanon over the next three years during a visit to Beirut aimed at curbing the number of irregular migrants travelling to Europe via boat. Von der Leyen said that the aid was aimed at bolstering social services such as education and...

photo: AP / Hassan Ammar

Active Clubs: A new far-right threat to democratic elections 2024-05-02
Al Jazeera

Across North America and Europe, the far-right Active Clubs movement is expanding at an unprecedented pace, presenting new threats to democratic elections and minorities. With a network of decentralised cells in most states in the United States and European Union member countries, the Active Clubs...

‘Blood minerals’: What are the hidden costs of the EU-Rwanda supply deal? 2024-05-02
Al Jazeera

As the green revolution revs up, the European Union has signed a deal with Rwanda that will ensure a supply of precious minerals needed to build clean tech like solar panels and electric vehicles. What’s not to like? As the European Commission described it, after inking a Memorandum of Understanding...

photo: AP / Marc Hofer

Abortion is still consuming US politics and courts 2 years after a Supreme Court draft ... 2024-05-02
Wtop

Two years after a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion signaled that the nation’s abortion landscape was about to shift dramatically, the issue is still consuming the nation’s courts, legislatures and political campaigns — and changing the course of lives. On Wednesday, a ban on...

photo: AP / Eric Gay, File

Tensions high at UCLA as police order pro-Palestinian protesters to leave 2024-05-02
Al Jazeera

Tensions are high at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus where hundreds of police in riot gear have deployed in force, ordering peaceful pro-Palestinian protesters to leave or face arrest, less than 24 hours after their encampment was attacked by a violent pro-Israel mob. But...

photo: AP / Jae C. Hong