A survivor carries a bag of salvaged items at an area devastated by flash flood in Aceh Tamiang on Sumatra Island (AP photo) Devastating floods and landslides have killed more than 900 people on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, with authorities warning that starvation in remote, cut-off areas could push the toll even higher. The country’s disaster […]
Starvation is a war crime, but will justice ever be done? Calls to prosecute the war crime of starvation are becoming louder and more frequent.“[Famine] is a weapon of war being wielded across the globe at the moment. But this has to stop, it’s against international humanitarian law,” Shayna Lewis, senior adviser on Sudan for […]
Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (Image: AP) Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a prominent supporter of US President Donald Trump and a vocal figure in the MAGA movement, has become the first member of her party in Congress to describe the situation in the Gaza Strip as a “genocide.” Her comments mark a […]
Former US President Barack Obama (AP photo) Former US President Barack Obama on Monday urged immediate action to prevent what he called the “preventable” starvation unfolding in Gaza, referring to the situation caused by the war that erupted between Israel and Hamas on October 7, 2023.“While a lasting resolution to the crisis in Gaza must […]
Luis Har, a 72-year-old Israeli grandfather, recounted his 129-day ordeal under Hamas. He described how he was forced to cook for his captors while surviving on barely any food himself.Har, who was taken from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on 7 October 2023, recalled being held at gunpoint in a small apartment in Gaza alongside four other […]
