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Mahmoud Khalil deportation case: Federal judge orders release of Palestinian activist; govt given till Friday to appeal

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from continuing to detain Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that Mahmoud Khalil, a legal US resident and former graduate student at Columbia University, must be released from immigration detention. Khalil was detained in March following his participation in campus pro-Palestinian demonstrations against Israel’s military action […]

‘Far too many still toiling’: 138 million children working in factories and fields; UN says end could take ‘hundreds of years’

The United Nations said on Wednesday that around 138 million children around the world are still working in factories and fields. Given the slow pace of progress, the organisation has warned that eliminating child labour could take “hundreds of years.”Nearly 40 per cent of these children were reported to be engaged in hazardous work in […]

‘Enough is enough’: Former Israel PM Ehud Olmert blames Netanyahu for Gaza war; urges Trump to intervene

Former Israel prime minister Ehud Olmert (left) and current PM Benjamin Netanyahu (Image credit: AP) Ehud Olmert, former prime minister of Israel, has blamed the current PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, for failing to prevent the October 7, 2023 attacks by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which triggered a deadly war in the middle east.In an interview […]

Don’t let deep sea become ‘wild west’, Guterres tells world leaders

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres (Image credit: AP) United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday the world could not let the deepest oceans “become the wild west”, at the start in France of a global summit on the seas.World leaders are attending the UN Ocean Conference in Nice as nations tussle over contentious […]

Germany vows continued support of Israel as FM visits Berlin

German foreign minister Johann Wadephul (Image credit: AP) Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar met with his German counterpart, Johann Wadephul, in Berlin on Thursday.The meeting took place a day after Wadephul promised that Germany would send more arms to Israel despite growing international calls for a weapons embargo.Speaking at a press conference with his counterpart, […]

Gaza civilians struggle as aid fails to reach north

Starving civilians caught in the chaos of food distribution in Gaza (Image credit: AP) Before the war, Hazem Lubbad was a university student, supporting his studies while working as a waiter at a restaurant in Gaza City. For the past 19 months, he has been hunkering down with his extended family in Sheikh Radwan, a […]

Historic First: Emirati business leader Shaikha Al Nowais appointed first woman Secretary-General of UN Tourism

Shaikha Al Nowais (Image credit: Shaikha Al Nowais official webiste) The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism) has elected Shaikha Al Nowais as the next Secretary-General of UN Tourism. She will be the first woman to lead the organization since its establishment in 1975, marking 50 years of its history.Nowais is set to begin […]

UN says strong chance average warming will top 1.5 degrees Celsius in next 4 years

UN says strong chance average warming will top 1.5 degrees Celsius in next 4 years (Photo: AFP) The United Nations warned on Wednesday that there is a 70 per cent chance that average warming from 2025 to 2029 would exceed the 1.5 degrees celsius international benchmark.The planet is therefore expected to remain at historic levels […]

US-backed Gaza aid model ‘waste of resources, distraction from atrocities’: UNRWA head

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini (Image credit: UNRWA official website) The new US-backed aid distribution model in Gaza is a waste of resources and a distraction from “atrocities”, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees Philippe Lazzarini said Wednesday.“I believe it is a waste of resources and a distraction from atrocities. We already have […]

Argentina’s President Javier Milei to receive $1M Genesis Prize in Israel

Argentina’s President Javier Milei (Image credit: AP) Argentina’s President Javier Milei is headed to Israel. Milei was awarded the $1 million Genesis Prize in January in recognition of his support of Israel. After he postponed a planned visit in March, he is now set to receive the prize in a ceremony at Israel’s Knesset on […]