As Russian and Ukrainian delegations descended on Istanbul on Friday in an try to finish the three-year conflict in Ukraine, the distinction between the 2 events within the battle couldn’t be starker. One appeared assured, methodical – clear about its targets. The opposite, scattered and unsure. Russia’s place on the contours of a possible settlement…
Air strikes come a day after the Iran-aligned Houthis fired a missile that struck close to Israel’s fundamental airport. The Israeli army says it has carried out air strikes on Yemen’s Hodeidah port and a cement manufacturing facility, claiming the websites had been used to assist Houthi operations towards Israel. The strikes on Monday injured…
I’m no stranger to political repression and censorship. I’ve lived in Germany for 5 years now, and as a Palestinian journalist concerned in pro-Palestinian advocacy, I’ve skilled repeated harassment by the hands of the German authorities. My husband, a German citizen, and I, an American citizen, have grown accustomed to being held for hours at…
Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz declared final week that “no humanitarian support will enter Gaza”, successfully asserting his authorities’s intention to proceed the collective punishment of the Palestinian enclave’s battered and besieged civilian inhabitants in blatant violation of worldwide humanitarian regulation. “Blocking this support is without doubt one of the principal strain levers stopping Hamas…
A day earlier than Easter, Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced a short lived ceasefire for the Christian vacation. Like different Russian guarantees, this one was damaged too. Ukrainian media reported Russian drone assaults, shelling and firefights throughout the entrance traces. Ukrainian civilians had been additionally focused. This ceasefire that wasn’t got here on the tail…
At the start of March, an expansive clandestine crematorium was found on a ranch within the western Mexican state of Jalisco, full with burned human stays and 200 pairs of footwear. Based on native officers, the obvious extermination website was possible operated by the Jalisco New Technology Cartel, which additionally reportedly used the ranch as…
As a Palestinian pupil, my time at Columbia College has been marked by worry, uncertainty and intimidation.
After I returned to my hometown close to Ramallah within the occupied West Financial institution in January, the stress was palpable. It jogged my memory of the second Intifada, which I witnessed firsthand as a toddler. There was worry and anxiousness and an elevated sense of uncertainty as a result of fixed assaults by Israeli…
United States President Donald Trump’s second time period in workplace has launched with a whirlwind of modifications to the established order in Washington, DC, and to US relations with the world. The speedy tempo of exits from the norm – from focusing on Canada, the US’s most steadfast ally, with bigger tariffs than China, and…
Psst. Over right here. Over right here. You wish to hear a commerce secret? The majority of journalists who cowl the so-called “halls of energy” in Washington, Ottawa, Canberra, London, Paris and past desire routine over spontaneity. You see, predictability is simple. It’s comforting as a result of most capital cities are mundane locations the…
