• US anti-war activist Joe Allen to give talk on crisis of American politics and war in Gaza

    In a meeting organised by People Before Profit, the activist and author will deliver his talk at 7pm in St Columb’s Hall. Allen is the author of several books on US politics, foreign policy and Labour relations. These include, Vietnam the Last War the US lost, and his most recent book on the struggle for Trade Union rights within United Parcel Service. Allen has been active in radical politics for over four decades. Speaking ahead of the event on Wednesday evening in Derry, a spokesperson for...

  • Gaza War Debris Removal Could Take 14 Years, UN Official Warns

    A senior officer at the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), Pehr Lodhammar, has stated during a briefing in Geneva that the extensive rubble and unexploded ordnance left behind by the conflict between Israel and the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip may require approximately 14 years to clear. Lodhammar reported that the war […]

  • Middle East crisis: it could take 14 years to clear Gaza Strip of rubble and unexploded bombs, says UN official – as it happened

    War has left estimated 37m tons of debris in area, requiring years of work with ‘100 trucks’, says Pehr LodhammarSee all of our Israel-Gaza war coverageA premature Palestinian infant, rescued from her mother’s womb by an emergency caesarean section shortly after the woman was killed by an Israeli airstrike, has died, her uncle said Friday.Associated Press reports Rami al-Sheikh said Sabreen Jouda died in a Gaza hospital on Thursday after her health deteriorated and medical teams were unable to...

  • Israel-Gaza news: UN says evidence of Gaza mass graves must be preserved as five killed in Rafah strikes

    More than half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million have sought refuge in Rafah

  • Is the Gaza war destabilizing Jordan?

    This article was co-published with The New Arab.Iranian missiles lit up the sky over Jordan this weekend as Israeli jets reportedly scrambled alongside their French, Jordanian, and U.S. counterparts to intercept the unprecedented barrage.On the ground, regular Jordanians got their first taste of what could escalate to a broader war. Videos showed charred remnants of missiles in Marj al-Hamam, a quiet neighbourhood a short drive from downtown Amman. Some responded with levity, placing ads on the...

  • Global day of action over Gaza war

    Pro-Palestine protesters shut down the Golden Gate bridge as part of a

  • Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war

    Editor’s notes: The list below is CPJ’s most recent and preliminary account of journalist deaths in the war. Our database will not include all of these casualties until we have completed further investigations into the circumstances surrounding them. For more information, read our FAQ. The Israel-Gaza war has taken a severe toll on journalists since

  • University protests against Gaza war spread to UK

    Shafaqna English- University protests have spread to the UK following similar actions across the United States. Almost 300 students at the University of Warwick set up camp in the centre of the institution on Friday. The Warwick Stands with Palestine student-led coalition called for a rally and began an encampment

  • UN:Global hunger crisis worsens in 2023

    Shafaqna English-The Global Report on Food Crises reveals that nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023. The UN report on Wednesday said 24 million more people faced an acute lack of food than in 2022, due to the sharp deterioration in food security, especially

  • 15 UN aid trucks enter Gaza

    The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) shared in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that 15 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip on Sunday. The trucks were allowed in through the Kerem Shalo

  • Gaza war protesters attack 'arteries of capitalism'

    Dozens of protesters lay on a busy CBD intersection, fake bodies were put outside offices and a factory was disabled in a nationwide protest against the war in Gaza. Pro-Palestine group A15 Action called on supporters to blockade “the arteries of capitalism” as part of Monday’s action, saying “the global economy is complicit in genocide”. […]

  • False Equivalency and Lack of Proportionality in the Gaza War

    The repeated use of 2,000-pound bombs have leveled multistorey apartment buildings in Gaza, killing hundreds of residents in order to strike even just a single Hamas suspect. The IDF has relied on the "Lavender" and "Where's Daddy" AI programs, which have limited human oversight, to kill suspected militants, their families, and nearby neighbors in the hundreds on the mere possibility of on-site Hamas members. In shifting free-fire zones, snipers are ordered or allowed to shoot anyone in sight,...