This live blog is now closed. For more on the UN security council vote, you can read our full report:Israel isolated as UN security council demands immediate ceasefire in GazaUnrwa’s planning director has said “more people will die” in the north of the Gaza Strip as a result of Israel barring the agency from delivering aid there.Sam Rose is quoted by Al Jazeera saying:An independent authority warned last week of an imminent famine and people are already dying of starvation up in the north. And...
The Israeli military revealed that the Shin Bet security service had recently detected Iranian attempts to smuggle large consignments of advanced weapons, including packages containing explosive shrapnel and anti-tank mines, to activists in the West Bank for use in carrying out attacks against Israeli targets. Failed. According to Shin Bet, those behind the plan were
A 12-year-old Palestinian boy was shot while lighting a firework. ‘Cases like these happen quite regularly, but no one’s hearing about them,’ according to the Israeli rights group B’Tselem“The depth of the horror surpasses our ability to describe it,” James Elder, a spokesperson with the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), said after travelling the length of Gaza this week. There is nothing left: Republicans who called for Gaza to be turned into a “parking lot” have got their wish. Amid the...
Afghan National PoliceOutgoing Prime Minister Rutte visits Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, March 13, 2024 Noos News•Yesterday, 9:42 p.m•an average Yesterday, at 10:33 p.m If Israel invaded Rafah, it would “change the rules of the game and cause a humanitarian catastrophe.” This was stated by outgoing Prime Minister Rutte in the House of Representatives. He added, […]
Israel announced on 22 March the seizure of eight square kilometers (1,977 acres) of land in West Bank’s Jordan Valley region. Activists call this the largest action of its kind in decades, indicating a significant objective in Israel’s plans for settlement expansion in the occupied territories. The Israel Broadcasting Authority disclosed that the area is, “for the construction of hundreds of residential units, in addition to an area designated for industry, commerce, and employment.” Finance...
Western Banks Warn Against EU Plans To Give Russian Funds To Ukraine Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Some Western banks are lobbying against an EU plan to use profits made by Russian central bank funds that are frozen in Europe to arm Ukraine, Reuters reported. The European Commission has proposed sending up to 3 billion euros to Ukraine per year using the revenue. About 90% would go to a fund called the "European Peace Facility" that can be used to buy weapons for...
A federal government plan for hunters to kill thousands of invasive owls to protect the rapidly declining northern spotted owl has ruffled the feathers of dozens of animal advocacy groups. On Monday, a coalition of 75 animal rights and wildlife protection organizations sent a letter to U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland asking her to scrap what they describe as a "reckless plan" to wipe out half a million barred owls in West Coast states over the next three decades. The letter, spearheaded by...
Member of Parliament's Mines and Energy Committee, Edward Bawa, is warning that the next government will inherit the energy sector challenges that the ruling government is pretending did not exist.
The U.S. presidential candidate cited the Freedom Convoy trucker protests in Canada when the government 'was able to destroy their lives' by freezing bank accounts.
Bridget Phillipson tells the BBC the £4bn plan is a "mess" and calls for wider reform of provision.
The arrest took place during Israeli military's raid at the Shifa hospital
Queensland Government has considered pulling out of the Olympics. A stadium crisis has erupted with politicians unwilling to pay huge building costs. But pulling out will cost the government at least $500million