Gaza ceasefire negotiations unlikely to restart for weeks, diplomats say
Diplomats at the annual Doha Forum conference in Qatar have said they are not expecting any reopening of Gaza ceasefire talks for some weeks and sa ...
Israel must embrace reality, not ignore it
Once the dust settles post-Hamas, it will be crucial for Israelis to confront the harsh reality of the attack on Oct. 7. The escapist impulse to re ...
Middle East crisis the catalyst for change in the UK
It is not an exaggeration to say that, far away from the Israel-Gaza border, this five-week-old conflict has claimed its first political victim. Su ...
Hospitals must be spared the line of fire
A man limps through the door of a Baghdad hospital. In the crowded entrance, a child comes up to him and pointing to the man's bandaged leg, asks i ...
"Food and water used as weapons of war", says UN
The UN's relief agency for Palestinian refugees has at best a week’s supply left of wheat flour to feed Gaza’s population, and only thr ...
US 'at this time' is not backing a ceasefire on Israel-Gaza
The US does not support current calls for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war, the White House has said. Instead, the Biden administration s ...
We must protect the children caught up in conflicts
Arab children are facing an unprecedented assault on their young lives. In the Middle East and North Africa, UNICEF estimates that more than 61 mil ...
UN chief 'horrified' by strike on Gaza hospital, as warring sides blame each other
The UN Secretary-General said he was horrified by the killing of hundreds of civilians following a strike on a hospital in Gaza on Tuesday. In a tw ...
Supporting the Palestinian cause is a moral imperative, not a crime
Throughout the liberal, democratic Western world, where freedom of expression and speaking out for human rights are fundamental articles of faith, ...
A devastating Israel-Lebanon war is brewing, but it can still be stopped
This week’s shock attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas against Israel left the Middle East on a knife’s edge. The world remains f ...
Rwanda Supreme Court showdown: What do we know?
The UK Supreme Court case will consider the fate of the government's controversial plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda. The outcome is far f ...
What we know about Israeli hostages taken by Hamas
A "significant number" of Israeli civilians and soldiers are being held hostage by Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli ...
Can tech stop India wasting so much of its harvest?
Kapil Jain's father didn't want his children to be farmers. "My father had seen the hardship which farmers go through, so we were all educa ...
What China's economic problems mean for the world
There is a saying that when the United States sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold. But what happens when China is unwell? The wor ...
Five things to know about Lachlan Murdoch
The appointment of Lachlan Murdoch as chairman of Fox and News Corp solidifies his position as one of the most powerful media barons in the world. ...
Libya floods: The bodies left unrecognisable by disaster
A masked doctor leans down into a black plastic body bag, and gently manipulates the legs of the man inside. "First we determine age, sex and lengt ...
Libya floods: Families' heartbreak as rescuers search for survivors
More than 5,300 people are dead and thousands more are missing after ferocious flooding was unleashed on the Libyan city of Derna. Entire n ...
Urban oases combine roof gardens and solar panels
I'm on a rooftop in Vienna. It's a warm day but around me students work and chat in comfort, shaded by solar panels amid lots of plants. Th ...
Brits most likely to say 'we don't live to work'
Dean Holden is one of many people thinking there is more to life than work, hanging up his mic as a railway station announcer after 16 years. ...