Watch the moment a group of Israeli activists stormed a live television broadcast to protest Israel’s war on Gaza. Members of Standing Together, wearing ‘Leave Gaza’ T-shirts, jumped onto the stage during the airing of the Big…
Category: 3. Middle East
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8 European countries ‘strongly condemn’ Israeli plans to occupy Gaza – Middle East Monitor
Eight European countries on Sunday “strongly” condemned the Israeli government’s plans to fully occupy Gaza City and “firmly” rejected any demographic or territorial changes, Anadolu reports.
In a joint…
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Southern Europe battling worst wildfires in decades amid huge blazes | Climate News
France has been suffering its largest wildfire in at least 50 years, according to disaster officials.
Firefighters in southern France have warned that a huge fire they have been battling, which spread across an area bigger than Paris, could…
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Israel faces growing calls to scrap new Gaza offensive plans
By Emily Rose and Nidal al-Mughrabi
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel’s far-right finance minister has demanded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scrap his plan to seize Gaza City in favour of a tougher one, while Italy said on Sunday the plan…
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Wildfires are inevitable, but we can learn to control them | Climate Crisis
We are midway through summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and we are witnessing another severe wildfire season. In May, wildfires were burning throughout Russia’s Far East. Last month, wildfires broke out throughout Turkiye, Greece, Cyprus and…
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UN rapporteur calls on European football body to expel Israel to make sport ‘genocide free’ – Middle East Monitor
The UN special rapporteur for human rights in the Palestinian territories called on the European football governing body (UEFA) on Sunday to expel Israel from competitions over its war crimes and crimes against…
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Gaza death toll passes 61,400 as Israel’s destructive war continues unabatated – Middle East Monitor
Relatives of the those killed in the Zikim area, who were killed when Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid, mourn as the dead bodies were taken from the al-Shifa Hospital…
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Zelenskyy rejects ‘gifting land’ to Russia ahead of Trump-Putin meeting | Russia-Ukraine war
NewsFeed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has staunchly rejected a suggestion by Donald Trump that ‘swapping territory’ could be a way to end Russia’s war on Ukraine. European leaders have reiterated their support for Kyiv ahead of…
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More than 600 Shia pilgrims hospitalised due to chlorine gas leak in Iraq | News
Authorities say the incident happened overnight between the two Shia holy cities of Najaf and Karbala.
More than 600 Shia pilgrims in Iraq have been briefly hospitalised with respiratory problems after inhaling chlorine as the result of a leak at…
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Two boxers die from brain injuries in separate bouts in Japan | Boxing News
Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa pass away within a day of each other after separate bouts on the same card.
Two Japanese boxers have died from brain injuries sustained in separate bouts on the same card at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall.
Shigetoshi…
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