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Israeli tanks push into Gaza’s Rafah, as displaced civilians flee again 2024-05-14
CyprusMail

Israeli tanks forged deeper into eastern Rafah, reaching some residential districts on Tuesday, stepping up an offensive in the southern border city where more than a million people had been sheltering after being displaced in seven months of war. Israel’s international allies and aid groups...

photo: AP / Abdel Kareem Hana, File

The far-right threatens the migration policy of the EU 2024-05-14
Philenews

It took three years of negotiations between member states for the smoke to clear on the most thorny issue of European policy, that of immigration. The new Migration and Asylum Pact attempted to bridge the differences among member states, emphasizing solidarity and a more equitable distribution of...

photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia

Number of internally displaced people hit new record in 2023: Report 2024-05-14
Al Jazeera

The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) around the globe hit a record 75.9 million in 2023, an NGO monitor has found. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) said in a report released on Tuesday that 7.7 million people were displaced by disasters and 68.3 million by conflict and...

photo: US CBP/Eddie Perez

Blinken in Ukraine to assure US support amid new Russian offensive 2024-05-14
Naharnet

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday in an unannounced diplomatic mission to reassure Ukraine that it has American support as it struggles to defend against increasingly intense Russian attacks. The visit comes less than a month after Congress approved a long-delayed...

photo: Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP / AFP or licensors

Putin to meet Xi in Beijing as world convulses from global conflicts 2024-05-14
CNN

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will welcome Vladimir Putin to China on Thursday for the Russian president’s second visit in less than a year – the latest sign of their growing alignment amid hardening global fault lines as conflict devastates Gaza and Ukraine. Putin will arrive in China just over a week...

photo: AP / Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File

New Caledonia closes its airport, imposes curfew amid violence 2024-05-14
LBC International

New Caledonia mobilized security forces, closed its international airport, and imposed a curfew in the capital after protests turned violent and police were attacked, the French High Commission said on Tuesday. New Caledonia's government called for calm and condemned the destruction of property....

photo: GFDL / Pilettes

India election: Will a 45C heatwave affect who voters choose? 2024-05-14
Al Jazeera

New Delhi, India – Midway through his address to voters in the searing heat of central India late in April, Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari fainted and collapsed on stage. When he was revived a few minutes later, Gadkari returned to the podium, blaming the oppressive weather...

photo: AP / Dar Yasin

Yet another UN resolution for the state of Palestine 2024-05-14
Madhyamam

The United Nations General Assembly passed the resolution moved by the UAE last Friday to recognise a Palestinian state. However, if a country is to be recognized by the UN, the Security Council has to take a decision on the matter, for which this resolution will serve as the prime mover. But the...

photo: UN / Manuel Elías

Australian war crimes whistleblower David McBride jailed for six years 2024-05-14
Al Jazeera

Former Australian Army lawyer David McBride has been sentenced to five years and eight months for revealing information about alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. Supporters of McBride have long expressed his concern that the Australian government was more interested in punishing him for...

photo: AP / Rod McGuirk

Lawrence Wong set to take centre stage as Singapore’s new prime minister 2024-05-14
Al Jazeera

Singapore – For the first time in 20 years, Singapore will inaugurate a new prime minister, Minister for Finance and Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who will take the reins of power in a ceremony on Wednesday, May 15. The 51-year-old will replace Lee Hsien Loong – the eldest son of the...

photo: AP / Sonny Tumbelaka/Pool Photo