Hamas announced Tuesday that its leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, will replace Ismail Haniyeh as the head of its political bureau, it said in a statement. The Hamas statement said that the movement announces “the…
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‘They tried to kill people:’ Rotherham residents despair after riot at hotel housing asylum seekers
by adminLike many nondescript hotels in provincial cities around the UK, the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham has been used for years by the British government to house asylum seekers trapped in administrative limbo. There have…
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Thai court orders election-winning party to dissolve in major blow to kingdom’s popular progressive movement
by adminA Thai court on Wednesday ordered the kingdom’s most popular political party to be disbanded, a verdict that delivers a major blow to a vibrant progressive movement and one that threatens to bring more political…
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Who is Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel laureate leader of Bangladesh’s interim government?
by adminA Nobel laureate known as the “banker to the poor” will aim to bring stability to Bangladesh after he answered a call by student protesters for him to temporarily lead the restive country following weeks…
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Hezbollah leader says group will respond but keeping Israelis waiting is part of ‘punishment’
by adminHezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said his group will respond to Israel “regardless of the consequences” to avenge the assassination of the group’s top commander a week ago, but keeping Israelis waiting is “part of the…
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A 39-year-old Polish man has been found guilty of assaulting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in June, national broadcaster DR reported on Wednesday. The man could face four months in prison and deportation from Denmark for…
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At least one person has died and several people have been injured after a hotel collapsed in the popular wine village of Kröv in western Germany overnight. There were 14 people in the building at…
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Violent, far-right riots overran some UK cities this weekend. What happened, and what comes next?
by adminFar-right riots swept Britain over the weekend, with outbreaks of anti-immigrant violence in a number of cities and towns, leaving the new UK government scrambling to control the worst disorder in more than a decade.…
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Middle Eastern nations are bracing for the potential widening of the Israel-Hamas war amid threats by Iran to avenge the killing of Hamas’ political leader in Tehran last week. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei…
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A United Nations investigation has found that nine employees from its main agency for Palestinian humanitarian relief, UNWRA, “may have” been involved in the October 7 attack and no longer work at the agency. UNRWA…