While Trump has talked about diplomacy, fears of a ground invasion in Iran loom as US troops arrive in the region. US-Israeli overnight strikes hit Tehran and other cities, with power infrastructure targeted in the Iranian capital, as the conflict causes upheaval in global stock and oil markets. The attacks caused a blackout, which has since been restored, according to the Iranian authorities. United States President Donald Trump said in an interview that he wanted to “take t

Knesset approves measure that has been criticised by European countries and rights groups Security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, one of the bill’s strongest backers, has been wearing a noose-shaped lapel pin to the Knesset. Photograph: Oren Ben Hakoon/Reuters Israel’s parliament has passed a law imposing the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of fatal attacks, a measure sharply criticised as discriminatory by European countries and rights groups. The legislation makes the de

Blocking humanitarian organizations from accessing a medical breakthrough puts vulnerable people across the world in danger. MSF Dr. Dilorom Babakhodjaeva provides consultations for people with HIV, hepatitis C, and syphilis in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. | Uzbekistan 2022 © Umida Akhmedova/MSF In an open letter published today, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called on the US pharmaceutical corporation Gilead Sciences to immediately sell the organization the

Boot der griechischen Küstenwache: Vor der Südküste Kretas sind mindestens 22 Migranten nach mehreren Tagen auf See gestorben. dpa Sechs Tage ohne Wasser, hilflos auf dem Meer: Ein Migrantenboot irrt über das Mittelmeer. Überlebende berichten, wie sie ihre toten Mitreisenden über Bord warfen. Vor der südlichen Küste der griechischen Urlaubsinsel Kreta sind mindestens 22 Migranten nach mehreren Tagen auf See gestorben. Überlebende hätten den Behörden geschildert, dass die Mens

As El Salvador's state of emergency turns four years old, families warn of the toll of the mass arrests on children. Rubidia Hernandez and her six-year-old granddaughter hug as they sit in their home on the outskirts of Nahuizalco, El Salvador [Euan Wallace/Al Jazeera] In a quiet church courtyard in El Rosario, El Salvador, 16-year-old Sarita sits beside her grandmother. From her neck hangs a medallion, its golden face flashing against the starchy white fabric of her school u

Several settler outposts have been erected in the West Bank in recent days | EPA A Palestinian man has been killed and others seriously injured in separate settler attacks in the occupied West Bank. Locals say that in the past day, several new outposts – clusters of settler homes unauthorised by the government – have been set up in areas where the Palestinian Authority is meant to have full control. Settler violence has continued to surge in the West Bank since the start of t

The Opposition demanded the Bill be sent to a select committee of the House for scrutiny; Union Minister says it will ensure protection to persons who face discrimination due to biological issues LGBTQIA+ community members hold placards during a protest demanding the withdrawal of the Transgender Amendment Bill 2026, in Mumbai, on March 25, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday (March 25, 2026) passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendme

Resolution on transatlantic slavery supported by 123 countries, while three opposed it – including the US and Israel. Ghana said the resolution ⁠was needed because the consequences of slavery persist today [File: Jeenah Moon/Reuters] A ⁠United Nations resolution, proposed by Ghana, to recognise transatlantic slavery as the “gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations, has been adopted despite pushback from Europe and the United States. At a UN General Assembly

Human Rights Watch and others say they have documented use of weapon in civilian areas during war on Gaza An explosion of what appears to be white phosphorus fired by the IDF on the Israel-Lebanon border in November 2023. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters When the M825-series 155mm artillery projectile bursts, expelling its felt wedges containing white phosphorus, it leaves a distinctive knuckle-shaped plume. That is how Human Rights Watch (HRW) researchers said they were

Israel Katz, the Israeli defense minister, suggested that Israeli troops might remain in parts of Lebanon even after the fighting there winds down. Israeli military vehicles near the border of Lebanon on Saturday.Credit...Odd Andersen/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Israel’s defense minister said on Tuesday that the country’s military plans to expand the territory under its control in southern Lebanon, suggesting it was ramping up its ground offensive against the Iranian-