Palestinians in Gaza are struggling to put their lives back together in the current, fragile peace Israel has blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza as it demands Hamas agree to a US plan for a ceasefire extension. The first phase of a truce deal mediated by Egypt, Qatar and the US expired on Saturday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Hamas was refusing to accept a temporary extension proposed by Donald Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff. A Hamas

Protestors fill the Iowa state Capitol to denounce a bill that would strip the state civil rights code of protection based on gender identity, Thursday Feb. 27, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Iowa lawmakers became the first in the nation to approve legislation removing gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code Thursday, despite massive protests by opponents who say it could expose transgender people to discrimination in numerous

Proposed legislation will also introduce prison time for conducting same-sex marriage ceremonies Protesters at an LGBT Pride March in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul on 30 June 2024 (Kemal Aslan/AFP) Draft legislation could see “biological sex” written into law in Turkey and the “promotion” of LGBTQ rights criminalised. According to a draft document from the justice ministry acquired by LGBTQ rights group Kaos GL, the new legislation would also introduce prison time for thos

Jeangagnon , CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Montreal-based author and activist Yves Engler turned himself in  to Montreal police for arrest at 9:30 am Thursday on multiple charges, initially for social media posts about the Israel-Gaza conflict and subsequently for writing about the police enforcement action against him.  Following the arrest , Engler appeared in court via video link Thursday afternoon and will remain in detention overnight after the Crown opposed his r

How DOGE destroys How does Elon Musk use the word "fraud" to dismantle the US federal government? The term is not as an attempt to describe the world, but to change it. It is a political tool, used by a politician to justify a political action: regime change to oligarchy. The word "fraud" operates in six ways. 1. The bait and switch. When Musk says "fraud," people who benefit from government programs are supposed to think "that applies to others, but not to me." The idea of "

The treatment of South Africa's white minority population has come under increased scrutiny // EPA A South African court has dismissed claims of a white genocide in the country as "clearly imagined" and "not real", undermining comments made by US President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk. The ruling came as the court blocked a wealthy benefactor's donation to white supremacist group Boerelegioen. Grantland Michael Bray wanted to bequeath $2.1m ( £1.7m) to the group to

Photo: Pete Marovich/Pool/Getty Images. Even just a cursory glance over social media can tell you that a lot of people think Donald Trump is "crazy," or "insane," or even an actual narcissist. But Allen Frances, MD, who wrote the diagnostic criteria for narcissism , thinks that we shouldn't be so quick to point to mental illness when it comes to Trump. In response to a New York Daily News article  on Trump's possible narcissistic personality disorder   that has been making th

High Representative of Bangladesh's Chief Adviser on Rohingya Issue and Priority Matters Dr. Khalilur Rahman met UN Secretary-General...

“It is the right decision, not only for us Plaintiffs but for every Montanan’s right to privacy.” Photo by Steven Cordes  on Unsplash On Feb. 18, a Montana judge struck down , for the second time, a bill seeking to unconstitutionally define sex and gender under state law. “Substituting the opinions of licensed medical professionals and individuals with that of the legislators’ own beliefs and values impermissibly requires Montanans to identify themselves based on the politica

Writers like Adam Kirsch mock the idea to demonize critics of Israel. The phenomenon itself remains. Palestinians flee Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip in January 2024. Image: Mahmud Hams / AFP via Getty Images The Pledge Christopher Nolan’s film The Prestige  presents a three-act structure said to apply to all great magic tricks. First is the pledge: the magician presents something ordinary, though the audience suspects that it isn’t. Next is the turn: the magician make