Getty Images Dr Alaa al-Najjar (2nd L) at her husband’s bedside in Nasser hospital The husband of a Palestinian doctor in Gaza whose children were killed in an Israeli strike on Friday remains in critical condition, according to the hospital treating him. Hamdi al-Najjar’s “life remains in danger”, Dr Milena Angelova-Chee, a Bulgarian doctor working…
A UN-backed assessment has said that Gaza’s population of around 2.1 million Palestinians is at “critical risk” of famine and faces “extreme levels of food insecurity” as an Israeli blockade on humanitarian aid continues. The latest report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said there had been a “major deterioration” since October 2024,…
Both the US and Ukraine have said they are broadly ready to sign a deal which would give American firms access to Ukraine’s minerals. “We are ready to sign this afternoon if they are,” US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday, adding that Ukraine “decided to make last minute changes” to the agreement. Ukraine’s…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the media during a refueling stop at Shannon Airport in Shannon, Ireland, March 12, 2025, as he travels from talks with Ukraine in Saudi Arabia to attending a G7 Foreign Ministers meeting in Canada. Saul Loeb | Via Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said President…
Roads of Karachi, Pakistan, dated 2022 Muhammad Aqib | Moment | Getty Images Countries around the world have been feeling the pressure of tariffs imposed on their exports to the U.S., as well as the trade tensions between the world’s largest superpowers. Pakistan is no exception. U.S. President Donald Trump had imposed a 29% duty…
BBC Sarah Wynn-Williams says she watched Facebook grow from “a front row seat” Meta has won an emergency ruling in the US to temporarily stop a former director of Facebook from promoting or further distributing copies of her memoir. The book, Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams, who used to be the company’s global public policy…
Paul Adams Diplomatic correspondent Reuters Palestinians in Gaza are trying to put their lives back together in the current, fragile peace Where next? The first six-week phase of the Gaza ceasefire ends on Saturday. The 42 days since 19 January have seen their fair share of uncertainty, hope, grief and anger, but everything that should…
The German parliament convenes for its last regular session before the general election. Michael Kappeler | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Germans headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in the 2025 federal election, which is all but guaranteed to result in a new chancellor taking over from Olaf Scholz to lead Europe’s largest…
Kennie Bukky, co-founder at The Pivot Place. Courtesy: Kennie Bukky Kennie Bukky, a millennial professional, made a six-figure salary in 2024 and attributed her high earnings to two key strategies: building an audience on social media and learning high-paying skills. Despite being under 30 years old, Bukky balances multiple jobs and earned just over £100,000…
Rescue workers scoured piles of concrete and twisted metal for survivors on Friday after a roof collapsed at the entrance of a railway station in the Serbian city of Novi Sad killing 13 people. A bicycle sits between rubbles at the scene where the roof of a train station collapsed, killing several people in Serbia(REUTERS)…
