Organisers of a pro-Palestine rally want an apology and widespread retractions after police deemed “gas the Jews” might never have been chorused on the steps of the Sydney Opera House. Footage of people chanting in the forecourt of Australia’s most famous building — including a caption highlighting the slur — drew global outrage and caused … Read more
Three United States service members have been killed and dozens are feared wounded after an unmanned aerial drone attack on US forces stationed in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border, President Joe Biden and US officials say. Biden blamed Iran-backed groups for the attack, the first deadly strike against US forces since the Israel-Hamas war … Read more
The World Court ordered Israel to prevent acts of genocide against the Palestinians and do more to help civilians, although it stopped short of ordering a ceasefire as requested by the plaintiff South Africa. While the ruling denied Palestinian hopes of a binding order to halt the war in Gaza, it also represented a legal … Read more
Israeli tanks have struck a huge UN compound in Gaza sheltering displaced Palestinians, causing “mass casualties”, the United Nations says, but Israel denies its forces were responsible and suggests Hamas might have launched the shelling. Wednesday’s attack, which the UN said hit a vocational training centre housing 30,000 displaced people in Khan Younis, southern Gaza’s … Read more
The United States military has carried out more strikes in Yemen, destroying two Houthi anti-ship missiles that were aimed at the Red Sea and preparing to launch, the US military says. The US strikes, which took place about 2.30am (2330 GMT) on Wednesday, are the latest against the Iran-backed group over its targeting of Red … Read more
WARNING: Distressing images Israeli attacks have raged across the Gaza Strip as Palestinian health officials say the death toll from Israeli strikes since war broke out in October has passed 25,000, most of them women and children. Gaza’s health ministry on Sunday said 178 Palestinians had been killed in the past 24 hours, one of … Read more
Israeli tanks and aircraft have hit targets in southern and central Gaza and there were fierce gun battles in some areas as the war reached 100 days since the October 7 attack led by gunmen from the Islamist Hamas movement. Communications and internet services were down for the third day running on Sunday, complicating the … Read more
Papua New Guinea’s prime minister has declared a state of emergency, suspending government and police officials, after 16 people were killed in riots in the Pacific island nation. A police and public sector protest on Wednesday over a pay cut that officials blamed on an administrative glitch descended into lawlessness. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Deadly … Read more
South Africa has accused Israel of genocide in an unprecedented case at the United Nations’ top court, saying the country’s leadership was “intent on destroying the Palestinians in Gaza” and calling for the court to order a halt to Israel’s military campaign in the enclave. On the first of two days of hearings at the … Read more
The Israeli army will continue its operations against Hamas in the Gaza Strip until it attains its goals, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says. “The war must not be stopped until we achieve all the goals: the elimination of Hamas, the return of all our hostages and ensuring that Gaza will no longer pose a threat … Read more
