Tag Archives: War

From the skies over Gaza these days fall American bombs and American food pallets, delivering death and life at the same time and illustrating President Biden’s elusive effort to find balance in an unbalanced Middle East war. The president’s decision to authorize airdrops and the construction of a temporary port …

As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, Gaza’s Health Ministry provided an update on the challenges facing women in the Gaza Strip. Here’s how things stand on Friday, March 8, 2024: Fighting and humanitarian crisis On Friday, Gaza’s Health Ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra said about 5,000 women were still giving …

The Massachusetts, US, Air National Guard member who leaked troves of classified military documents and posted them online in a case considered one of the most serious US national security breaches in recent years, has agreed to accept a 16-year sentence on Monday, March 4.   Jack Teixeira, who was …

When Tuesday began, Mohanad Gazzaley, 18, was not registered to vote, and he had not previously heard of the campaign to vote “uncommitted” in protest of President Biden’s handling of the war in Gaza. Then, standing on the stoop of his parents’ home in Hamtramck, a Detroit suburb, he talked …

South Kivu province, Beves, Bukavu. Centre for former child soldiers. Credit: LEMBRYK, Wojtek ICRC Opinion by Ezequiel Heffes (new york) Wednesday, February 21, 2024 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Feb 21 (IPS) – All around the globe, the most vulnerable among us are suffering the gravest consequences of war. Children bear …

As the war enters its 723rd day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, February 15, 2024. Fighting Ukraine said it critically damaged the Caesar Kunikov, a Russian landing warship, off occupied Crimea, in a drone attack, the latest blow to the Russian navy’s Black Sea …

As the war enters its 720th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. Fighting Norway’s intelligence service warned Russia was “gaining the advantage” in the war in Ukraine owing to a greater number of troops and materiel supplied by Iran, China, North …

Hamas militant group has proposed a four-and-a-half-month ceasefire plan that would lead to an end to the war, in response to a proposal sent last week by Qatari and Egyptian mediators backed by the United States and Israel. Israel launched a deadly offensive on Gaza on 7 October, which resulted …

A Nigerian lady, Nkechi Nobis, has revealed that the family of her late boss, who married two wives, are fighting over his properties three days after his burial.    She disclosed this while commenting on a Facebook post on Saturday, February 3, 2024.       

Sa’ada, Yemen. Aftermath of a Saudi airstrikes. Credit: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad Opinion by Melek Zahine (kabul, afghanistan) Friday, February 02, 2024 Inter Press Service KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb 02 (IPS) – Two months ago, an opinion piece I wrote, “The Cries of Gaza Reach Afghanistan,” was published with the hope of reminding American …