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Aid trucks line up at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, 2 March, 2025

UN official urges Israel to lift 'cruel' aid blockade on Gaza

GAZA — The United Nations' emergency relief coordinator has urged Israel to lift its blockade of aid into Gaza, saying the halting of humanitarian aid amounts to "cruel collective punishment."The UN said thousands of Palestinians had breached a humanitarian field office in Gaza late on Wednesday looking for aid.They took medicine and damaged vehicles in the melee but caused no injuries to staff.Israel has blocked any humanitarian aid from entering the territory since the end of a ceasefire in March, throwing Gaza into what is believed to be the worst humanitarian crisis in nearly 19 months of war.Israel has said the blockade and its renewed military campaign are intended to pressure Hamas to release the remaining hostages it still holds.Tom Fletcher, the UN...

May 02, 2025

UN official urges Israel to lift 'cruel' aid blockade on Gaza

This garden shop in Mesilat Zion was left charred and in ruins

Israel fires largely controlled after mass evacuations

TEL AVIV — Fires that have ravaged large parts of central Israel since Wednesday have largely been extinguished, the country's Fire and Rescue Authority says.More than 150 teams have been battling the blaze, which has scorched around 20 sq km (7.7 sq miles) of land in the Latrun area — between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.Israel's ambulance service said at least 12 people had been treated for smoke inhalation, but no fatalities have been reported. Seventeen firefighters were injured, according to Israeli broadcaster Kan.Authorities said hot and dry conditions, with strong winds, made controlling the fires more challenging, and a senior official warned they could flare up again."I've been in the service for 24 years, and I've been through many fires," said Shlomi...

May 02, 2025

Israel fires largely controlled after mass evacuations

Staff from United Nations agencies protest against the drastic budget cuts and staff reductions in Geneva, 1 May, 2025

Almost 500 staff protest against UN budget cuts as US scales back humanitarian funds

GENEVA — Nearly 500 United Nations staff got together at a Labour Day rally in Geneva to protest against sweeping budget cuts prompted by President Donald Trump's decision to pull the US back from its position as the world’s largest aid donor."Reducing the number of UN staff means reducing the means of survival for the fight against famine, for education and for displaced families," said Ian Richards, the president of the UN Geneva staff union.The Geneva rally, held on the Place des Nations in front of the UN building, comes two days after several UN aid agencies announced they would have to slash jobs due to funding cuts, primarily from the US, warning that the reductions will severely impact aid programmes worldwide.Other bodies like the UN children's agency UNICEF,...

May 02, 2025

Almost 500 staff protest against UN budget cuts as US scales back humanitarian funds

A man, on the floor, is pulled away by plain-clothed officers

Hundreds arrested in crackdown on May Day protests in Istanbul

ISTANBUL — Hundreds of people have been arrested in Istanbul, with 50,000 police officers deployed to the city as authorities attempt to crack down on May Day protests.Public transport was shut down to stop people reaching Taksim Square, where demonstrations have been banned since 2013.Footage from the Turkish capital showed clashes between riot police and protesters with demonstrators chanting as police forcefully move detainees onto buses.The city saw huge protests in March after the arrest of the opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu — the main rival to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.On 1 May each year, marches led by workers and unions are held as part of International Labour Day celebrations in many countries.Taksim Square – the heart of Istanbul – was under a tight...

May 02, 2025

Hundreds arrested in crackdown on May Day protests in Istanbul

The flags of Croatia and EU fly over the Ban Jelacic square in Zagreb. (File)

Croatia's new 'graveyard law' stirs Serb minority's sentiments

ZAGREB — Croatia's war of independence ended almost 30 years ago. However, the EU and NATO member's lawmakers felt some matters stemming from the conflict had not been fully laid to rest.On Wednesday, MPs overwhelmingly voted in favor of a new piece of legislation called the Graveyard Law, replacing the two-decades-old policy with a fresh set of rules which now demand the removal of graveyard inscriptions and plaques erected during the 1991-1995 conflict "not in line with the constitutional order".The new law, as explained in a statement released by the Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets, outlaws inscriptions made during the "occupation and peaceful reintegration" and contains "symbols that might offend the morals and feelings of...

May 02, 2025

Croatia's new 'graveyard law' stirs Serb minority's sentiments

The US Supreme Court is seen on April 7 in Washington, DC

Trump asks Supreme Court to end deportation protections for Venezuelans in the US

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to unwind deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans that have been temporarily left in place by a lower federal court.At issue is a decision earlier this year by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to end a form of humanitarian relief known as temporary protected status for Venezuelan migrants. A group of Venezuelan nationals covered under those protections challenged the decision as a violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, which mandates specific procedures for federal agencies when implementing policy changes. They also argued that Noem’s decision was motivated by racial and political bias.A federal district court in California temporarily blocked that...

May 02, 2025

Trump asks Supreme Court to end deportation protections for Venezuelans in the US

Protesters march during the May Day demonstration, Thursday, May 1, 2025 in Paris

Tens of thousands of people took part in May Day rallies across Europe

PARIS — Rallies and demonstrations were organized across multiple major European cities on Thursday to commemorate Labor Day, calling for higher pay, greater equality and the protection of workers' rights.International Labour Day, also referred to as May Day or International Workers’ Day, is an annual celebration that marks the struggles and achievements of workers and the labor movement around the world. It’s observed around the globe on 1 May, and is a public holiday in most countries.The holiday has its foundations in North America. In May 1886, a violent crackdown on protesters in Chicago — known as the Haymarket Affair — saw numerous deaths and injuries after a peaceful rally in support of workers striking for an eight-hour workday.This led to the Second International in...

May 02, 2025

Tens of thousands of people took part in May Day rallies across Europe

Crew members fly a French Navy Atlantique-2 submarine hunter naval airplane during a NATO military exercise in Romania, 9 April, 2025

Sixteen EU countries to trigger clause increasing defense spending

BRUSSELS — More than half of all EU countries intend to make use of an exemption allowing them to go over budgetary limits in order to boost military spending, the European Council has said.The European Commission proposed earlier this year that members could use an emergency clause to spend up to 1.5% of their GDP on defense investments over the next four years without breaching rules on public deficits and debt.The move came after the Trump administration suggested that Europe should pay more to defend itself and amid security concerns over Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine.Germany and Poland are leading the group of countries that have indicated they want to do so, the EU said in a statement on Wednesday.Hungary and Slovakia, whose governments are considered to be Moscow-friendly,...

May 02, 2025

Sixteen EU countries to trigger clause increasing defense spending

Mike Waltz was President Trump's closest adviser on national security issues

Trump ousts Waltz as national security adviser, nominates him for UN post

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has removed Mike Waltz from his post as national security adviser, and will nominate him as ambassador to the United Nations.In a post on social media, Trump thanked Waltz for his work and said he would be temporarily replaced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who will continue as America's top diplomat.Waltz had faced criticism for mistakenly adding a journalist to a chat group where sensitive military plans were discussed — a political embarrassment likely to feature during confirmation hearings for the UN post.The former Florida congressman is the first senior member of the administration to leave the White House in Trump's second term."From his time in uniform on the battlefield, in Congress and, as my National Security Advisor,...

May 02, 2025

Trump ousts Waltz as national security adviser, nominates him for UN post

Guy Algozzino said he thought tariffs were great and that tariff protection should have been introduced years ago

Donald Trump looms large over Australia's election

SYDNEY — In Western Sydney, an audience of Stetson-wearing Australians are sitting in their fold-up camping chairs, swigging beers and eating a spiraled fried potato on a skewer known as a 'chip on a stick'.People here are enjoying bull rides, barrel racing and bucking broncos. It feels like a slice of Americana in New South Wales perhaps — but that would miss the point that here, rodeo has become very much an outback Australian tradition in its own right.In recent months, politics here in Australia could be compared to watching a rodeo. Between conflict in Europe, the Middle East and more recently US President Donald Trump and his threat of global trade wars, every day has brought with it a sharp jolt that changes the dynamics of the campaign trail. Politicians, like these...

May 02, 2025

Donald Trump looms large over Australia's election

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