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Video: Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad reads her poem ‘Only in Gaza’
Palestinian journalist and writer Plestia Alaqad shares a poem with Middle East Eye's Mohamed Hassan during a conversation about the power of storytelling, leaving Gaza and what the world is still missing in the way it sees Palestine.
World
ICJ orders Israel to stop preventing ‘delivery of urgently needed’ aid
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ordered Israel to provide immediate, unhindered delivery of aid to...
Gaza Genocide
Gaza war surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah elected rector at University of Glasgow
Gaza war surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah elected rector at University of Glasgow.
World
In a week, Israeli army executes 13 children in and near Al-Shifa Hospital: Euro-Med Monitor
The Israeli army has executed 13 children by direct shooting in Al-Shifa Medical Complex and its Gaza City...
Opinion
Gangs, kidnappings, murders: Why thousands of Rohingya are desperately trying to escape refugee camps by boats
Ruth Wells, UNSW Sydney and Max William Loomes, UNSW Sydney
Late last week, a boat crammed with Rohingya refugees...
Sports
Barcelona beat Espanyol to win La Liga title
Football Club Barcelona on Sunday won the Spanish League title after a 4-2 victory over Espanyol. This is their first La Liga title since Lionel Messi left the club two years...
World
Thailand election: Youth-led opposition defeats military parties
Thailand's youth-led Move Forward Party (MFP) has won the most seats and the largest share of the popular vote in a general election defeating the conservative parties allied with...
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Turkey election results: Erdogan falls below 50%
Turkey is set for a runoff presidential election on 28 May after neither President Recep Tayyip Erdogan nor his challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu won more than half of votes on Sunday.
Lifestyle
COVID is officially no longer a global health emergency – here’s what that means (and what we’ve learned along the way)
World Health Organisation (WHO) experts have officially declared that COVID no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (Pheic). This coincides with the WHO’s new strategy to transition from an emergency response to longer-term sustained COVID disease management.
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World
Four-year-old Palestinian boy dies after panic attacks from Israeli bombing
Tamim Daoud, a four-year-old boy from the al-Remal neighborhood in the Gaza Strip died after experiencing two panic attacks following Israeli air strikes that targeted a residential building near their home.
Opinion
Nakba at 75 – Palestinians’ struggle to get recognition for their ‘catastrophe’
Maha Nassar, University of Arizona
On May 15, 2023, the United Nations will stage a high-level special meeting to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba – the mass displacement...
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World
Isreal bombings in Gaza: Death toll rises to 30
Israel has killed 30 Palestinians and injured more than 90 others in air attacks on the Gaza Strip since Tuesday, according to Palestinian health ministry.
World
US: California Senate passes bill which bans casteism, with 34 to 1
The California Senate has passed bill #SB403, which prohibits caste discrimination, with an overwhelming majority of 34-1, making California the first state in the US to implement an anti-caste law.
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Pakistan’s Supreme Court orders Imran Khan’s release
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the anti-corruption agency to release former Prime Minister Imran Khan from its custody, labelling his arrest "unlawful".
Khan's arrest on Tuesday sparked deadly and...
World
One year of Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing: Family renews calls for accountability from Israel
Marking one year of the killing of Palestinian American television journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Thursday, several journalists and press organisations renewed their demand to hold Israel forces accountable...
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World
27 Palestinians killed in Israel bombings in Gaza
Israel continued its air attacks on Gaza killing at least 27 Palestinians, including several leaders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement.
Lifestyle
1 in 3 children overweight in the European region: WHO report
A new World Health Organization (WHO) report on obesity levels in Europe released on Wednesday, shows that roughly one in three primary school-aged children is living with obesity or are overweight, and this is only set to rise further.
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