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Scottish First Minister Yousaf promises to fight no-confidence vote

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/26/2024 - 16:25
SNP leader says 'confident' to win vote as pressure builds following decision to end coalition deal with the Greens.

Are US campus protests against Israel’s war on Gaza going global?

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/26/2024 - 15:30
From France to Australia, students are part of pro-Palestine protests as Columbia students continue encampments.

Ecuador spat: Trotsky to the shah, Mexico’s long history as home to exiles

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/26/2024 - 15:24
Mexico has a tradition of granting asylum, but experts see political motive behind offers made under Lopez Obrador.

Gaza baby girl saved from dead mother’s womb dies in incubator

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/26/2024 - 15:06
Sabreen al-Rouh Jouda dies just days after her mother, father and sister were killed in Israel attack on Rafah.

Are colleges obstructing free speech for Pro-Palestinian student activists?

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/26/2024 - 15:02
Marc Lamont Hill discusses student activism for Palestine with Columbia University student organiser Maryam Alwan.

The hostility Syrian refugees contend with in Lebanon

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/26/2024 - 14:43
Facing hate speech and violence, who - and where - you are can make all the difference for Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

India votes in Phase 2 of mammoth election as Modi raises campaign pitch

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/26/2024 - 14:32
Modi pricks challengers by focusing on hot-button issues such as religious discrimination, affirmative action and taxes.

Head of Vietnam’s parliament resigns amid corruption crackdown

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/26/2024 - 14:29
The top lawmaker in Vietnam has been forced to step down as the country's anticorruption drive gathers pace.

How a ragtag army defended Bosnia and Herzegovina against two aggressors

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/26/2024 - 14:27
ARBIH, formed in April 1992, managed against all odds to successfully defend the country's sovereignty.

Witness testimony continues in Trump’s New York hush money trial

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/26/2024 - 14:22
Defence continues cross-examination of tabloid publisher David Pecker as ex-US president's historic trial continues.

With eyes on US college campuses, students stress: ‘Gaza is why we’re here’

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/26/2024 - 13:55
Students say growing protests on US university campuses are part of a 'fight against genocide' in the Gaza Strip.

Gaza emergency officials present evidence of mass grave killings

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/26/2024 - 13:42
Gaza emergency officials have presented evidence of mass grave killings they say were by Israeli forces at two hospitals

Students block Paris’s Sciences Po to protest against Israel’s war on Gaza

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:46
Chanting their support for Palestinians, students demonstrated at the Paris Institute of Political Studies.

China and US should be ‘partners, not rivals’, Xi tells Blinken

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:44
China says it prefers to bolster its ties with the United States, but considerable challenges remain.

Across the Western world, public opinion on Palestine is finally shifting

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:26
The brutality of Israel's war on Gaza has opened Western eyes to the suffering of the Palestinian people.

Recognition of Palestinian statehood is not the panacea it’s made out to be

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:09
A symbolic political act cannot put an end to Israeli crimes or grant Palestinians sovereignty.

Burkina Faso suspends BBC, Voice of America for reporting on army killings

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:01
In a new report, Human Rights Watch said military forces 'summarily executed' 223 civilians in February.

‘Very atypical’: Why is Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez thinking about quitting?

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/26/2024 - 11:48
As Spain waits to learn if the Socialist premier will resign, analysts say his announcement could be a political play.

UN peacekeepers close base in preparation to leave DR Congo

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/26/2024 - 11:20
The UN mission has been told to leave due to inefficiency in protecting civilians from armed conflict.

Mandela’s world: A photographic retrospective of apartheid South Africa

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/26/2024 - 10:28
Thirty years after the end of apartheid, we revisit iconic images by Jurgen Schadeberg, and the stories behind the lens.

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