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‘Five babies in incubator’: HRW on danger to pregnant women, babies in Gaza
Human Rights Watch finds Israel has violated rights of pregnant women and girls, with no end in sight.
Trump says Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok
US president says there's 'great interest' in purchasing video-sharing platform facing ban on national security grounds.
Trump announces four new executive orders, including to build ‘Iron Dome’
Announced in Florida, Trump's latest orders also target military diversity programmes and transgender service members.
Switzerland releases, deports Palestinian American journalist Ali Abunimah
The Electronic Intifada's executive director says his offence was 'being a journalist who speaks up for Palestine'.
Trump fires US federal prosecutors involved in probes of his behaviour
The move breaks with federal norms against punishing civil servants for actions taken under a different administration.
Claudia Sheinbaum acknowledges non-citizens deported from US to Mexico
The Mexican president announced more than 4,000 people were sent to her country during Trump's first week in office.
UN chief expresses ‘concern’ over Trump’s freeze on US foreign aid
Experts say Trump administration's order to halt foreign assistance will 'cost many, many lives'.
US arrests nearly 1,000 people in undocumented migrant crackdown
US immigration officials arrested nearly 1,000 people in a single day as a part of a sweeping nationwide operation.
Auschwitz survivors commemorate 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation
Auschwitz survivors and world leaders commemorated the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation in Poland.
Israel says 8 of 33 on Hamas list of captives to be freed are already dead
Israel says next release of captives will take place on Thursday, followed by another on Saturday.
‘Branded’: Satellite images show Star of David carved into Gaza
The symbol, apparently created by Israeli tanks, can be seen from space in the Palestinian enclave.
China’s DeepSeek causes rout among AI-linked stocks
Shock to financial markets came from Chinese firm whose AI app it says was made at a fraction of US AI models.
Israeli air strike kills two Hamas fighters in the occupied West Bank
The attack in Tulkarem comes as Israeli raids on the nearby Jenin area of the occupied West Bank enter a seventh day.
Large crowds of displaced Palestinians head to northern Gaza
Thousands of displaced Palestinians walked along the main roads leading to northern Gaza.
The day millennials’ hip-hop went to the Klan’s ball
Amid all the celebrations of Trump returning to US power, turncoat rappers kissing his ring have left the rawest wound.
Israel forces kill two in south Lebanon as displaced people try to return
Seventeen people also wounded a day after Israeli forces killed 24 people in south Lebanon following delayed withdrawal.
Is the deportation dispute between Colombia and the US really over?
Furious row defused after US President Donald Trump's threat of sanctions over migration.
France says EU will lift some sanctions on Syria after al-Assad’s fall
European countries say they are eager to help reconstruct war-ravaged country and build bridges with its new leaders.
M23 rebels claim capture of key DR Congo city of Goma
The M23 armed rebel group said it has captured the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s eastern city of Goma on Monday.
Residents flee Goma as M23 rebels enter DRC’s largest eastern city
Fighting in and around the city has escalated despite calls from the UN Security Council for the rebels to withdraw.