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Police fired gun while clearing Columbia University protest

Education - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 17:49
There were no injuries or students nearby, and the bullet lodged in a wall. The matter is now under investigation.

UN chief urges Israel and Hamas to reach ceasefire deal in Gaza

Around The Globe - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 17:42
Antonio Guterres says he fears war in Gaza 'will worsen exponentially' without a truce as Israel's Rafah assault looms.

ICC demands end to threats against court amid Gaza war probe

Around The Globe - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 16:59
Statement released after Israeli and US officials rebuke the court for possible arrest warrants over Gaza war.

Why has the flooding in Kenya been so devastating?

Around The Globe - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 16:02
Government criticised over poor infrastructure as 210 people killed, thousands displaced and cyclone on the way.

Houthis say they will target Israel-bound ships anywhere within their range

Around The Globe - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 15:48
The Yemeni group says it is expanding its attacks in response to the looming Israeli assault on Rafah in southern Gaza.

Would Julian Assange’s extradition threaten press freedoms worldwide?

Around The Globe - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 15:26
Whistleblower lawyer on Assange extradition: 'It would affect publishers, journalists, bloggers, anyone - me and you.'

Germany accuses Russia of ‘intolerable’ cyberattack, warns of consequences

Around The Globe - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 15:12
Foreign Minister Baerbock says group of hackers called APT28 is steered by Russia's military intelligence service.

Journalists ‘have zero protection’: Hind Khoudary on reporting from Gaza

Around The Globe - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 14:55
Marc Lamont Hill talks to Al Jazeera journalist Hind Khoudary on World Press Freedom Day about reporting from Gaza.

What are BTecs and how are they graded?

Education - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 14:39
Hundreds of thousands of students do vocational qualifications known as BTecs every year.

How students around the world are taking a stand for Gaza

Around The Globe - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 14:15
Students around the world are raising their voices to protest against Israel’s continuing war on Gaza.

Police remove pro-Palestinian students from Paris’s Sciences Po university

Around The Globe - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 13:18
Students staging sit-in and hunger strike at the French university leave campus without incident.

China launches Chang’e-6 probe to study dark side of the moon

Around The Globe - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 13:01
Unprecedented 53-day mission aims to retrieve lunar rocks and soil from far side that never faces Earth.

China launches historic mission to far side of the moon

Around The Globe - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 13:00
China has launched a rocket that aims to retrieve samples from the far side of the moon.

Doctor from Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital dies in Israeli prison

Around The Globe - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 12:08
Groups advocating for Palestinian prisoners say Adnan al-Barash, head of orthopaedics, died as a 'result of torture'.

How does the GCSE grading system work?

Education - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 11:51
The 9-1 grading system for GCSEs began in 2017 in England.

UK has begun mass arrests of potential Rwanda deportees: What’s next?

Around The Globe - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 11:50
The UK Home Office has lost contact with more than half the people it wants to deport, has vowed to find them.

Palestinian employee of German development agency ‘abused’ in Israeli jail

Around The Globe - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 10:49
Baraa Odeh has told her lawyer from prison that she has been repeatedly strip-searched and physically assaulted.

Palestinian journalists in Gaza awarded World Press Freedom prize

Around The Globe - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 10:35
All Palestinian journalists covering Israel’s war on Gaza have been awarded UNESCO’s World Press Freedom prize.

Iran’s unravelling carpet sales

Around The Globe - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 10:21
Sanctions and a hobbled economy pull the rug out from under Iran's traditional carpet weavers.

Kenya, Tanzania brace for Cyclone Hidaya as flood death toll rises

Around The Globe - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 10:01
Kenyan government orders mandatory evacuations for residents near 178 dams and water reservoirs in 33 counties.

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