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‘Unconscionable’: US sends dozens to Haiti on deportation flight
Deportations 'could be a death sentence', advocates say, as gang violence and instability grip the Caribbean country.
Kenya’s military chief among 10 people killed in helicopter crash
Air force sends an investigative team to establish cause of crash that killed General Francis Ogolla.
Satellite images reveal Israeli destruction of hospitals in Gaza
New analysis of satellite images by Al Jazeera's Sanad agency reveals the extent of damage to 24 hospitals in Gaza.
‘How does UN recognition harm peace?’, asks Palestinian UN rep
Palestinian representative to the UN, Ziad Abu Amr has told the UN Security Council that granting Palestinians a soverei
EU proposes some free movement for UK young people
The EU Commission says UK and EU citizens under 30 should be able to work or study for up to four years.
Palestinian bid for UN membership set for Security Council vote
Palestinian and Israeli representatives have addressed the UNSC ahead of a vote on full membership to the body.
Jeffery Sachs on why UN should vote for Palestinian statehood
Marc Lamont Hill discusses Palestinian statehood with Jeffrey Sachs ahead of the UN Security Council vote on membership.
Google fires 28 workers protesting contract with Israel
New York — Google fired 28 employees following a disruptive sit-down protest over the tech giant's contract with the Israeli government, a Google spokesperson said Thursday.
The Tuesday demonstration was organized by the group "No Tech for Apartheid," which has long opposed "Project Nimbus," Google's joint $1.2 billion contract with Amazon to provide cloud services to the government of Israel.
Video of the demonstration showed police arresting Google workers in Sunnyvale, California, in the office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's, according to a post by the advocacy group on X, formerly Twitter.
Kurian's office was occupied for 10 hours, the advocacy group said.
Workers held signs including "Googlers against Genocide," a reference to accusations surrounding Israel's attacks on Gaza.
"No Tech for Apartheid," which also held protests in New York and Seattle, pointed to an April 12 Time magazine article reporting a draft contract of Google billing the Israeli Ministry of Defense more than $1 million for consulting services.
A "small number" of employees "disrupted" a few Google locations, but the protests are "part of a longstanding campaign by a group of organizations and people who largely don't work at Google," a Google spokesperson said.
"After refusing multiple requests to leave the premises, law enforcement was engaged to remove them to ensure office safety," the Google spokesperson said. "We have so far concluded individual investigations that resulted in the termination of employment for 28 employees, and will continue to investigate and take action as needed."
Israel is one of "numerous" governments for which Google provides cloud computing services, the Google spokesperson said.
"This work is not directed at highly sensitive, classified, or military workloads relevant to weapons or intelligence services," the Google spokesperson said.
Maldives High Court overturns ex-President Abdulla Yameen’s prison sentence
Decision comes days before the Indian Ocean archipelago nation holds parliamentary elections.
US imposes new sanctions on Iran after attack on Israel
Sanctions on Iran's missile and drone programmes come as fears mount over possibility of greater regional escalation.
Photos: The destruction of the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza
The Israeli army left a trail of destruction when it withdrew from the Nuseirat refugee camp.
Students rename Canadian university buildings after Palestinian places
Student activists at a university in Canada have ‘renamed’ dozens of campus buildings to places in Palestine.
German far-right politician on trial for alleged use of banned Nazi slogan
Bjorn Hocke, leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Thuringia, faces three years in prison if convicted.
Israel’s response to Iran and the factors that will shape it
Matters both domestic and international are shaping Israel's response to Iran's attack.
England set for highest suspensions in school year
Unions say schools do not have enough resources to support persistently disruptive pupils.
Holding Up the Sky: Saving the Indigenous Yanomami tribe in Brazil’s Amazon
A Brazilian tribal leader warns that illegal mining in forests will have dire consequences for the rest of the world.
Israeli attack on nuclear sites to prompt tit-for-tat, pursuing nukes: Iran
Iran warns Israel that retaliation for recent attack would prompt Tehran to pursue nuclear weapon and respond in kind.
We must avoid double standards in foreign policy
The wars in Gaza and Ukraine have renewed old debates about Western hypocrisy.
The Gaza artist who left on October 6, traumatised by survivor’s guilt
Malak Mattar, who is exhibiting her work alongside the Venice Biennale, aims to raise awareness of 'genocide'.
Video shows Palestinian man forced to strip by Israeli soldiers
Palestinians captured the moment an Israeli soldier forced a man to strip before he was detained.