“She asked if we have our pagers on me, why? Do you want them to explode?” US Representative Harriet Hageman mockingly questioned whether pro-Palestinian activists from the Code Pink organization have pagers, in the...
Injuries reported after illegal Israeli settlers attack Jericho school
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has held hearings with Israel to look into its treatment of Palestinian children since October. As Brenda Radido reports, it also follows an illegal Israeli settler attack on...
‘Almost all the victims will end up with some permanent disability’, says surgeon in Beirut
Surgeon Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah tells Sky’s Alex Crawford about the "catastrophic" injuries he has been treating at a hospital in Beirut after pagers and walkie-talkies exploded across Lebanon. The...
Iran plans to deport two million Afghan refugees
Millions of Afghans have lived in Iran for decades. But the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan three years ago accelerated the flow of refugees into Iran. With more and more Afghans on the streets of Iranian...
Will India return former Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina? | DW News
It’s been over a month since Bangladesh’s authoritarian Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled mass demonstrations against her – and went to neighboring India. Now, demands are growing louder for her to...
French mass rape survivor says ‘humiliated’ by claims of complicity • FRANCE 24 English
The former wife of a Frenchman accused of enlisting strangers to rape her while she was drugged said Wednesday she felt humiliated during his trial, accusing some defence lawyers of claiming she was complicit in the...
Portugal declares ‘state of calamity’ as wildfires rage out of control • FRANCE 24 English
More than 100 wildfires stretched thousands of firefighters to the limit in northern Portugal on Wednesday, with seven deaths since the worst spate of fires in recent years spread out of control over the weekend...