In Syria, Bashar al Assad’s Baath Party has won a widely expected majority in parliamentary elections held across regime-controlled areas.
Google honours NASA’s first Turkish female astronomer
Google honoured the life and work of Turkish astrophysicist Dilhan Eryurt for changing how we understand the Sun. Who is she?
Israeli police disperse West Jerusalem protesters
Thousands of Israeli demonstrators gathered in West Jerusalem near Prime Minister Netanyahu’s residence to protest against corruption and economic woes, before being dispersed by water cannons and arrests.
Has a vaccine for the coronavirus been found and what does it mean for you?
The first vaccine to end the pandemic might be ready shortly. What will this mean for you and how long will it take to rid the entire globe of Covid-19?
BREAKING: Labour pays damages to antisemitism whistleblowers
The Labour Party has agreed to pay ‘substantial damages’ to seven former employees following a BBC Panorama investigation into antisemitism within the party under former leader Jeremy Corbyn. The...
Brazilian police brutality sparks ‘Black Lives Matter’ protests
Brazil has its own “Black lives Matter” movement with protesters addressing structural racism in a country dominated by a class discourse. Police crackdowns killed 6,000 people in 2019, five times more than...
Trump concedes US Covid-19 crisis to ‘get worse before it gets better’
A somber President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that the coronavirus crisis in the United States is likely to “get worse before it gets better.”