DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, ‘Declaration of war’: M23 rebels claim seizing key DR Congo city of Goma Witnesses say they saw rebels entering the centre of the eastern city of Goma amid gunfire, as the UN calls for an end to the offensive. Residents of Goma flee amid the advance of the M23 fighters into the…
Videos show thousands of Palestinians packing Gaza’s coastal road to make their way back to north Gaza.
UN experts slam Palestinian journalist Ali Abunimah’s arrest in Switzerland Calling the arrest of Electronic Intifada website’s founder ‘shocking’, they say the ‘climate surrounding freedom of speech in Europe is becoming increasingly toxic’. Ali Abunimah is a US citizen [Screengrab/Al Jazeera] Published On 27 Jan 202527 Jan 2025 United Nations human rights experts and activists…
Pakistan vs West Indies – second Test: Warrican leads 120-run comeback win Warrican’s nine wickets help visitors wrap up the second Test in three days and level the two-match series 1-1. Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan was clean bowled by Jomel Warrican for one of his five wickets in Pakistan’s second innings as he led his side’s…
In Pictures Millions in China head home for Lunar New Year in ‘record high’ migration People throng railway stations and airports as millions return home to celebrate the new year, which begins on Wednesday. People arrive at Guangzhou south railway station. [Jade Gao/AFP] Published On 27 Jan 202527 Jan 2025 Railway stations and airports across…
Kansas City Chiefs set up NFL Super Bowl date with Philadelphia Eagles Taylor Swift celebrated with Travis Kelce as the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills 32-29 for a place in the February 9 Super Bowl in New Orleans. Taylor Swift was in attendance to celebrate with boyfriend Travis Kelce as the Kansas City…
News Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,068 Here are the key developments on the 1,068th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian servicemen carry coffins with bodies of their colleagues, who were killed while fighting Russian troops, during a funeral ceremony in Lviv, Ukraine on January 25, 2025 [Stringer/Reuters] Published On…
Tens of thousands of forcibly displaced Palestinians have been returning on foot to north Gaza.
After the bloodshed: Can Bangladesh’s Awami League resurrect itself? Five months after Sheikh Hasina’s removal, the party is divided. Some leaders won’t apologise but grassroots Awami League activists want a reckoning. Students who led the movement that culminated in the removal of longstanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina five months ago hold a rally at the…
CIA says ‘more likely’ COVID-19 escaped from a lab The intelligence agency says it has ‘low confidence’ in the assessment and will continue to evaluate credible information. A security person moves journalists away from the Wuhan Institute of Virology after a World Health Organization team arrived for a field visit in Wuhan in China’s Hubei…