February 2025

Trumps comments on Gaza

Opinions Trump’s plan to colonise Gaza is rooted in an old white fantasy The US president’s imagined entitlement to other people’s land is very familiar to Africans. Patrick Gathara Senior Editor for Inclusive Storytelling at The New Humanitarian Published On 6 Feb 20256 Feb 2025 A drone view shows Palestinians, forcibly displaced to the south…

Marcelo, ex-Real Madrid and Brazil captain, retires from football Marcelo, who played at Real Madrid for 15 seasons, announced his departure from professional football at the age of 36. Marcelo of Fluminense reacts during the match between Fluminense and Cruzeiro as part of Brasileirao 2024 at Maracana Stadium on October 3, 2024 in Rio de…

S Korea orders airports to install bird detection cameras after air crash Ministry of Land aims to install at least one camera in each of 15 domestic airports in the wake of deadly air crash in December. At the moment of the Jeju Air accident, the pilot warned of a bird strike before pulling out…

‘Degrading’: India opposition MPs protest US deportees’ return in shackles India’s foreign minister tells Parliament that New Delhi is engaging with the US to ensure deportees are not mistreated. Security personnel escort a group of Gujarati immigrants deported from the United States, after they arrived at Ahmedabad Airport in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India [Siddharaj Solanki/EPA] Published…

Palestinians have been sharing images of Gaza before Israel’s war and its US-funded bombs, after President Trump’s plan.

Panama Canal denies US claim of free passage for government vessels Panama Canal Authority says it is ready to hold a dialogue with Washington, DC, regarding transit of American wartime vessels. The United States and Panama signed two accords in 1977 that paved the way for the canal’s return to full Panamanian control by 1999…

News Tunisia’s Ennahdha party slams lengthy jail term for its leader Ghannouchi Opposition party criticises ‘political trial’, saying it is reminiscent of pre-2011 revolution government. Rached Ghannouchi has been behind bars since April 2023 [File: Fethi Belaid/AFP] Published On 6 Feb 20256 Feb 2025 Tunisia’s opposition Ennahdha party has slammed a court sentencing its leader…

In Pictures Record-breaking snowfall disrupts daily life in northern Japan’s Hokkaido The Hokkaido prefectural government said heavy snowfall has disrupted traffic and led to airport closures. A man shovels snow following heavy snowfall in Obihiro, Hokkaido, northern Japan [JIJI Press/EPA] Published On 6 Feb 20256 Feb 2025 Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan’s northern main island of…

101 East visits Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom struggling with the climate crisis.