April 2025

US President Donald Trump again pitched his idea to redevelop the Gaza Strip into what he termed a “freedom zone.”

Trump claims US has held direct nuclear talks with Iran US president makes claim in an appearance in front of the press with Israeli PM Netanyahu, but also threatens Tehran. US President Donald Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House in Washington, DC, on April 7, 2025 [Saul Loeb/AFP] Published On…

Footage shows the moment 14-year-old Palestinian teen Omar Mohammad Rabea was allegedly fatally shot by Israeli forces.

MSF finds malnourished children in Greek migrant camp, urges action Doctors Without Borders raises alarm over child malnutrition in Greece’s migrant facility. A Somali refugee holds placards demanding change at a camp for migrants in Zervos on Samos Island in Greece [File: Alain Jocard/AFP] Published On 7 Apr 20257 Apr 2025 Doctors Without Borders (MSF)…

UK lawyers accuse 10 Britons who fought for Israel in Gaza of war crimes UK and international lawyers have filed a war crimes complaint against 10 Britons who fought with Israel’s army in Gaza. More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the war began on October 7, 2023, most of them women…

Red Crescent demands international probe into Israel killing of Gaza medics Palestine Red Crescent says Israel’s attack constitutes a ‘full-fledged war crime’, calls for commission to investigate. Members of the Palestine Red Crescent Society carry the bodies of their fellow paramedics who were killed by Israeli forces in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip [Hatem…

Thousands of Afghans streamed across the Torkham border as Pakistan ramped up deportations after a March 31 deadline.

EU offers zero tariff deal to US but prepares for trade war Brussels pushes for trade talks with Washington while preparing countermeasures on tariffs. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during a press conference in Brussels on April 7, 2025 [Nicolas Tucat/AFP] Published On 7 Apr 20257 Apr 2025 The European Union has signalled…

Africa must shun Trump’s push to resurrect coal Clean energy can be Africa’s greatest success story, which is why its leaders must not fall for the pro-coal lobbying of the Trump administration. Mohamed Adow Founder and Director of Power Shift Africa Published On 7 Apr 20257 Apr 2025 The retired coal-fired Komati Power Station, operated…

The leaders of France, Egypt, and Jordan discussed efforts to end Israel’s war on Gaza at a meeting in Cairo.