EXPLAINER What do Trump’s executive orders on workplace diversity programmes say? The US president has revoked a 1965 executive order, put federal DEI workers on leave and taken down diversity websites. Video Duration 02 minutes 39 seconds play-arrow 02:39 Donald Trump lays out executive orders in address By Al Jazeera StaffPublished On 23 Jan 202523 Jan…
Can Trump put ‘America first’ and also make peace in the Middle East? The US president wants to be a ‘peacemaker’. He also wants to stay out of a Gaza conflict he says is ‘not our war’. A billboard in Israel congratulating US President Donald Trump on Inauguration Day [Ohad Zwigenberg/AP] By Alice SperiPublished On 23…
Why is Ukraine struggling to mobilise its citizens to fight? Many Ukrainians have come to the realisation that their state is distributing the burdens and benefits of war unfairly. Published On 23 Jan 202523 Jan 2025 Ukrainian servicemen attend military exercises during drills at a training ground in Chernihiv region, Ukraine, on November 22, 2024…
Micheal Martin returns as Irish prime minister The Fianna Fail leader was elected for a second time after chaos in Ireland’s parliament subsided. Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin waves to the gathered media [File: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images] Published On 23 Jan 202523 Jan 2025 Micheal Martin has been elected as the Republic of Ireland’s prime…
For US Conservatives, DEI is code for ‘Don’t Ever Integrate’ The real end goal of the far-right war against affirmative action is to return the US to a state of quasi-legal racial segregation. Donald Earl Collins Professorial Lecturer at American University in Washington, DC Published On 23 Jan 202523 Jan 2025 US President Donald Trump…
The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are fighting for control over the al-Jili oil refinery.
Western liberals have lessons to learn from Austria’s far-right turn Putin-friendly, far-right FPO’s imminent rise to power in Austria is a direct consequence of liberal, centrist failings. Maximilian Hess Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute Published On 23 Jan 202523 Jan 2025 Head of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) Herbert Kickl, centre, celebrates…
Almost as soon as Israeli leaders agreed to the Gaza ceasefire, they launched another assault in the occupied West Bank.
Palestinians returning to their destroyed homes in Gaza have begun to clean up the rubble.
As Trump turns to fossil fuels, Europe sprints ahead with renewables Solar and wind power are replacing coal and gas in power generation, but experts warn of hurdles ahead. Video Duration 28 minutes 30 seconds play-arrow 28:30 Why is Donald Trump pivoting to fossil fuels? By John T PsaropoulosPublished On 23 Jan 202523 Jan 2025 Clean…