2025

Watch the full press conference with US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

EXPLAINER Is South Africa ‘confiscating land’, targeting some groups as Trump claims? US president has threatened to cut funding to South Africa over alleged land grabs. But what’s the truth of the matter? Informal shacks in a majority-Black township are seen next to an upmarket private estate in Cape Town. Land and spatial inequality still…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,077 Here are the key developments on the 1,077th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Police bomb squad members work at a site of a building hit by a Russian missile attack in Izyum, Ukraine February 4, 2025 [Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters] Published On 5 Feb 20255 Feb…

‘Insane’: Rights advocates denounce Trump’s call for US to ‘own’ Gaza US president’s proposal for Gaza during news conference with Israeli PM Netanyahu prompts bewilderment and rebuke. Palestinians hug each other as they return to their homes in northern Gaza, on January 27, 2025 [Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters] By Ali HarbPublished On 5 Feb 20255 Feb 2025…

In Pictures Amid ceasefire, Goma residents race to bury 2,000 bodies Aid groups help Goma residents bury 2,000 bodies after last week’s battles, fearing disease spread. Members of the Congolese Red Cross and volunteers carry victims of the recent conflict before burying them in a cemetery in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo. [EPA] Published…

Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons, surveillance Tech giant says in updated ethics policy that it will use AI in line with ‘international law and human rights’. In its previous version of AI Principles, Google included a commitment not to pursue AI technologies that ’cause or are likely to cause overall harm’…

As Trump meets Netanyahu, protesters chant: ‘Palestine is not for sale’ Demonstrators gather outside White House to reject Israeli prime minister’s visit and US president’s call for forced displacement in Gaza. A protester holds up a poster with an image of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a rally in support of Palestinians near the…

USAID places staff on leave, recalls personnel overseas Announcement comes as US President Donald Trump confirms he is considering eliminating the aid agency. Solar panels system funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the Lebanese-Syrian border town of Majdal Anjar, eastern Bekaa Valley, Lebanon on November 9, 2022 [Bilal Hussein/AP] Published…

Donald Trump announces US aims to ‘take over’ Gaza during Netanyahu’s visit The Israeli prime minister was the first foreign leader to visit US President Trump after his inauguration ceremony on January 20. Trump doubles down on US “ownership” of Gaza By Al Jazeera StaffPublished On 5 Feb 20255 Feb 2025 United States President Donald Trump…

BREAKINGBREAKING, Trump says US will ‘take over’ and ‘own’ Gaza in redevelopment plan US president pledges to turn enclave into ‘the Riviera of the Middle East’. President Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. [Evan…