Chelsea star Sam Kerr faces trial, accused of racially harassing policeman Australia’s all-time leading international goal scorer pleaded not guilty over the incident, which occurred in southwest London in 2023. Chelsea’s Australian striker Sam Kerr arrives at Kingston Crown Court in London, UK, on February 3, 2025, for the start of her trial [Henry Nicholls/AFP]…
Trump’s tariffs: The US will now find out just how much it needs Mexico The American jobs that Trump claims are ‘threatened’ by Mexico actually depend on it to exist. Alex González Ormerod Founder of The Mexico Political Economist Published On 3 Feb 20253 Feb 2025 Factory employees work on the assembly line in a…
A bombing at a Moscow apartment building killed paramilitary leader Armen Sarkisyan.
Israeli forces killed 70 in West Bank this year, Health Ministry says PA accuses Israel of waging an ‘all-out war’ on the Palestinian people to carry out ‘ethnic cleansing’ plans. Mourners react during the funeral of Palestinians killed in an Israeli raid, in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, February 3 [Raneen Sawafta/Reuters] Published On…
‘Colonial erasure’: Iran slams Trump plan to ‘clean out’ Gaza Iran joins other countries in Middle East in rejecting Trump’s proposal for displacing Palestinians to Egypt and Jordan. Iranian demonstrators hold effigies of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump, during a rally in Tehran, January 10 [File: AFP] Published On 3…
A car bomb in northern Syria’s Manbij killed at least 18 women and one man, most of them agricultural workers.
EXPLAINER What is USAID, and how central is it to US foreign policy? Elon Musk’s criticism of USAID has sparked debate over whether the aid agency should be permanently closed. Video Duration 28 minutes 00 seconds play-arrow 28:00 How will the US aid freeze affect countries around the world? | Inside Story Published On 3…
Analysis: Jordan faces ‘geopolitical blackmail’ after Trump Gaza demand Analysts say the new US administration of Donald Trump could lead to major disruptions in the Kingdom of Jordan. US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters [Ben Curtis/AP Photo] By Justin SalhaniPublished On 3 Feb 20253 Feb 2025 On January 25, Trump suggested that Jordan and Egypt…
Tense calm, fears for the future in DRC’s Goma a week after M23 takeover Tens of thousands of IDPs are leaving and routine is tentatively returning, as residents hope for peace despite the ongoing crisis. People move with goods on February 2, 2025 from the slopes of Mount Nyiragongo in the north of Goma in…
Man convicted of hate crimes over Quran burnings in Sweden The ruling against anti-Islam campaigner Salwan Najem comes days after the killing of fellow campaigner Salwan Momika. Stockholm District Court in Sweden [Jonathan Klein/AFP] Published On 3 Feb 20253 Feb 2025 A Swedish man who publicly desecrated and burned copies of the Quran has been…