Tufts University student can’t be deported to Turkiye without court order Pro-Palestine student Rumeysa Ozturk was arrested on Tuesday by US immigration authorities in Massachusetts. Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University in Somerville, Massachusetts, poses in an undated photograph [Courtesy of the Ozturk family/Handout via Reuters] Published On 29 Mar 202529 Mar…
Country on edge after Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu warns of more possible attacks.
Turkiye is witnessing its largest protests in more than a decade. Millions have taken to the streets after the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu – who is seen as the biggest challenge to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s presidency. Nearly 2,000 people have been detained so far, including journalists. But despite myriad official efforts to…
‘Not how you talk to allies’, Danish FM tells the US over Greenland Denmark has criticised the US vice president for his comments on Copenhagen’s support to Greenland. Vice President JD Vance tours the US military’s Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, Friday, March 28, 2025 ([Pool via AP/Jim Watson] Published On 29 Mar 202529 Mar…
Hundreds of Muslims feared dead in Myanmar earthquake, mosques destroyed More than 50 mosques across the country sustained damage when the magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck. Motorists ride past a damaged building after a strong earthquake struck central Myanmar, in Mandalay, Myanmar [Stringer/Reuters] Published On 29 Mar 202529 Mar 2025 Hundreds of Muslim worshippers are feared…
Skygazers marvel at Saturday’s partial solar eclipse Partial eclipse dazzled Europe, Africa, and Newfoundland, offering a glimpse of the celestial alignment. A skygazer observes a partial solar eclipse from Castillo del Romeral, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain [Borja Suarez/Reuters] Published On 29 Mar 202529 Mar 2025 Skygazers in some parts of the world…
Featured Documentaries A Reel War: Israeli filmmaker’s search for stolen Palestinian films An Israeli filmmaker uncovers seized PLO archives, raising questions about Palestinian heritage and identity. Was Palestinian history carefully recorded by the earliest 20th-century filmmakers as a way of preserving their heritage? Or were they, as some Israelis claim, simply disorganised amateurs operating on…
News Sudan’s army claims latest major victory, taking Omdurman’s key market Army claims control of Souq Libya, a pivotal commercial hub in Omdurman, solidifying gains in Khartoum’s twin city. Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan surrounded by Sudanese soldiers celebrates after retaking the presidential palace in Khartoum from paramilitaries [Mohamed Nzar/AFP] Published On 29 Mar…
Four in Ukraine killed in drone strike as Russia claims advances on ground Kyiv and Moscow have stepped up their aerial attacks as US pushes the warring parties to agree on a ceasefire. A residential building damaged as a result of a drone attack in Dnipro, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine [Handout / Dnipropetrovsk…
It’s not just Trump, the EU is also waging an anti-migration crusade The European Union’s border control policies may not be as visible as Trump’s but they are just as brutal. Published On 29 Mar 202529 Mar 2025 Bosnian and Croatian border police stand guard in front of migrants at Maljevac border crossing between Bosnia…