The killing of Muhsin Hendricks, a prominent openly-gay imam, in South Africa has shocked the LGBTQ community.

Lebanon wary Israeli military will not meet withdrawal deadline Israeli military expected to remain at strategic locations despite ceasefire condition of retreat by February 18. Israeli soldiers stand near the Israeli-Lebanese border amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, January 27 [Ronen Zvulun/Reuters] Published On 17 Feb 202517 Feb 2025 Lebanon is warily eyeing the…

Israel plans 1,000-unit expansion for occupied West Bank settlement: NGO Settlements in the territory, pushed by Israeli hardliners, are viewed as a major obstacle to peace. More than 500,000 settlers live in the occupied West Bank, which is home to about three miillion Palestinians [File: Reuters] Published On 17 Feb 202517 Feb 2025 Israel has…

A Syrian delivery driver who helped halt a deadly stabbing rampage in Austria by driving his car into the attacker

Uganda drops military trial as opposition leader’s health falters Kizza Besigye has grown ‘critically ill’ during hunger strike against imprisonment, his lawyer says. Uganda’s veteran opposition figure Kizza Besigye stands in the dock in Makindye court in Kampala, November 20, 2024 [Badru Katumba/AFP] Published On 17 Feb 202517 Feb 2025 Uganda has reversed a controversial…

It is not Trump that betrayed Ukraine Those who set it on a path to full-scale war with Russia did. Leonid Ragozin Leonid Ragozin is a freelance journalist based in Riga. Published On 17 Feb 202517 Feb 2025 Former President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Trump Tower, on September 27, 2024…

Opinions To avoid another conflict in the Horn of Africa, now is the time to act Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki is working to reignite conflict in northern Ethiopia. He must be stopped. Mulatu Teshome Wirtu Former President of Ethiopia Published On 17 Feb 202517 Feb 2025 In this file photo Ethiopians are seen protesting against…

A 13-year-old boy was injured by bullet shrapnel outside a school as Israeli forces raided Nablus.

BREAKINGBREAKING, News Russia confirms high-level talks on Ukraine in Saudi Arabia (Al Jazeera) Published On 17 Feb 202517 Feb 2025 Two senior Russian officials will travel to in Saudi Arabia to meet with counterparts from the United States, the Kremlin has confirmed. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Yuri Ushakov, a foreign policy advisor to…

Afghanistan’s Taliban makes debut diplomatic trip to Japan Delegation says Taliban seeks ‘dignified’ global interaction as it builds ‘strong’ and ‘developed’ Afghanistan. The Taliban’s diplomatic trips have previously remained close to Afghanistan since regaining power in 2021 [File: Abdull Satar Rasa/AFP] Published On 17 Feb 202517 Feb 2025 A Taliban delegation has arrived in Japan…