Colombia’s Petro suspends talks with ELN rebels Move comes in response to ELN attacks in country’s northeast, which President Gustavo Petro describes as war crimes. Colombian President Gustavo Petro previously promised ‘total peace’ in the South American country [File: Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters] Published On 17 Jan 202517 Jan 2025 Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced…
Can a ceasefire end settler colonial genocide? The ceasefire deal clinched on Wednesday may end the latest episode of mass slaughter in Gaza, but it won’t halt the structural genocide of Palestinians. Muhannad Ayyash Professor of Sociology at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. Published On 17 Jan 202517 Jan 2025 Houses destroyed in Israeli…
Gaza ceasefire won’t last without political process, warn analysts The Israeli government has repeatedly sought to back out of truce deals, and this time could be no different, experts say. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly rejected Gaza ceasefire deals in the past [File: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters] By Mat NashedPublished On 17 Jan 202517 Jan 2025…
Biden grants clemency to 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug crimes Outgoing US president says move is ‘important step toward righting historic wrongs, correcting sentencing disparities’. ‘With this action, I have now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in US history,’ Biden says [File: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo] Published On 17 Jan…
EXPLAINER LA wildfires: Is insurance the next battlefront for California residents? Before the Los Angeles wildfires, insurers such as State Farm started to pull out of fire-prone California. Video Duration 04 minutes 40 seconds play-arrow 04:40 California’s insurance crisis deepens amid growing wildfire threats By Sarah ShamimPublished On 17 Jan 202517 Jan 2025 As wildfires continue…
Start Here Gaza ceasefire deal, explained | Start Here Will the ceasefire deal lead to a permanent end to Israel’s war on Gaza? What’s in the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas and what are some of the challenges to the deal holding? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains. This episode features: Diana Buttu |…
Supporters of Imran Khan have protested outside Pakistan’s parliament, after a court sentenced Khan to jail.
‘Symbol of resistance’: Lumumba, the Congolese hero killed before his prime Sixty four years after his murder, the aborted legacy of Congo’s first prime minister Patrice Lumumba, still haunts many. The first prime minister of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba, in a photo taken on July 24, 1960 [File: AP Photo]…
In Pictures More than 100 people killed in Gaza since ceasefire agreed Israel’s war in Gaza has killed at least 46,788 Palestinians and wounded 110,453 since October 7, 2023. Relatives of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks mourn after an Israeli air strike on tents – despite the announcement of a ceasefire agreement – in Khan…