Category: 2. Palestine

South Korea has announced it’s ending bear bile farming over animal cruelty concerns. The controversial industry was used for traditional medicine, but questions over its effectiveness knocked its popularity in recent years.

US president says he would back attacks if Tehran rebuilds nuclear or missile programmes.

Iran has promised to respond harshly to any aggression after United States President Donald Trump threatened further military action, should Tehran attempt…

While the ceasefire has held since Saturday, Thailand says Cambodia violated the deal with drone flights over the border.

Thailand has said it is delaying the transfer of 18 captured Cambodian soldiers amid the Southeast Asian nations’ simmering…

The intensity of the current backlash against Alaa Abdelfattah in Britain is striking – not because it reflects a renewed concern for justice, but because it exposes how selectively outrage is deployed.

Alaa, an Egyptian-British writer and…

Israeli attacks, violating a ceasefire agreement, are reported across Gaza, as Palestinian misery compounded by rains.

Israeli forces have carried out strikes across the Gaza Strip as they continue with their near-daily violations of the ceasefire…

China has held two-day military drills – Justice Mission 2025 – around Taiwan, marking the sixth round of large-scale war games since 2022, when then-Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi visited the island.

The…

China is engaged in a second day of live-fire military exercises encircling Taiwan, with Taiwanese fighter jets in the air in response. Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi is in Taiwan. He says the military is on high alert – but there’s no…

Thomas Warrick from the Atlantic Council talks about Trump’s plan for rebuilding Gaza and why reconstruction may only take place in certain areas.

Masoud Pezeshkian has promised to take action to protect purchasing power of Iranians as currency plummets to record lows.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has…

UNICEF says children who fled fighting in el-Fasher among those facing ‘unprecedented’ level of malnutrition.

The United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) has warned of an “unprecedented level” of child malnutrition in the war-torn…