Birmingham’s annual civic commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day will be staged at the Council House later this month on 26 January.
The Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Zafar Iqbal MBE will lead the event on Monday 26 January. The…
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Saudi Arabia’s Yemen red line is a message to the region
Saudi Arabia laid down a red line in Yemen, carrying out airstrikes near the port of Mukalla in late December 2025, with the goal of pushing back the UAE-backed group, the Southern Transitional Council (STC). The STC controls part of southern…
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Polar War — Trump, Greenland and the rising risk of conflict in the Arctic
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“It has been the formal position of the US government since the beginning of this administration, frankly going back to…
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Volodymyr Zelensky says US-Ukraine security guarantee to be finalized
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday the text of a bilateral security guarantee between Kyiv and Washington was “essentially ready” to be finalized with US President Donald Trump.As a cornerstone of any post-war settlement,…
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On Venezuela, Greenland and Iran
We’re only a few days in, but 2026 already feels like a year of potentially momentous shifts and changes.
Of course, much of the global news cycle has focused on developments in Venezuela, following the US intervention to remove dictator Nicolas…
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Joint Press Release of the African Union – China Strategic Dialogue
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, and Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, H.E. Wang Yi, held the 9th…
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Joint Press Release of the African Union – China Strategic Dialogue
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, and Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, H.E. Wang Yi, held the 9th…
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Holocaust memorial bench destroyed and thrown in lake in Salford
A spokesman for the group told the BBC: “It makes us despair that so many years later, something made for the local community to educate and foster good relations between all people has been so wantonly destroyed.
“With antisemitism and Holocaust…
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Coventry to mark Holocaust Memorial Day with event honouring genocide victims – Coventry City Council
The annual Holocaust Memorial Day will take place in January and will be marked in Coventry with an event at the Belgrade Theatre.
The international annual event, which is held on 27 January each year, will focus on the theme of Bridging…
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Pro-Israel U.S. congressman to announce retirement at end of term
Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the longest-serving Democrat in Congress, is the latest senior official stepping down as party members are increasingly critical of Israel’s policies. Hoyer would routinely appear at AIPAC conferences to announce…
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