Category: World

Australian state plans to ban intifada chants after Bondi shooting
New South Wales will look at passing hate speech laws after Australia's deadliest shooting in almost 30 years. [...]

Palestinians tell BBC they were sexually abused in Israeli prisons
Two men say they experienced the kind of abuse highlighted in recent reports on Israel's treatment of prisoners, which Israel denies. [...]

EU agrees €90bn loan for Ukraine but without using Russian assets
EU leaders said the loan would be repayable only when Russia paid reparations for the war. [...]

Imran Khan and wife given further jail terms after state gift fraud case
Pakistan's former PM, who is already serving time in prison, plans to challenge the verdict. [...]

Seven Colombian soldiers killed in rebel drone attack on base near Venezuela
Colombia’s ELN guerrilla group used drones and explosives in Thursday night attack that also injured at least 30 soldiersColombia’s ELN guerrilla grou [...]

Santas and elves rob Montreal grocery store to ‘give food to the needy’
Group called Robins des Ruelles later said in statement stunt was intended to highlight cost of living crisis Dressed in red suits and backed by maske [...]

Trump and top aides refuse to rule out war with Venezuela
President Nicolás Maduro orders Venezuelan navy to escort oil tankers after seizure by US forcesWhat action is Trump taking against Venezuela’s oil in [...]

US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babiesThe Trump administration has indicated that [...]

Norway’s crown princess likely needs lung transplant, palace says
Mette-Marit has pulmonary fibrosis, a disease that stiffens the lungs, making it hard to breathe. [...]

Tourists to face €2 fee to get near Rome’s Trevi Fountain
Visitors who don't live in Rome will have to pay to view the Baroque monument up close from February. [...]
