Israel has failed to meet demands for humanitarian access into Gaza, say aid groups

ISRAEL has failed to meet US demands to allow greater humanitarian access to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip where conditions are worse than at any poin

Top leaders accused of lacking the will to act on climate emergency as Cop29 begins

WORLD leaders were accused today of lacking the will to act on the worsening climate emergency.

Israel's new foreign minister crushes any hopes for a Palestinian state

NEW Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar claimed today that the creation of a Palestinian state was not a realistic prospect, as it would

Cop29 climate summit begins in Azerbaijan

THE Cop29 climate summit, which began in Azerbaijani capital Baku today, will hear the usual soaring rhetoric, urgent pleas and pledges o

‘Remembrance Sunday must be about bringing peace, not glorifying war’

Around 70 per cent of those killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza were women and children, says UN

CLOSE to 70 per cent of those killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza over a six-month period were women and children, the United Nations said

Myanmar's Rakhine state faces famine, says UN

MYANMAR’S Rakhine state, which is home to the Rohingya minority and engulfed in a conflict between government forces and a powerful ethni

Israel's parliament passes a new law to deport family members of Palestinian fighters

ISRAEL’S parliament passed a law early today that would allow it to deport family members of Palestinian fighters, including the country’s own citi

Earth in 2024 almost certain to be the hottest humanity has ever experienced, scientists say

FOR the second year in a row, Earth will almost certainly be the hottest it’s been in human history, the European climate agency Copernicus said to

Activists pin Harris defeat on her support for genocide in Gaza

ACTIVISTS today pinned the blame for the defeat of US Vice-President Kamala Harris in the presidential election on her support for the continuing g