The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says Israeli attacks on Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp may be “disproportionate attacks that could amount to war crimes”. Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, Gaza’s only medical facility serving cancer

Russia bombarded 118 Ukrainian towns and villages in 24 hours, more than on any other day this year, says Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko. He said 10 of Ukraine's 27 regions had come under attack and the onslaught had caused deaths and injuries. Many of the communities

Summary More than 400 people have left Gaza as the Rafah crossing to Egypt opens to civilians for the first time in more than three weeks. 335 foreign passport holders and 76 injured Gazans have been able to leave so far, Palestinian officials say. British and US passport holders

A woman has suffered "life-threatening injuries" after police fired at her for making threats at a Paris train station. The 38-year-old Muslim woman was completely veiled and shouted "Allahu Akbar" ("God is Greatest"). She reportedly made threats that she

Myanmar officials have met with Rohingya refugee families in Bangladesh to discuss their repatriation to Myanmar. The officials travelled to Bangladesh on Tuesday to meet with refugees amid a new repatriation plan brokered by China.  The push is part of a pilot repatriation

Protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza interrupted US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a Senate hearing on Tuesday. Numerous people stood in the crowd and repeatedly yelled "Ceasefire now!" Secretary Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testified about

The Gaza Strip is now a graveyard for thousands of children, the United Nations has said, as it warned of the prospect of more dying of dehydration amid Israel’s war on the besieged enclave. The Israeli army has widened its air and ground attacks on Gaza – including houses

An Israeli air attack has hit apartment blocks in a residential area of the densely-populated Jabalia refugee camp, killing and wounding hundreds.  The director of nearby Indonesian Hospital says at least 50 people were killed, but there are fears the toll could rise. Israel has

Footage from the Israeli military showed tanks and armoured bulldozers churning up bomb-scarred dirt tracks and troops searching shattered buildings for Hamas militants and the 240 hostages still missing. Israel struck 300 targets during its fourth night of land operations in northern

At least 15 people were shot dead at a Halloween party in Chicago's west side on Sunday (October 29).  A statement issued by the Chicago Police Department said that the victims included six women and nine men between the ages of 26 and 53. "The offender fled on foot

The head of the UN’s children agency (UNICEF) said the “true cost” of the latest escalation in Gaza will be measured in children’s lives. UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell, addressing the UN’s security council on Monday, said: More than 420

The US has dismissed as "absurd" claims by Russia that an anti-Israel riot at a Dagestan airport on Sunday was organised by Ukraine and the West. In a televised meeting on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the incident had been part of an attempt to spread

Summary Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, saying it would amount to a "surrender to Hamas" Speaking in Tel Aviv, Netanyahu cites the Bible as he says "this is a time for war" Meanwhile, UN aid agencies

The death toll from a train crash in India has risen to 13, with 39 injured, an official said on Monday, with investigators suspecting human error was the cause of the crash in the south-eastern state of Andhra Pradesh. The accident occurred when the Visakhapatnam-Rayagada passenger

Renowned religious scholar Maulana Tariq Jamil’s son committed suicide at his house in Talamba, their native town in Punjab, claimed the police following an initial investigation of the incident on Sunday. According to Multan’s Regional Police Officer (RPO) Captain (retd)

A Reuters journalist killed in strikes near the Israel-Lebanon border was deliberately targeted along with six other media workers injured in the attacks, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has said. Video journalist Issam Abdallah, 37, was killed in southern Lebanon on October 13 while

Fears of a possible strike on Gaza’s Al-Quds Hospital grow after Israel ordered its “immediate” evacuation and as bombardment continues; The World Health Organization says it is “deeply concerned”. More children have been killed in Gaza in the last three

At least 12 people including an infant have died after a small plane crashed in the northwestern Brazilian state of Acre, according to authorities. A statement by the Acre state government on Sunday said the plane was a single-engine Cessna Caravan, and it crashed near the Rio Branco

Yara Adada, 28, sits at the window of her bakery and coffee shop in Gemmayze, a lively central Beirut neighbourhood known for its bars and restaurants. Adada is the only one there. “We’re swatting flies,” she says. Behind her, the counter is filled with pastries,

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has said that more than 8,000 had been killed in the blockaded territory since the start of the war with Israel on October 7. "The death toll linked to the Israeli aggression is past 8,000, half of whom are children," the ministry told