President Donald Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace” met in Cyprus this week to revive the board after months of inaction. The board’s main decision out of the meetings has been to separate Palestinians into “humanitarian corridors” that enable Israel to continue its takeover of Gaza. Over two days of talks on Tuesday and Wednesday, representatives of the poorly-named “Board of Peace” created…
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Rescue efforts in Venezuela continue as thousands of people remain missing — trapped under the rubble of flattened homes and buildings nearly a week after two back-to-back earthquakes devastated the capital, Caracas, and the nearby city of La Guaira. Rescue teams are desperately searching for survivors, with Venezuelan health officials saying Monday that over 1,700 people are confirmed dead.
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“We have been here for four days,” says South African writer and academic Jessica Breakey in a voice note sent from the Libyan desert where she and hundreds of volunteers are stuck as they attempt to deliver aid to Gaza. In the background is the sound of people chatting, organising, and singing songs for Palestine. “There are no toilets. But this is a really interesting…
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We get a firsthand account of the violent raid, arrest and detention of members of the Global Sumud Flotilla, after Israeli forces intercepted the humanitarian mission in international waters Thursday. “We were held in a makeshift prison with shipping containers and barbed wire. Many people were subject to aggressive physical force. Of the 56 aid-carrying vessels attempting to break Israel’s naval…
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Majdi Aslan, 54, was driving a truck for the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) on April 6 when the Israeli army killed him in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza. Aslan was the main driver in a WHO convoy that was transporting injured Palestinian patients from Gaza to Egypt and other countries. The convoy already had its coordinated permit from the Israeli army to move, as per protocol.
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Facing an anti-war heckler on Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance bragged about the Trump administration’s role in implementing a ceasefire agreement in Gaza — a “ceasefire” that human rights groups said this week is an overwhelming failure, as Israel continues to bomb Palestinians on a near-daily basis. As the vice president absurdly warned Pope Leo XIV to “be careful when he talks about…
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