Five months before the European Parliament elections, angry European Union farmers are honking to be heard. Afumati, Romania – Amid a noisy line of vehicles obstructing the ring road of Bucharest, a farmer emerged holding a lamb with the flag of Romania around its neck. “We became Europe’s slaves”, said Ghiocel, 47, his cheeks rosy from…
UK says Houthis attacked British military vessel in the Red Sea, resulting in no damage and no injuries. A UK vessel shot down a Houthi drone in the Red Sea, the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence has said, as tensions in the Middle East soar amid the ongoing war in Gaza. “Yesterday HMS Diamond successfully…
Poor women shoulder the worst effects of rising water in the Indian delta, highlighting key lessons on building climate resilience. Sundarbans, India – Panchanan Dolui, who lives on Mousuni Island in the Indian Sundarbans, has shifted homes three times due to floods and river erosion. Each time, he moves farther from the receding edge of the…
Two-part Al Jazeera investigation reveals claims of deception by recruiters working across multiple countries. This is the second article in a two-part series about the alleged exploitation of Filipino migrant workers. Part one can be read here. Hong Kong, China – It only took a few minutes of searching online for Divina*, a domestic worker in Hong…
Experts warn that the Israeli war on Gaza may spill over into a regional conflict amid multiple strikes in several countries. As Israel’s war on Gaza pushes on in its fourth month, fears of regional escalation are growing, with multiple nations and armed groups targeting each other’s territories and common waters, and the United States boosting its military…
Russia claims Ukraine shot down military transport plane in Belgorod, killing 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war on board. Ukraine has opened a criminal investigation into the downing of a Russian military transport plane that Moscow said killed 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) as the Kremlin raised questions about future prisoner exchanges. On Thursday, the…
Millions of Americans awoke on Tuesday to snow, freezing rain and frigid temperatures as an Arctic blast gripped much of the United States, ending a nearly two-year “snow drought” in New York City and putting much of the West into a deep freeze. Record-breaking cold was expected across the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains and Midwest,…
Fresh off a campaign victory in Iowa, Donald Trump sat in a New York courtroom on Tuesday to defend himself for a second time against charges that he defamed writer E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of raping her decades ago. Trump watched from the defendant’s table as his lawyers sparred with U.S. District…
Farmers and their tractors converged on Berlin from every corner of Germany on Monday morning to join a giant protest demanding a rethink of plans to tax them more. Some 3,000 tractors, 2,000 trucks and an estimated 10,000 people crammed the avenue leading to Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate for a mass rally capping a week of…
Taiwan lost one of its few remaining diplomatic allies Nauru to China on Monday, just days after it elected a new president, and accused China of attempting to pressure it while it affirmed the will of Taiwanese to go out into the world. China claims Taiwan as its own territory with no right to state-to-state…
