USA: Man convicted of murdering teenage girls in Indiana

A man in the US state of Indiana has been found guilty of murdering two girls who disappeared while hiking in 2017. The bodies of teenagers Liberty German, who was…

Palestine: Aid chief warns of ‘gravest crimes’ committed in Israel’s war on Gaza

 United Nations’s humanitarian aid chief told a meeting of the Security Council (UNSC) that “acts reminiscent of the gravest international crimes” are being committed in Gaza where Israel’s military continues…

USA: Jack Smith plans to step down before Trump takes office

Jack Smith, the special counsel who led two federal criminal cases against Donald Trump, is expected to leave the Justice Department before the president-elect takes office, CBS News reports. The…

Palestine: Entire generation in Gaza would lose education if UNRWA collapses -UN

An entire generation of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip would “be denied the right to education” if the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) collapses in the…

Syria: At least 15 people killed in Israeli strikes on Damascus

At least 15 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on residential buildings in Damascus, Syrian state media reported. “The Israeli enemy launched an air aggression from the direction of the occupied…

Azerbaijan: President Ilham Aliyev accuses France of colonial ‘crimes’ in COP29 speech

French Ecology Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher has pulled out of the COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan after its President Ilham Aliyev accused France of carrying out colonialist “crimes” in New Caledonia,…

India: Supreme Court bans ‘bulldozer justice’ as punishment

India’s Supreme Court has said that authorities cannot demolish homes merely because a person has been accused of a crime and has laid down strict guidelines for any such action.…

USA: Kamala Harris’ campaign rack up a debt after record fundraising

It was a record-breaking fundraising campaign: Vice President Kamala Harris raised more than $1bn in less than four months, during which she strove to win the US presidency, after President Joe Biden…

Israel: Construction along buffer zone with Syria violates ceasefire- UN

The United Nations says Israeli construction along a demilitarised buffer zone with Syria has led to “severe violations” of a 50-year-old ceasefire agreement, which risk increasing tensions along their shared…

Germany: Chancellor Scholz to request vote of confidence in December

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said that he will ask for a vote of confidence on December 16, paving the way for early parliamentary elections in February. The German leader…