A graduate student at Georgetown University who is in the US on a valid visa has been detained by immigration authorities. Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national, is a postdoctoral…
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Palestine: At least 85 killed in new Israeli Gaza strikes- Hamas
At least 85 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza since midnight, the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry has said. Hours later, Israel’s military said it had intercepted…
UK: Royal Navy and RAF shadow Russian ships in British waters
UK warships have shadowed a Russian task group as it passed through British waters, the Royal Navy has said. Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset and minehunter HMS Cattistock, along with…
Europe: Russia and Ukraine carry out attacks after Putin-Trump call
Russia and Ukraine have launched air attacks that damaged each other’s infrastructure, hours after Vladimir Putin said Russia would stop targeting Ukrainian energy sites. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia’s…
USA: Trump suggests US could run Ukraine’s power plants
US President Donald Trump has held what he described as a “very good” hour-long phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, a day after speaking to Russia’s President Vladimir…
USA: Palestinian Columbia student activist Mahmoud Khalil speaks out about his arrest
A Palestinian student activist, who was detained by US immigration officers earlier this month, has spoken out for the first time about his arrest. In a letter dictated over the…
Palestine: ‘Once again, fear has gripped the people’
It had started as a normal night in Gaza, with people up already having their pre-dawn meal in the holy month of Ramadan. After 50 nights of ceasefire, life in…
Iran: Authorities release French tourist held since 2022
A French tourist detained by Iranian authorities for more than two years has been released and returned to France, President Emmanuel Macron has said. Olivier Grondeau, 34, is “free” and…
UK: University of Cambridge seeks four-month protest injunction
The University of Cambridge is seeking a High Court order to block Israel-Palestine protests on parts of its campus for four months. Last year, pro-Palestine protesters staged demonstrations at Senate…
Israel: Netanyahu calls strikes on Gaza ‘only the beginning’ as hundreds reported killed
Israel has “resumed combat in full force” against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday night. In a defiant video statement, he warned that “negotiations…