In Oscars speech, ‘No Other Land’ co-directors speak out for Palestinians rights : NPR

Rachel Szor, left, Hamdan Ballal, Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham accept the Oscar for best documentary feature film for No Other Land. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Winter/Getty Images No Other Land won the Oscar for best documentary on Sunday night. In their acceptance speech, the film’s directors called on the world … Read more

Pope Francis experiences respiratory relapse : NPR

Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. Andrew Medichini/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Medichini/AP ROME, Italy—Pope Francis has experienced fresh breathing difficulties as he enters a third week of treatment in a … Read more

Erdogan says PKK leader’s call to disband a ‘historic opportunity’ | Recep Tayyip Erdogan News

Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Abdullah Ocalan’s appeal for his outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to disband and disarm was a “historic opportunity” as senior members of the president’s party demanded the dissolution of PKK affiliates in Iraq and Syria. “We have a historic opportunity to advance towards the objective of destroying the … Read more

Nakba survivors see echoes of the past in Trump’s calls for Gaza expulsion | Gaza News

United States President Donald Trump set off alarm bells this month when, standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House, he said the US would “take control” of the Gaza Strip and resettle Palestinians in other countries. Trump framed the expulsion of the Palestinian population from the Strip – left unrecognisable by … Read more

Trump cuts Venezuela’s permit to export oil to U.S. : NPR

Chevron President in Venezuela, Javier La Rosa, left, attends a signing agreement ceremony between Venezuela and the California-based Chevron, in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 2, 2022. Matias Delacroix/AP hide caption toggle caption Matias Delacroix/AP CARACAS, Venezuela — A permit issued by the United States government allowing energy giant Chevron Corp. to pump and export Venezuelan oil … Read more

Nurse in Australia charged over video about killing Israelis | Crime News

Police charge 26-year-old woman over video that prompted widespread condemnation. A nurse in Australia has been charged with making death threats and other offences over a video appearing to show hospital staff boasting about killing and denying treatment to Israeli patients. New South Wales Police said on Wednesday that they had charged a 26-year-old woman … Read more