Media freedom watchdog decries Israel’s killing of journalists in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

CPJ says the Israeli military ‘continues to act with total impunity when it comes to the killing of journalists’. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has denounced Israel’s killing of four Palestinian journalists in Gaza over the past week as the Israeli military intensifies its bombardment of the besieged territory. The United States-based watchdog said … Read more

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger agree to grace period in ECOWAS withdrawal | Politics News

The Economic Community of West African States hopes to use this time to convince the three nations to stay in the bloc. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will have a six-month grace period following their exit from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), scheduled for January 29, a year after the countries announced … Read more

Outcry after RFK Jr linked to effort to nix US approval for polio vaccine | Donald Trump News

Backlash has been building in the United States following a news report that links one of President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed cabinet members to an effort to revoke approval for the polio vaccine. On Saturday, The Associated Press news agency published a statement from a spokesperson for Robert F Kennedy Jr, whom Trump has nominated to … Read more

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,023 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Here are the key developments on the 1,023rd day of the Russia-Ukraine war. Here is the situation on Friday, December 13: Military Fighting around the key eastern city of Pokrovsk in Ukraine is “extremely intense” after a months-long Russian push, according to Ukraine’s top military commander. Ukrainian troops repelled nearly 40 Russian attempts to storm … Read more

UN General Assembly demands ‘immediate’ ceasefire in Gaza, supports UNRWA | Gaza News

The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to demand an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and expressed support for the work of the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). The assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, which was adopted with 158 votes in favour … Read more

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,019 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Here are the key developments on the 1,019th day of the Russia-Ukraine war. Here is the situation on Monday, December 9: Fighting: Russian air defence units destroyed 13 Ukrainian drones over three western Russia regions, the Russian Defence Ministry said on the Telegram messaging app. Ukraine’s air force said the country’s air defence shot down … Read more