Sanaa, Yemen — When Israel’s conflict on Gaza broke out on October 7, Saleh Abdullah, a 48-year-old grocery store proprietor in Sanaa, joined pro-Palestine mass protests, expressing his solidarity with the besieged enclave. It by no means crossed his thoughts that the Houthi armed group that controls Yemen’s capital and enormous elements of the nation would…
No less than 16 younger males disappeared final month. In 4 cities throughout Myanmar, underneath cowl of darkness, armed teams took them to police stations, in accordance with members of the family and a few of the males themselves. Some have been launched after paying ransoms. In different instances, failure to pay led to compelled…
The Russian-speaking widow was born in Latvia 63 years in the past, when it was nonetheless part of the Soviet Union, bought married there and raised a household. She has by no means lived wherever else. So it got here as a nasty shock this fall when she acquired a curt official letter saying she…
5/5 © Reuters. The son and daughter of this yr’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Ali and Kiana Rahmani attend a press convention on the Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway, December 9, 2023. Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi is imprisoned and is subsequently represented by his im 2/5 By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) – The teenage…
About one-fifth of Israelis are Arabs whose households had been residing in what would develop into Israel earlier than the state was based in 1948. Not like the Palestinian refugees who ended up within the West Financial institution, Gaza and neighboring Arab international locations, this group remained in Israel and obtained citizenship. Whereas they carry…
Tripoli, Lebanon – When the humanitarian pause began in Gaza, Fatmeh Abu Swareh hadn’t heard from her daughter Wafaa in almost two weeks. “I’m not sleeping. I sit here at 3am and cry. I cry all night… all day,” she stated just a few days earlier than the pause in her lounge in Beddawi, a…
Among the hostages have been held in sweltering tunnels deep beneath Gaza, whereas others have been squeezed into tight quarters with strangers or confined in isolation. There have been kids compelled to look in hostage movies, and others compelled to observe grotesque footage of Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist assault. They bore bodily and psychological wounds….
2/2 © Reuters. LGBT activist Alexey Sergeev poses for an image in Saint Petersburg, Russia November 25, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer 2/2 ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) – Members of Russia’s LGBTQ group concern a court docket ruling due on Thursday will label them “extremists” and pave the best way for arrests and prosecutions of those that converse out…
Anticipate large reductions and different enticements to lure buyers to shops for Black Friday. However retailers fear these will not be sufficient. Shoppers are coming beneath stress as their financial savings dwindle and their bank card debt grows. And though they’ve gotten some aid from easing inflation, many items and providers like meat and hire…
Deir el-Balah and Fukhari, Gaza Strip — After greater than six weeks of battle, Khaled Loz is aware of what he needs to do when the truce introduced on Wednesday by Israel and Hamas lastly comes into impact. He needs to sleep. “It’s the first thing I want to do. I’m tired of all the…
Athens, Greece – Diaspora Palestinians who have been uprooted throughout earlier crises concern they might be witnessing the largest pressured displacement of their lifetimes. “They tell us to go to the south [of Gaza],” mentioned Salma Shawwa, referring to Israel’s order to 1.5 million Palestinians residing within the northern Gaza Strip to maneuver south final…
“My experience during childbirth was a nightmare in every sense of the word, or something like a horror film,” mentioned 29-year-old Wajiha al-Abyad. Her contractions began at round 9 p.m. on Oct. 29. “We called for an ambulance, but they told us they couldn’t come. The streets were empty and pitch-black, and there was no…
