ISRAEL RESTRICTS BABY FORMULA, MEDICAL ACCESS INTO GAZA AMID CHILD HUNGER CRISIS: REPORT

Thu 03 July 2025: Israeli authorities are facing renewed accusations of using hunger as a weapon of war after seizing cans of baby formula from a US doctor en route to Gaza, according to a report published Wednesday, Anadolu reports. The accusations come as aid groups and medical professionals report mounting child deaths from malnutrition in the […]

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BANGLADESH EX-PM HASINA SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS IN CONTEMPT CASE

Thu 03 July 2025: Bangladesh’s interim government says the conviction shows commitment to justice. Bangladesh’s self-exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to six months in prison for contempt of court by the country’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). The three-member tribunal, headed by Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder, handed down the verdict in Hasina’s absence on […]

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EXTREME WEATHER COSTS EUROPE BILLIONS IN DAMAGE

Thu 03 July 2025: Extreme weather and climate-related events cost Europe billions of euros every year, according to an analysis by the European Environment Agency (EEA) published on Wednesday. The report found that the economic damage caused by such events in 38 European countries amounted to more than €45 billion (about $53 billion) in the most recent comparison year, […]

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OVER 14 MLN PEOPLE ‘COULD DIE FROM US FOREIGN AID CUTS’

Wed 02 July 2025: More than 14 million of the world’s most vulnerable people, a third of them small children, could die because of the Trump administration’s dismantling of U.S. foreign aid, a research projected Tuesday. The study in the prestigious Lancet journal was published as world and business leaders gather for a U.N. conference in […]

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RUSSIA RAMPS UP WEAPONS PRODUCTION AS US PAUSES SOME UKRAINE ARMS SHIPMENTS

Wed 02 July 2025: Russia has significantly increased production volumes across all types of weapons, Industry and Trade Minister Anton Alikhanov said on Wednesday. Speaking at the parliament in Moscow, Alikhanov said the military industry continues to increase its capacity to meet all domestic needs and foreign orders. “Collectively, we have significantly increased production volumes across all types of […]

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NEW MEASURES ‘TO PROTECT UK FROM COVERT FOREIGN INFLUENCE’ TAKE EFFECT IN BRITAIN

Wed 02 July 2025: New measures to protect the UK from “covert foreign influence” took effect Tuesday to strengthen national security, according to the British government. “National security will be bolstered as the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) launches today, one of the foundations of the government’s Plan for Change” scheme, it said. It noted […]

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UN REPORT LISTS COMPANIES COMPLICIT IN ISRAEL’S ‘GENOCIDE’: WHO ARE THEY?

Wed 02 July 2025: UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has issued a report naming several US giants among companies aiding Israel’s occupation and war on Gaza. Companies from other countries – from China to Mexico – are also named. The United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory […]

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TRUMP SAYS HE WILL ‘HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK’ AT DEPORTING ELON MUSK

Tue 01 July 2025: US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would look into deporting billionaire Elon Musk as their feud reignited over a Republican-backed spending bill. “I don’t know. We’ll have to take a look,” Trump told reporters when asked if he would deport Musk. His remarks came after the Tesla CEO renewed his […]

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ELON MUSK VOWS TO LAUNCH NEW POLITICAL PARTY IF CONTROVERSIAL TRUMP BILL PASSES CONGRESS

Tue 01 July 2025: Billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday stepped up his opposition to US President Donald Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” pledging to launch a new political party if the controversial omnibus bill is approved by Congress. “It is obvious with the insane spending of this bill, which increases the debt ceiling by a […]

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