Five journalists killed among 20 dead in an Israeli attack on a #Gaza hospital. This time in a double tap strike, which violates the Geneva Conventions. Hussam al-Masri Mariam Abu Daqqa Mohammed Salama Ahmad Abu Aziz Moas Abu Taha Journalism is not a crime. RIP www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Five journalists among 20 killed in Israeli attack on Gaza hospital, say health officials

Deaths take the number of Palestinian journalists killed in the conflict since 7 October 2023 to at least 192

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"Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in #Gaza have been civilians, an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare." www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war

Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000

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Norway’s $1.9 trillion sovereign wealth fund has divested from 11 Israeli companies and is terminating all contracts with external managers in Israel following public outcry over its investments linked to the war in #Gaza www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Norway’s $1.9 Trillion Wealth Fund Sells Off Israeli Assets

Norway’s $1.9 trillion sovereign wealth fund has divested from 11 Israeli companies and is terminating all contracts with external managers in Israel following public outcry over its investments linke...

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"The CPJ is gravely worried about the safety of Al Jazeera’s Gaza correspondent Anas Al-Sharif, who is being targeted by an Israeli military smear campaign, which he believes is a precursor to his assassination." An Israeli strike killed Anas last night. cpj.org/2025/07/cpj-...

CPJ calls for Anas Al-Sharif’s protection in face of Israeli smears - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, July 24, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely worried about the safety of Al Jazeera Arabic’s Gaza correspondent Anas Al-Sharif, who is being targeted by an Israeli military ...

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My latest for @afp.com: a hike into the rainforests of eastern Indonesia to meet some of the country's last nomadic hunter-gatherers, under threat from the world's largest nickel mine as it destroys their homeland to provide materials for EVs and stainless steel. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

My latest for @afp.com: a hike into the rainforests of eastern Indonesia to meet some of the country's last nomadic hunter-gatherers, under threat from the world's largest nickel mine as it destroys their homeland to provide materials for EVs and stainless steel. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

"Escalating atrocities in #Gaza present an urgent moral crossroads and States must act now to end the violence or bear witness to the annihilation of the Palestinian population in Gaza – an outcome with irreversible consequences for our shared humanity." www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

End unfolding genocide or watch it end life in Gaza: UN experts say States face defining choice

GENEVA – Escalating atrocities in Gaza present an urgent moral crossroads and States must act now to end the violence or bear witness to the annihilation of the Palestinian population in Gaza – an out...

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"The paramedic who filmed the video was later found with a bullet in his head in the mass grave."

Malachy Browne@malachy.bsky.social · last yr.

Video obtained by @nytimes.com confirms the IDF fired on and killed clearly identified Red Crescent medics in Gaza. 15 were killed. Satellite pics analyzed by @ckoettl.bsky.social & @sanjanamv.bsky.social show the IDF then buried the medics andambulances. Story 👇 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...

.@AFP Jakarta latest: Indonesians embrace return of plundered treasure from the Dutch www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia...

.@AFP Jakarta made the BBC's top 12 photos of the year, after being quick to put out this spectacular handout image of Mount Ruang erupting to the world. www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

More from @AFP's tsunami anniversary package. Former rebel commander Muharram once led 3,000 men who spent decades fighting Indonesia's army in separatist Aceh. But he is now a politician after the legacy of a devastating tsunami two decades ago brought peace. www.barrons.com/news/peace-w...

Our @AFP latest from Indonesia's Aceh before the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, a powerful profile of a hero from that awful day. 'End of the world': tsunami body collector's torment 20 years on www.rfi.fr/en/internati...

The rainy season has well and truly arrived in Indonesia. Some cool pics from the @AFP Jakarta team. #photography

.@AFP exclusive: Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina inmate on death row in Indonesia since 2010, tells AFP from prison her planned transfer is a "miracle", in her first interview since Jakarta and Manila signed an agreement last week to repatriate her. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Filipina on Indonesia death row says planned transfer 'miracle'

A Filipina inmate on death row in Indonesia told AFP from prison Friday that her planned transfer was a "miracle", in her first interview since Manila and Jakarta signed an agreement last week to repa...

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A new study of #Gaza children has found that 96% of them feel their death is imminent & almost half want to die as a result of the trauma they have been through. A needs assessment also found 79% suffer from nightmares & 73% exhibit symptoms of aggression. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

Death feels imminent for 96% of children in Gaza, study finds

Needs assessment by NGO reveals the huge psychological impact of the war with Israel on young people

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Our @AFP latest: Thousands of Indonesians have been enticed to other Southeast Asian nations in recent years for better-paying jobs, only to end up in the hands of scam operators. Many have been rescued and repatriated, but dozens still languish in scam compounds. www.barrons.com/news/modern-...

"The Qataris have established the first channel of communication with HTS. Communication with HTS and Qatari diplomats are expected to continue in the next 24 hours with Al Bashir," an official said on condition of anonymity, referring to senior rebel Mohammed Bashir www.barrons.com/amp/news/qat...

Qatar In Contact With Syrian Islamist Group HTS: Official Briefed On Talks

Qatari officials are in contact with the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which spearheaded the ouster of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, as well as other groups in Syria, an official brie...

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"Mazen had endured torture so cruel, so unimaginable, that his retellings carried an almost otherworldly weight. When he spoke, it was as if he stared into the face of death itself, pleading with the angel of mortality for just a little more time." #Syria www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Syrian activist whose suffering became symbol of Assad brutality found dead in Sednaya prison

Mazen al-Hamada had escaped to tell the world about regime’s torture before returning to Damascus

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Just horrific. More details coming out of Assad's Sednaya torture prison and I suspect they will keep coming. It will be imperative to protect and preserve the evidence so justice can be done one day.

The 65 million people living in the world’s small island nations face "catastrophe" from the health impacts of climate breakdown, say experts behind a new report. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Small island nations face climate-induced ‘catastrophe’, warn experts

First comprehensive study on health and climate change in small island developing states lays bare impact of the crisis and calls for action from richer countries

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Heartbroken that the body of Mazen al-Hamada has been discovered following his disappearance in Syria. Mazen had told his harrowing story of torture in cities around the world in the hopes of changing policy. I'll never forget meeting him. I pray we'll continue his journey.

The White Helmets say their search of the Sednaya torture prison has concluded, adding its teams found no hidden underground basements or cells that could have held prisoners. whitehelmets.org/node/1691

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Nedal Al-Amari@nedalalamari.bsky.social · 2y ago

Image found in the Syrian Presidential Palace of Bashar al-Assad with his cousin, Ihab Makhlouf, wearing a Hitler t-shirt.

Reports of a mass grave found at Assad's Sednaya torture prison. x.com/HussamHamoud...

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a one-time al-Qaeda affiliate, has issued a general amnesty for conscripted members of the Assad military, as it seeks to consolidate its control of #Syria. www.ft.com/content/1273...

Syrian rebels seek to consolidate control

HTS issues amnesty for conscripted military but Israel grabs territory on border

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Britain, Germany, France, Italy and several other European countries say they will freeze all pending asylum requests from Syrians. Austria signalled it would soon deport refugees back to #Syria. Far-right politicians elsewhere made similar demands. www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

European countries suspend Syrian asylum bids following Assad's fall

A growing number of European countries including Austria, Britain, Germany, Sweden and Norway on Monday announced they were suspending their processing of Syrian asylum applications after rebels ouste...

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Hezbollah condemns Israeli strikes on #Syria, says stands by its people (@AFP)

Sednaya prison is a horror. Thousands of people in a stream of bodies walked toward the most infamous prison under the Assad regime. Every single person I interviewed, bar one, had at least one family member inside. Many had no news of family they’d last seen over a decade ago.

Scholz, Macron on Monday said they are open to working with #Syria's new leaders after Assad's ouster. "Both agreed they were ready to cooperate with the new leadership on the basis of fundamental human rights and the protection of ethnic and religious minorities," Berlin said.