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Gaza death toll in early part of war far higher than reported, says Lancet study
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (691+ words) Research suggests more than 75,000 killed in the first 16 months of conflict, 25,000 more than announced at the time More than 75,000 people were killed in the first 16 months of the two-year war in Gaza, at least 25,000 more than the death toll announced…...
Oscar-nominated co-writer of It Was Just an Accident released from Iranian prison
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (345+ words) Mehdi Mahmoudian released 17 days after arrest for signing a statement condemning Iran's supreme leader and regime's protest crackdown Mehdi Mahmoudian, the Oscar-nominated cowriter of It Was Just an Accident, has been released from an Iranian prison 17 days after his arrest,…...
Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton among those to condemn Berlinale’s ‘silence’ on Gaza
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (484+ words) At least 80 film-makers and stars sign open letter after German festival jury president Wim Wenders says they should keep out of politics More than 80 current and former participants of the Berlinale, including Javier Bardem, Tilda Swinton and Adam McKay have…...
US launches airstrikes on dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (430+ words) Militant group's infrastructure and weapons storage facilities were hit, as Washington praised Damascus for fresh coalition role The US military has conducted 10 strikes on more than 30 Islamic State targets in Syria between 3 and 12 February as part of a campaign against…...
‘It still rankles’: the French town living in the shadow of being an ayatollah’s refuge
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (916+ words) Annual remembrance in Neauphle-le-Ch'teau revives memories of short exile that reshaped Iran, but which locals would rather forget Every February, members of the Iranian diaspora descend on an abandoned plot of land in an unremarkable street in the French town…...
The Guardian view on Israel and the West Bank: the other relentless assault upon Palestinians | Editorial
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (545+ words) The Guardian view on Israel and the West Bank: the other relentless assault upon Palestinians | Editorial'The Guardian The Guardian view on Israel and the West Bank: the other relentless assault upon Palestinians A campaign of ethnic cleansing and "tectonic" new…...
Marwan Barghouti’s son calls on UK to put father’s release at heart of Palestinian renewal
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (528+ words) Cross-party UK MPs campaigning for senior Fatah leader's release from Israeli jail, saying he is unifying figure The son of Marwan Barghouti, the Palestinian prisoner often described as the Nelson Mandela of the Palestinian movement, has called on the British…...
‘Ticking time bomb’: Iran’s shadow fleet of old tankers ‘risking catastrophic oil spill’
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1015+ words) Exclusive: only matter of time until decrepit ships cause spill bigger than Exxon Valdez disaster, analysts say Decrepit oil tankers in Iran's sanctions-busting shadow fleet are a "ticking time bomb, with a catastrophic environmental disaster only a "matter of time,…...
‘A step in the wrong direction’: Israel’s West Bank plans cause global backlash
1+ week, 1+ day ago (587+ words) US, Britain, EU and Arab nations condemn plans that Israeli ministers say will "kill the idea of a Palestinian state" Israeli measures to tighten its control of the West Bank have triggered a global backlash " including a signal from Washington…...
Israeli court blocks life-saving cancer care for boy, 5, due to his Gaza address
1+ week, 1+ day ago (266+ words) Palestinian boy has been in the West Bank since 2022 but is still registered as a resident in the strip where ban applies An Israeli court has rejected an appeal to allow a five-year-old Palestinian boy with an aggressive form of…...