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Advocates decry US House vote to defund universities that boycott Israel 

03 September 2026

The United States House of Representatives has passed a bill to penalise American universities for boycotting Israel or ...

Serbia welcomes return of war criminal Mladic’s body with military honours 

03 September 2026

The body of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who died last week while serving a life sentence for war cr...

Spain’s PM says no evidence Morocco planned Ceuta border rush 

03 September 2026

News|Migration Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says Madrid has found no evidence that Morocco orchestrated a surge ...

Syria begins destroying al-Assad-era chemical weapons materials 

03 September 2026

News|Weapons Syria has begun ‌destroying the remnants of a clandestine chemical weapons programme created under former...

Israel releases Lebanese civilian, says five prisoners will be freed 

03 September 2026

Israel has released one Lebanese civilian detainee and has pledged to free five prisoners, the first such handover since...

What’s behind the vote-by-mail controversy in the US? 

03 September 2026

But with two months left until polling day, a major legal battle is taking place that could throw the entire process int...

Trump calls media ‘treasonous scum’ over reports of low Iran war munitions 

03 September 2026

News|Donald Trump United States President Donald Trump has again pushed back on media reports detailing dangerously low ...

20 million children a year face online sexual abuse, UNICEF says 

03 September 2026

As many as 20 million children in 21 countries have experienced online sexual abuse or exploitation each year, according...

Houthi fighters clash with Yemeni government forces in country’s southwest 

03 September 2026

Yemeni government forces are engaged in fierce clashes with Houthi fighters across several fronts west of Taiz province,...

Four imprisoned Palestine Action activists appeal ‘terrorism’ sentences 

03 September 2026

London, the UK – Four Palestine Action activists who were sentenced as “terrorists” are appealing against the ruli...