The United Nations says one of its staff members was killed and another injured as they travelled to a hospital in southern Gaza on Monday. It said the workers were travelling in a UN vehicle to the European Hospital in Rafah when it was struck. The UN did not mention who it thought was responsible...
South African Delvin Safers had already made what he thought was his last phone call to his family. Source link
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has landed in Ukraine as weapons from a new American aid package begin arriving at the front line. His visit comes as the country struggles to hold back a major Russian incursion near its second biggest city of Kharkiv. America’s top diplomat is expected to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky...
A whistleblower who helped expose allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan has been sentenced to five years and eight months in jail. David McBride pleaded guilty to stealing and sharing military secrets on the eve of his trial last year, after legal rulings sunk his defence. An ex-military lawyer, McBride said he was felt...
“The police completely ignored this and relied on the testimony of an ‘expert’ who has a conflict of interest with my collaborators… and whose scientific research is highly questionable,” he said. “The police have completely violated due process and it appears they would like to find me guilty in the court of public opinion,” he...
Zhang Zhan had been in jail for four years for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”. Source link
Unverified video shows protesters throwing food packages onto the ground before stomping on them. Source link
A year after a massive seizure triggered his brain cancer diagnosis, top melanoma doctor Richard Scolyer remains cancer-free. The Australian has undergone a world-first, experimental treatment for glioblastoma, based on his own pioneering melanoma research. His subtype of cancer is so aggressive most patients survive less than a year. But the 57-year-old announced on Tuesday...
Part of a collapsed bridge in Baltimore has been deliberately destroyed, clearing the way for the eventual full return of shipping through one of the busiest sea routes in the US. A ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge on 26 March, causing it to collapse and killing six construction workers. Monday’s demolition broke apart...
Tens of people are still feared to be trapped with a rescue operation under way, emergency services say. Source link