A Russian anti-war activist has been sentenced to seven years in a penal colony for replacing supermarket pricing labels with anti-war messages. Sasha Skochilenko, 33, an artist from St Petersburg, has been in detention since April last year. She was convicted of spreading “false information” about the Russian army. Her lawyers pleaded for her acquittal,…
The Senate has urged the Federal Government to join other countries and international bodies like the United Nations to ensure an immediate ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. It also urged the Federal Government to press for a two-state solution to end the conflict, in which thousands, including women, children and aid workers had been…
UN Agency Chiefs say 88 UN staff have been killed since the war between Israel and Hamas began last month The heads of 18 UN organizations including UNICEF and the World Health Organization said this in a joint statement late Sunday. “For almost a month, the world has been watching the unfolding situation in Israel…
Worried by the continued bombing of Gaza, the South African authorities have said that it would recall all its diplomats from Israel. A top government official Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, told a press briefing that all diplomatic staff in Tel Aviv would be asked to return for consultations, without providing further details. Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor told…
As the war between Israel and Hamas continues, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said an Israeli ceasefire in Gaza would allow Hamas to regroup and carry out further attacks. But he added that Israel had to take “every possible measure” to prevent civilian casualties in the enclave. Mr Blinken made the comments on…
Alarayshi and his wife Laila Alarayshi are two of the hundreds of United States citizens trapped in the Gaza Strip amid the fighting between Israel and Hamas, which has killed thousands of people and leveled entire neighborhoods in the Palestinian territory. When an Israeli air raid hit the building next to the house where he was staying in…
