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Poll finds nearly three-quarters of Democratic voters oppose aid to Israel 

21 May 2026

News|Israel-Palestine conflict A new poll from New York Times/Siena has found that nearly three-quarters of voters align...

Putin and Lukashenko monitor joint Russia-Belarus nuclear exercises 

21 May 2026

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko have taken part via video conference in a...

Trump says he’ll speak to Taiwan’s leader: Why that is significant 

21 May 2026

President Donald Trump has twice suggested, since his summit with China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing last week, t...

French court finds Airbus, Air France guilty of manslaughter in 2009 crash 

21 May 2026

News|Aviation A French appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of manslaughter in 2009 Rio de Janeiro-Paris...

US-Iran diplomacy picks up: What’s the latest? 

21 May 2026

Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in the Iranian capital Tehran on Wednesday to meet with his Iranian cou...

India-Africa summit postponed as Ebola spreads to M23-held DR Congo area 

21 May 2026

News|Ebola The ⁠African Union and India have postponed the ⁠India-Africa ⁠Forum Summit scheduled for next week in ...

What’s Trump’s ‘anti-weaponisation fund’ and why are legal experts alarmed? 

21 May 2026

The United States Department of Justice has introduced an “anti-weaponisation fund” that will be used to financially...

Israel begins deporting Gaza aid flotilla activists amid global outcry 

21 May 2026

Israel has begun deporting the hundreds of activists abducted by Israeli forces who stormed a Gaza aid flotilla earlier ...

How Ben-Gvir’s flotilla video shattered Israel’s multimillion ‘Hasbara’ 

21 May 2026

A video posted by Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, in which he is seen taunting abducted...

Mauritania’s female Islamic guides: Leading the fight against ‘extremism’ 

21 May 2026

Nouakchott, Mauritania – Across a vast stretch of the Sahel and West Africa, armed groups are expanding their reach, m...