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Opinion: How Israel's racist mobs paved the way for Gaza genocide

Opinion: How Israel's racist mobs paved the way for Gaza genocide

Over the past two years, the world has witnessed such an intensification of atrocities emanating from the Israeli state that each one threatens to obscure the last. This invariably means that responding to each new outrage risks distracting from...

EU court questions Italy's 'safe country' list for migrants

EU court questions Italy's 'safe country' list for migrants

Judges at the European Union's top court ruled Friday that Italy can fast-track deportations of migrants to countries it designates as "safe" if it meets certain conditions. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) was asked if an accelerated asylum...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan held a meeting with the Ambassador of Thailand, who is completing his diplomatic mission in Ashgabat

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan held a meeting with the Ambassador of Thailand, who is completing his diplomatic mission in Ashgabat

Yesterday, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Ahmed Gurbanov held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Thailand to Turkmenistan Apirat Sugondhabhirom (with residence in Ankara), who is...

Germany opposes potential Israeli annexation of West Bank: FM

Germany opposes potential Israeli annexation of West Bank: FM

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has condemned the escalating violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians as “terror”, emphasizing Germany's opposition to any Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank. During a visit to the West...

How Latam-GPT is building culturally relevant AI for the region

How Latam-GPT is building culturally relevant AI for the region

BUENOS AIRES - "Tell me the most recent relevant books and novels from Chile." That was the prompt Chilean engineers at the state-run National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA) gave OpenAI's ChatGPT to test its grasp of Latin America...

Outlook on Russian tourist flow to Turkey in summer downgraded to 2.7 mln people — ATOR

Outlook on Russian tourist flow to Turkey in summer downgraded to 2.7 mln people — ATOR

MOSCOW, August 1. /TASS/. The tourist flow from Russia to Turkey will amount to about 2.7 mln people this summer instead of the previously projected 3.1 mln people, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) reported. "The weak growth of...

On Monday my son was sworn into the IDF. I spent that afternoon protesting the Israeli government.

On Monday my son was sworn into the IDF. I spent that afternoon protesting the Israeli government.

On Monday, my son was inducted into the IDF. He started thinking about joining as a hayal boded, a “lone soldier” (someone who makes aliyah alone with the intention of serving) while in high school. After his friend was murdered by Hamas...

Michigan Senate Candidate Sits Down for Interview With Anti-Israel Streamer

Michigan Senate Candidate Sits Down for Interview With Anti-Israel Streamer

Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat running for the US Senate in Michigan, recently appeared on the platform of controversial anti-Israel social media personality Hasan Piker, raising questions about the candidate’s positions on the Jewish state. El-Sayed,...

Auschwitz museum orders visiting Israeli soldiers to remove flags

Auschwitz museum orders visiting Israeli soldiers to remove flags

A delegation of Israeli soldiers visiting the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum have been ordered to remove national flags during an annual ceremony. In what is believed to be the first time such an order has occurred at the event, the “humiliating”...

Should Israel Negotiate with Terrorists? The Answer is Complicated

Should Israel Negotiate with Terrorists? The Answer is Complicated

When terror becomes diplomacy’s last option, how does a democratic state retain its moral compass? This is the cruel paradox confronting Israel today. Since October 7, 2023, when Hamas unleashed its brutal and barbaric assault, the Jewish State...

Freedom Flotilla activists say they were ‘brutalised psychologically’ by Israeli military after aid boat boarded

Freedom Flotilla activists say they were ‘brutalised psychologically’ by Israeli military after aid boat boarded

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

This Day in History on August 1: Germany Declares War on Russia, Escalating World War I

This Day in History on August 1: Germany Declares War on Russia, Escalating World War I

August 1 stands as a day rich with historical significance. Moving back in time, August 1 marks a significant moment in 1914 when Germany declared war on Russia, triggering the escalation of World War I. This declaration set in motion a series of...

Netherlands names Israel as a SECURITY THREAT, marking a shift in diplomatic ties

Netherlands names Israel as a SECURITY THREAT, marking a shift in diplomatic ties

Netherlands names Israel as a SECURITY THREAT, marking a shift in diplomatic ties The Netherlands has officially labeled Israel as a security threat, citing concerns over disinformation campaigns, informal political influence and destabilizing...

SAZU Hosts First Cultural Festival To Promote Unity, Preserve Heritage

SAZU Hosts First Cultural Festival To Promote Unity, Preserve Heritage

1 BAUCHI – Sa’adu Zungur University (SAZU), has taken a bold step toward fostering national unity and cultural preservation by successfully hosting its first Cultural Festival and Exhibition, tagged SAZUCEF 2025 with the theme “Celebrating...

Trump urges Israel to address ‘real starvation’

Trump urges Israel to address ‘real starvation’

Great power rivalry Gaza: United States President Donald Trump has urged Israel to allow more aid into Gaza to stave off “real starvation” in the enclave, as Israel paused fighting and boosted aid flows amid an international outcry over the...

Climate crisis is changing Turkey's fire regime

Climate crisis is changing Turkey's fire regime

The inability to control the fires that broke out in various cities across Turkey throughout July and burned thousands of hectares of forest land for a long time drew widespread criticism. A significant portion of this backlash focused on the...

US must end its complicity in Israel’s annihilation of Gaza

US must end its complicity in Israel’s annihilation of Gaza

Bernie Sanders is an independent US senator from Vermont. This week, for the third time in nine months, I forced votes in the Senate to stop arms shipments to the Benjamin Netanyahu government in Israel, which has waged a horrific, immoral, and...

Afro-Arab Group Chair to provide interest-free loans for 50 youth entrepreneurs

Afro-Arab Group Chair to provide interest-free loans for 50 youth entrepreneurs

Founder and Chairman of the Afro-Arab Group of Companies, Alhaji Salamu Amadu, has announced a bold new initiative to support 50 young university graduates with interest-free loans to kick-start their entrepreneurial journeys. The initiative, he...

OUTCRY OVER LARGE-SCALE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY BY ISRAELI NATIONALS

Current Events Cyprus’ AKEL party has expressed its objection over the rising number of properties being purchased by Israeli nationals. Stefanos Stefanou, the leader of the party, spoke about the matter at a congress meeting, explaining how this...

South Africa to host historic IWBF 3x3 World Championships in 2025

South Africa to host historic IWBF 3x3 World Championships in 2025

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa will make history next year as it hosts the 2025 IWBF 3x3 World Championships - the first time the tournament is being held on African soil. The tournament will take place from 1–3 August 2025 at the Superbowl Sun Arena...

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