Israeli unit tasked with smearing Gaza journalists as Hamas fighters – report Israeli-Palestinian magazine says IDF ‘legitimisation cell’ set up to blunt global outrage over killing of media staff The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2025
Afghans in US mark Taliban Kabul takeover amid Trump immigration crackdown Advocates say Trump policies add fear to four years of uncertainty for Afghans seeking safety in US after Taliban rise. Al Jazeera · Aug 15, 2025
‘No more food’: In northern Nigeria, US funding cuts bite for aid groups Organisations like the World Food Programme are scaling back aid or completely halting operations. Al Jazeera · Aug 15, 2025
If you dogwhistle it, neo-Nazis will come: the ‘March for Australia’ – and the problems reporting it poses for media News Corp tabloid reproduces event flyer complete with slogans. Plus: a landmark defamation ruling The Guardian - AU · Aug 15, 2025
China’s aircraft carriers in Pacific signals ability to ‘contest’ US power Expert says ‘gaps’ in naval capabilities are closing between China and the United States. Al Jazeera · Aug 15, 2025
Palestinian journalists 'reporting on own extermination' call for action Palestinian journalists who are "reporting on their own extermination" have issued an urgent call for action to colleagues in the media The National (Scotland) · Aug 14, 2025
Trump says he thinks Putin will ‘make a deal’ on Ukraine Words come on the eve of the US and Russian leaders’ closely watched Alaska summit. Al Jazeera · Aug 14, 2025
Keir Starmer urged to back probe after five Gaza journalists killed by Israel PALESTINIANS living in the UK have urged Keir Starmer and David Lammy to demand an international investigation after five journalists were killed in… The National (Scotland) · Aug 14, 2025
Middle East crisis: Bezalel Smotrich outlines plan for 3,000 new housing units in controversial West Bank settlement, reports say – as it happened Israel’s far-right finance minister claims Netanyahu and Trump have agreed to the plan although there has been no confirmation from either leader The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2025
Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 32 people as four more die from malnutrition Several aid seekers killed in southern Gaza and several others killed in attacks on Gaza City, medical sources say. Al Jazeera · Aug 14, 2025
Russia pounds Ukraine, boosts army as world braces for Putin-Trump talks Ukraine has publicly rejected any land concession deal with Russia, but some reports suggest it may be open to it. Al Jazeera · Aug 14, 2025
Women with AI ‘boyfriends’ mourn lost love after ‘cold’ ChatGPT upgrade OpenAI’s release of GPT-5 prompts backlash in online communities for people with AI companions. Al Jazeera · Aug 14, 2025
Afternoon Update: salmon farming to continue in Tasmania; Stratton dies aged 85; and the world’s most divisive shoes Bob Brown Foundation and Australia Institute accuse environment minister Murray Watt of condemning the Maugean skate to extinction The Guardian - AU · Aug 14, 2025
New Delhi’s garbage mountains become heat bombs for India’s waste pickers Informal waste pickers face temperatures as high as 70C (158F) in landfill sites and ‘breathe poison’, activists say. Al Jazeera · Aug 14, 2025
The Conversation · Aug 14, 2025 Israel must allow independent investigations of Palestinian journalist killings – and let international media into Gaza The New York-based media freedom organisation, the Committee to Protect Journalists, is scrupulous with its words. So, when the organisation described the killing of six Palestinian journalists in an Israeli air strike as “murder”, the word was a carefully considered choice.
The Guardian - AU · Aug 13, 2025 Morning Mail: plan to charge EVs for road use, which jobs are least vulnerable to AI, Paul Kelly’s Gravy sequel revealed Albanese signals he will revive plans to tax EV drivers as petrol revenues fall; study ranks which professions face the axe from new technology
Al Jazeera · Aug 13, 2025 Protests, vigils held worldwide over Israel’s killing of Gaza journalists From South Africa’s Cape Town to Manila in the Philippines and London in the UK, voices are raised in protest.
Al Jazeera · Aug 13, 2025 Trump nominee to lead labour statistics agency faces wave of criticism Economists worry that EJ Antoni’s nomination is largely political in nature for a historically non-partisan role.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2025 How German media outlets helped pave the way for Israel’s murder of journalists in Gaza In the run-up to this week’s deadly attacks, stories linking Palestinian reporters to Hamas gained currency, says Berlin-based journalist Hanno Hauenstein
Al Jazeera · Aug 13, 2025 Turkiye slams Israel, Kurdish-led SDF for destabilising a recovering Syria Turkish FM hosts Syrian counterpart in Ankara; defence ministers sign military cooperation memorandum of understanding.
Al Jazeera · Aug 13, 2025 ‘Health champions’: Local women lead the fight against polio in Nigeria In areas where male health workers are unwelcome or mistrusted, female vaccinators have carved out a space to thrive.
Al Jazeera · Aug 13, 2025 Does a Trump-brokered deal squeeze Russia, Iran out of the South Caucasus? A transit corridor pact signed by Azerbaijan and Armenia could be game-changing, according to several experts.
The Guardian - US · Aug 13, 2025 Israel is wiping out Gaza’s journalists – and it’s no longer even hiding it The laws of war are clear: journalists are civilians. To target them deliberately in war is to commit a war crime
Al Jazeera · Aug 13, 2025 Wildfires scorch Greece as heatwave grips parts of Europe Nearly 5,000 firefighters assisted by 33 aircraft deployed in Greece as flames stoked by winds and hot, dry conditions.
Euronews · Aug 13, 2025 Mexico City rally over Israeli strike that killed journalists in Gaza Journalists and activists gathered in Mexico City on Tuesday evening to demand justice for Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif and other reporters killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza late on Sunday.