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World must deny Israel ‘tools of genocide’, says growing alliance of activist states
New York meeting of Hague Group warns of shared responsibility to prevent genocide and proposes steps to isola…
- Asia Pacific, Fiji, Gaza, Israel, Pacific islands, Palestinian territories, Papua New Guinea, World news
As censure increases over war in Gaza, Israel finds support among Pacific Islands
Countries including Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Tonga have given Israel vital backing at the UNAfter almost two…
- Asia Pacific, Gaza, Indonesia, Israel, Middle East and North Africa, Palestinian territories, US foreign policy
Indonesia says it will treat 2,000 of Gaza’s wounded on uninhabited Galang island
Muslim-majority Indonesia says the plan to treat wounded Palestinians in island’s medical facility is a tempor…
- Asia Pacific, Europe, Gaza, India, Israel-Gaza war, Middle East and North Africa, Palestinian territories, Philippines, South and Central Asia, Switzerland, Ukraine, World news
Hunger and grief in Gaza and floods in the Philippines: photos of the day – Monday
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...
- Asia Pacific, Gaza, Israel, Israel-Gaza war, Middle East and North Africa, Palestinian territories, Thailand, World news
Body of Thai hostage retrieved from Gaza, says Israeli defence minister
Nattapong Pinta had been seized in the Hamas-led 7 October 2023 attack and killed, according to Israeli milita…
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Indian academic held over pro-Palestinian views released from Ice jail
Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri had visa revoked and was arrested by immigration officials in M…
- Gaza, India, Kashmir, Pakistan, Palestinian territories, South and Central Asia, Ukraine, World news
India’s Pakistan strikes show how warfare has been normalised again
All-out war is unlikely but shifting of goalposts amid Gaza and Ukraine conflicts suggests Kashmir crisis coul…
- Asia Pacific, Hamas, Israel, Israel-Gaza war, Middle East and North Africa, Palestinian territories, Thailand
‘We never gave up’: tears and elation as freed Thai hostages return home from Gaza
The group of five workers were greeted at Bangkok airport by overjoyed family members and officials after bein…
- Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Israel-Gaza war, Middle East and North Africa, Palestinian territories, Thailand
‘I told my son to keep strong – let’s wait for dad’: Thailand hopes for return of its last Hamas hostage
Five of the last six Thai nationals have been released by Hamas. For one nine-year-old, the agonising wait con…
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Mother of Thai man held in Gaza pleads for his release
Wiwwaeo Sriaoun, whose son Watchara is one of six Thais held by Hamas, says ceasefire deal has given her more …
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Biden insists US is ‘winning’ on world stage – what would losing look like?
The president defended his record on Ukraine, Gaza and Afghanistan but foreign policy successes have been fewO…
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‘A glimpse of hope’: how Observer readers are helping mend broken lives in war-torn lands
Médecins Sans Frontières workers have unique insight into the suffering of those they help, providing medical …
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We can be heroes: the inspiring people we met around the world in 2024 – part one
From an exuberant mountaineering woman to a boy representing unheard refugees, here are some of the brave indi…
- Asia Pacific, Hamas, Israel, Middle East and North Africa, Palestinian territories, Thailand, World news
‘I have to keep going’: mother of Thai worker kidnapped by Hamas prays for his return
Watchara was one of dozens of Thai migrant workers kidnapped from southern Israel on 7 OctoberEvery day, morni…
- Asia Pacific, China, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Middle East and North Africa, Palestinian territories, World news
Palestinian factions including Hamas agree to form future unity government
Diplomatic coup for China as Beijing declaration sets out deal to unite across territories and prepare for ele…