An Israeli attack on Gaza was imminent, and not because of any provocations by Palestinian groups in the besieged, impoverished Gaza Strip. The Israeli military escalation was foreseeable because it factors neatly in Israel’s contentious political scene. The war was not a question of “if”, but “when”. The answer came ...

Children are still developing, leaving them more susceptible to disease and environmental pollutants’   Climate change poses an unprecedented health risk to children and is already having “persistent and pervasive” effects that will last throughout their lives, a major new study has warned. Without drastic reductions in emissions, escalating temperature increases will ...

Bolivian security forces clashed on the streets of La Paz with supporters of unseated president Evo Morales on Wednesday, firing tear gas to clear crowds who hurled rocks and set fires in a test to Bolivia’s new interim leader. With Morales thousands of miles away in Mexico City after he ...

A $5 billion demand to meet the cost of hosting American troops, and tensions between Seoul and Tokyo that threaten to undercut regional cooperation are set to top the agenda when senior U.S. defense officials visit South Korea this week. U.S. President Donald Trump’s insistence Seoul take on a greater ...

Two civilians were martyred and ten others were injured on Tuesday due to the hostile targeting of a residential building in Mezza area in Damascus. A military source said that at 04:14 of Tuesday dawn, November 12, 2019, Israeli warplanes flying over the occupied Galilee fired three missiles towards Damascus ...

Like the big banks, big tech uses its lobbying muscle to avoid regulation, and thinks it should play by different rules. And like the banks, it could be about to wreak financial havoc on us all. By Rana Foroohar In every major economic downturn in US history, the ‘villains’ have ...

Marine corps pilots took photos and read books while flying, according to a US military investigation   Japan’s defence ministry is to call on US forces based in the country to ensure the safety of their aircraft after pilots from a marine corps unit involved in a deadly crash last ...

State and defence departments wanted military aid restored, but the Greenland issue ‘took up a lot of energy’, new testimony reveals   After the White House cut off military aid to Ukraine, Donald Trump’s top officials scrambled to get it restored but were unable to organise a meeting with the ...

Statement sets out ‘vital signs’ as indicators of magnitude of the climate emergency   The world’s people face “untold suffering due to the climate crisis” unless there are major transformations to global society, according to a stark warning from more than 11,000 scientists. “We declare clearly and unequivocally that planet ...

Greenpeace calls for global action over nets, lines and traps that are deadly for marine life   Lost and abandoned fishing gear which is deadly to marine life makes up the majority of large plastic pollution in the oceans, according to a report by Greenpeace. More than 640,000 tonnes of ...