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POLITICSPALESTINIAN TERRITORIES Israel's Arab neighbors crucial to post-war plan for Gaza Jennifer Holleis 3 hours ago3 hours ago Calls for a plan for Gaza's future administration have grown more urgent. Can an Arab coalition under UN supervision balance wildly divergent Israeli and Hamas visions for the strip's future governance? https://p.dw.com/p/4g6sc A man carries a sack with his belongings as other displaced people flee Gaza City...

Back to homepage / Live news Fear brews in Turkey's landslide-plagued tea hills Abdullahhoca (Turkey) (AFP) – Every time it rains heavily in Turkey's spectacular Black Sea tea growing region -- where it rains a lot -- Zikrullah Komurcu starts to worry. Issued on: 22/05/2024 - 08:13 Modified: 22/05/2024 - 08:11 4 min Pluckers harvest tea near the village of Abdullahhoca overlooking the Black Sea...

Back to homepage / Live news European states to move on Palestine recognition as Gaza war rages Rafah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – At least three European countries were expected to announce steps towards recognising a Palestinian state on Wednesday, after more than seven months of devastating fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Issued on: 22/05/2024 - 08:15 Modified: 22/05/2024 -...

Back to homepage / Live news Everest? All in a day's work for record climber Kami Rita Sherpa Kathmandu (AFP) – Scaling the world's highest peak is all in a day's work for 54-year-old Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa, a man breezily modest about having set foot on the summit of Everest more times than any other person. Issued on: 22/05/2024 -...

Back to homepage / Live news Turkey bets on Togg to give its car industry electric edge Gemlik (Turkey) (AFP) – On the shores of the Sea of Marmara, a grey and turquoise factory built at breakneck speed is churning out electric cars by the hundreds. Issued on: 22/05/2024 - 08:25 3 min A Togg electric car rolling off the assembly line in Gemlik...

Back to homepage / Middle East ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR 🔴Live: Norway formally recognises Palestine as a state Norway's prime minister said on Wednesday that the country is formally recognising Palestine as a state. "There cannot be peace in the Middle East if there is no recognition,” said Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Spain and Ireland are also expected to announce the recognition...

Back to homepage / Asia / Pacific Tens of thousands gather for Raisi funeral procession in Tehran Tens of thousands of Iranians flocked to the streets of Tehran Wednesday to join the funeral processions of president Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Issued on: 22/05/2024 - 04:31 Modified: 22/05/2024 - 07:02 2 min Women mourn the death of...

MIDDLE EAST 6 HOURS AGO Live blog: Five Israeli soldiers killed in Rafah, rockets fired at Ashkelon Israel has killed at least 35,386 people — majority of them babies, children and women — and wounded over 79,336 in its 225-day war on Gaza. The Israeli army, on the other hand, announced that it had detected 10 rockets fired from northern Gaza toward the...

OPINION Trump is taking a gamble on his legal woes. Will the election save him? The former US President is trying to postpone the multiple criminal lawsuits against him until after November. Here's more about his reasoning - and whether that strategy could work. Hannan Hussain is an international affairs commentator and author. His research interests include counterterrorism, conflict resolution, and inter-state...

OPINION 20 HOURS AGO From Cannes glory to domestic disdain: India's cinematic journey Decades ago, there was a time when the Indian government supported filmmakers' work for their artistic creativity, even if they were critical of the country. Nilosree Biswas NILOSREE BISWAS Official Garam Hava publicity poster OTHERS Official Garam Hava publicity poster It was 1938. Philippe Erlanger, a French diplomat, looked out of the window as he...

Türkiye's Altun lauds reaction of youth against Israeli atrocities in Gaza The messages relayed by young people worldwide "reveal the compassion of the youth, their approach that recognises the bare truth, and their fair attitude," says Turkish head of communications. “We are confronted with an international system that cannot take any concrete steps against Israel's genocide in Gaza and is completely...

Back to homepage / Europe Georgian President Zurabishvili vetoes controversial 'Russian law' Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili on Saturday put a mostly symbolic veto on the "foreign influence" law that sparked unprecedented protests and warnings from Brussels that the measure would undermine Tbilisi's European aspirations. Issued on: 18/05/2024 - 17:10 1 min Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili attends a joint press conference with foreign ministers of...

Back to homepage / Middle East Israeli strikes on Jabalia camp in northern Gaza kill more than 10, injure dozens Israeli troops and tanks pushed on Saturday into parts of a congested northern Gaza Strip district that they had previously skirted in the more than seven-month-old war, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, medics and residents said. Issued on: 18/05/2024 - 22:42 4...

Back to homepage / Culture CANNES FILM FESTIVAL Syrian exiles hunt down Assad’s torturers in gripping Cannes thriller “Ghost Trail”, which opened the Critics’ Week sidebar in Cannes this week, follows a Syrian exile’s pursuit of the man who tortured him during the country’s civil war. FRANCE 24 spoke to French director Jonathan Millet, whose impressive Cannes debut delivered one of the...