05:06 Thousands fleeing fighting in Khan Younis have arrived in overcrowded Rafah, where people are sleeping on the street and in tent camps flooded with sewage. Cutting a “lifeline” to 2 million people in Gaza is “collective punishment”, says Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA. Several countries, including the United States, are reviewing funding to […]
![Three of the al-Masry quadruplets belonging to Ammar and Iman al-Masry sleep while sheltering at a school in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on 27 December. Are they still alive? Nobody can be sure in Gaza? [Mahmud Hams/AFP].](https://ukcynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Three-of-the-quadruplets--364x240.jpg)
Displaced Palestinian Mother Iman al-Masry gave birth prematurely to four children at a hospital in southern Gaza after being forced from her home in the north and walking for five kilometres (about three miles) to escape from bombardment.
The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that “the right of the Palestinian people to build their own state must be recognised by all”, in a speech in Kampala on Saturday. Refusing Palestinian statehood “would indefinitely prolong a conflict that has become a major threat to global peace and security, exacerbate polarisation, and embolden […]
The US and British attacks on the Houthis in Yemen, according to Mr Bowen, international editor of the BBC, are not just about the freedom of navigation and world trade. They are directly linked to events in Gaza and represent an escalation of the crisis.
Nearly 200 sites of historical importance have been destroyed or damaged in Israeli air raids on the Gaza Strip in the past 100 days, according to a report by Al Jazeera.
The end of the Israeli aggression – a permanent ceasefire – in the Gaza Strip is what the Houthis want. The same demand is supported by an overwhelming majority of the international community as indicated by the UN General Assembly Resolution, which was approved by a recorded vote of 153 in favour to 10 against […]
Our long-time Queen has left us for the long journey that has no return. Now, old England has a King again. Sadly, mythologizing power is in its fully glory. Let’s see what that means.
For better or for worse (probably the second), Liz Truss is the new UK prime minister. In her brief speech upon her election as leader of the Conservative Party, she comically declared “we will deliver, we will deliver, we will deliver”. How can she deliver when her policies are fundamentally catastrophic, based on sending weapons […]
One million people may cancel their direct debit payments to energy companies en masse on 1st October. Are there any Cypriots among them? It would be very interesting to hear what they think and what they are planning to do.
For some he was a great man, a brave and wise man, that ended the cold war, withdrew the Soviet troops from East Germany and helped the reunification of Germany, tried hard to democratise Russia and the Soviet Union. For others, especially in his own country, he was a weak and naive leader that was […]