US blocks ceasefire call with third UN veto in Israel-Hamas war
United Nations Reuters The United States on Tuesday again vetoed a draft United Nations Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas war, blocking a demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire as it instead pushes the 15-member body to call for a temporary ceasefire linked to the release of hostages held by Hamas. Thirteen council members voted […]
Wildfires bring death and destruction to sun-scorched Mediterranean
Rhodes, Greece/Algiers, AlgeriaReuters A plane fighting wildfires in Greece crashed killing two airmen on Tuesday, as large areas of the Mediterranean sweltered under an intense summer heatwave and Algeria battled to control an inferno in which at least 34 people have died. The plane, which had been dropping water, came down on a hillside close […]
As wildfires rage in Greece, tourists flee and locals shelter; in Algeria, death toll rises to 34
Rhodes, GreeceReuters More than 2,000 holidaymakers were flown home on Monday, tour operators cancelled upcoming trips, and residents took shelter as wildfires raged on the Greek island of Rhodes for the seventh day. Repatriation flights are due to continue into Tuesday as the fires remained out of control. The Civil Protection authority warned the threat […]
Five nations elected to UN Security Council, but Belarus denied
United NationsReuters The United Nations General Assembly elected Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone, Slovenia and South Korea to the UN Security Council on Tuesday for two-year terms starting on 1st January, 2024, while Belarus – allied with Russia in its invasion of Ukraine – was denied a spot. Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone and South Korea ran […]
Essay: State Department blacklists are only one tool to foster international religious freedom
KNOX THAMES, US State Department special adviser on religious minorities in the Obama and Trump administrations, looks, in an article first published on Religion News Service, at whether such designations help…
Macron visits famed Disco Maghreb record shop on Algeria trip
Oran, Algeria Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron visited a celebrated record shop in Algeria on Saturday, an apparent overture to young Algerians during a trip aimed at easing what he called the “painful” history shared by the two countries. The trauma of French colonial rule in Algeria and the bitter independence war that ended it […]
Macron may find Algeria’s leaders hard to woo in trip
Algiers, Algeria/Paris, France Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron hopes his three-day trip to Algeria from Thursday will end a diplomatic row and allow him to develop his relationship with young Algerians, but the North African country’s leaders may prove hard to win over. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune wants solid investment commitments – which seem unlikely to […]
Essay: Slavery and war are tightly connected – but we had no idea just how much until we crunched the data
Scholar of modern slavery – MONTI DATTA, ANGHARAD SMITH, and KEVIN BALES – look, in an article first published on The Conversation, about what their research shows about the connection between slavery and conflict…
Snapshot: Roman ruins at Timgad, Algeria
See JAMIL KABAR’s image…
Postcards: In Western Sahara refugee camps, little optimism over frozen conflict
LAMINE CHIKHI, of Reuters, reports from a refugee camp in Algeria, close to the border with Morocco…