UN honours fallen aid workers on World Humanitarian Day
The first eight months of 2025 show no sign of a reversal of this disturbing trend, with 265 humanitarian workers killed as of 14 August, according to figures released on…
Security Council hears about rising conflict-related sexual violence amid falling resources
The crisis of CRSV is deepening, reflecting the widening scope of warfare globally. There were more than 4,600 reported cases of conflict-related sexual violence in 2024, marking a 25 per…
Why Ukraine won’t just give up its territory
Ukrainian forces still control 2,550 square miles of the eastern Ukrainian region known as the Donbas, an area roughly the size of Delaware. For many, including President Donald Trump, who…
Vladimir Putin AGREES to Volodymyr Zelensky meeting, says Trump administration
The Trump administration has said Vladimir Putin has agreed to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as part of peace talks to end the war in Ukraine. The development was…
Trump Wants to Gift Putin Something Ukraine Cannot Afford to Lose
Listen to What Next: Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. When Mary Harris got Tim…
Trump Targets Mail-In Voting, and the Democrats Phone in Their Counter-Strategies
Politics / August 19, 2025 Trump has launched an all-out assault on civic freedoms, but the Democrats aren’t yet giving their base something to vote for. Ad Policy Ballots sit…
British Rabbi whose wife and daughters were killed by Hamas finds love again
Brave British Rabbi Leo Dee, whose wife Lucy, and two daughters, Maia and Rina, were killed by Hamas gunmen in 2023 is to marry again after falling in love with…
Race to save woman stuck 22,000ft up Victory Peak with broken leg and no food
Avid thrill seeker Natalia Nagovitsina has been stuck up Victory Peak in Kyrgyzstan for about a week after she suffered a significant injury and needed a sleeping bag to be…
Two dead and dozens ill in listeria outbreak linked to cheese sold worldwide
Shoppers have been told not to eat any of the potentially contaminated products as health authorities warn that the cheese may have been sold in more than 30 countries 17:13,…
Gaza: Aid insufficient to avert ‘widespread starvation’ as Israeli military ramp-up forces more people to flee
“The risk of starvation is everywhere in Gaza,” UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan told reporters in Geneva. “This is a direct result of the Israeli government’s policy of…