Category: World
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A year after the ICJ found Israel’s occupation unlawful and ordered its rapid end, settlement construction has continued and settler violence risen. What the opinion did and didn’t change — and what international courts can actually do.
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Fifteen million Sudanese have been driven from their homes since April 2023 — the largest displacement crisis in the world. Almost four million have crossed borders; a third of those inside have gone home to ruined houses. Coverage remains thin.
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Four thousand sheep and goats drowned off Oman in June. Australia is phasing out live export, the UK partly banned it in 2024, Germany stopped issuing the certificates. The EU says its own law doesn’t allow it to stop.
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The tanker behind the Arabian Sea spill has been named as the Caroline Bezengi, with twelve kilometres of coastline now affected. Naming a ship is what makes compensation possible — in principle.
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235 aftershocks followed the Flores earthquake in a day and a half. Why that is normal, the two rules that describe aftershock behaviour, and why a magnitude 6.1 is far more dangerous after a 7.7 than on its own.
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Apple is reported to be building a China-only AI model with Alibaba, while Beijing has told Manus to unwind a Meta deal and delete user data. The split is happening product by product, faster than any treaty.
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Iran says three of its pilots have been held by Qatar for six months without family contact, and has written to the Red Cross. What the Geneva Conventions require, and what remains unconfirmed.
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Iran says talks with Oman on Hormuz shipping continue, but reopening depends on Washington honouring the June memorandum. Beneath the sovereignty language sits a question about tolls that affects every strait in the world.
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The UAE says Iran has attacked a third ADNOC vessel in under a week in the Strait of Hormuz. Abu Dhabi’s response asserts a right, signals resolve, and commits to diplomacy — without naming a consequence.
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A week after settlers besieged three Palestinian homes at Qusra, the UN has delivered aid to the families trapped inside. That it took an international convoy, in territory under Israeli military control, is the story.