(May 26, 2025)
Representatives from European countries, including France, Britain, Germany and Italy, joined envoys from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Morocco, the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
Norway, Iceland, Ireland and Slovenia, who like Spain have already recognized a Palestinian state, also took part, alongside Brazil.
Geolocated video on Thursday also showed crowds looting a street market in Zeitoun, northern Gaza, an area where even less aid is arriving than in the south.
Ajith Sunghay, head of the U.N. Human Rights Office for the Palestinian territories, told reporters in Geneva that it appeared Israeli army fire had caused most of the injuries.
On Tuesday, crowds of Palestinians broke through fences and an Associated Press journalist heard Israeli tank and gun fire, and saw a military helicopter firing flares.
This handout satellite picture obtained from Planet Labs PBC dated on May 23, 2025, shows an area around Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip where a new aid distribution centre run by a US-backed group has been set up
(May 19, 2025)
Israel’s security cabinet has reportedly approved a new model for delivering aid into Gaza, which the UN and our humanitarian partners cannot support. They are clear that they will not participate in any arrangement that does not fully respect the humanitarian principles. Humanitarian principles matter for every conflict around the world and should be applied consistently in every warzone. The UN has raised concerns that the proposed model cannot deliver aid effectively, at the speed and scale required. It places beneficiaries and aid workers at risk, undermines the role and independence of the UN and our trusted partners, and links humanitarian aid to political and military objectives. Humanitarian aid should never be politicised, and Palestinian territory must not be reduced nor subjected to any demographic change.
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The Foreign Ministers of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, the EU Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management and the EU Commissioner for the Mediterranean.
Dominique de Villepin s‘en est vivement pris à l‘action d‘Emmanuel Macron.
„Quelle crédibilité peut-on avoir sur le dossier ukrainien quand nous ne sommes que capables de signer des communiqués? Je peux vous dire que Jacques Chirac aujourd‘hui ne se contenterait pas de signer un communiqué avec le Canada et avec le Royaume-Uni“, a martelé l‘ancien ministre des Affaires étrangères.
Five trucks carrying baby food and other desperately needed aid entered the territory of over 2 million Palestinians via the Kerem Shalom crossing, according to the Israeli defense body in charge of coordinating aid to Gaza, COGAT.
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Ofer Cassif, Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Israel and MK with Hadash-Ta‘al, is the only Israeli Jewish MK campaigning out against the genocide in Gaza.
While his colleagues go along with Netanyahu’s lie that it is all about Israel’s right to defend itself, Cassif has called it what it is: Genocide practised by the last Apartheid State — and demanded it stop. For doing so, he was suspended from the Knesset for six months. Back from his suspension this Wednesday, he is back in the Knesset – fighting for decency.
In this livestream, Ofer joins Yanis for a rare, unfiltered conversation.
As media attention fades and Western leaders remain complicit, Ofer stands nearly alone inside Israel’s political system. What does resistance look like from within the state committing these crimes? And how much longer can the world look away? In this livestream, Cassif joins Yanis Varoufakis for a rare, unfiltered conversation.
“It’s disconcerting,” said Michael Oren, a former Israeli ambassador to Washington.
“It’s total panic,” said Shalom Lipner, a former Netanyahu aide and a fellow at the Atlantic Council, describing the mood in Jerusalem.
The White House has called it a “historic return to the Middle East” and promised “a shared vision of stability, opportunity and mutual respect.” Israel is once again not on the itinerary. And after Trump blindsided Israel several times already – announcing talks with Iran, a deal with Yemen’s Houthi rebels, and direct talks with Hamas – Israeli officials are concerned another surprise could be coming.
Ukraine and European leaders agreed on Saturday to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire from May 12 with the backing of U.S. President Donald Trump, threatening President Vladimir Putin with new „massive“ sanctions if he failed to comply.
The announcement was made by the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Poland and Ukraine after a meeting in Kyiv, during which they held a phone call with Trump.
(May 6, 2025)
While the White House has never confirmed that Israel would be part of his upcoming trip, there have been widespread rumors in diplomatic and national security circles that he would extend his trip to visit the U.S. ally.
Die Anfang April vorgestellte EU-Strategie zur inneren Sicherheit, ProtectEU, ruft zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen auf den Plan. In einem offenen Brief an EU-Digitalkommissarin Henna Virkkunen fordern sie, dass künftig auch Wissenschaftler:innen, unabhängige Tech-Fachleute, Menschenrechts-Jurist:innen und generell Menschen aus der Zivilgesellschaft an den weiteren Diskussionen beteiligt werden müssen.
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Polizeien betonen seit Jahren, dass sie ohne solche Hintertüren blind und taub seien, während Kriminelle sich hinter Technik verstecken würden – das sogenannte „Going Dark“-Phänomen.
Israel‘s Security Cabinet approved a plan Sunday night to gradually reoccupy all of Gaza and hold it indefinitely if no deal is reached by May 15. Plans for the operation call for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to flatten any buildings that remain standing and displace virtually the entire population of 2 million people to a single „humanitarian area.“
Israel has attacked Yemen, Lebanon and Syria, as well as Gaza, where air raids killed at least 54 people on Monday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Gaza’s more than 2 million people “will be moved” in a new ground offensive as Israel’s total blockade on the enclave reaches 65 days.
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An initial framework under discussion preserves the core of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action (JCPOA) – scrapped by Trump in 2018 during his first term, eight sources said.
A deal may not look radically different to the former pact, which he called the worst in history, but would extend duration to 25 years, tighten verification, and expand so-called sunset clauses that pause but don‘t completely dismantle aspects of Iran‘s nuclear program, all the sources said.
(May 2, 2025)
The 2015 JCPOA was formed within a multilateral framework based on necessity but ultimately failed under political pressure from its opponents. However, today’s conditions are different. The bilateral negotiation process presents a more favorable path, influenced by Trump’s ambitions and changing regional dynamics. Although obstacles remain, particularly Israel’s continued hope to persuade the United States to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities and its concern that the United States will focus on East Asia and reduce its military presence in the Middle East after an agreement with Iran, as well as the inclusion of Iran’s missile industry in the agreement, which could lead to a deadlock, the six factors outlined here indicate that diplomacy has once again found an opportunity to achieve a faster and more durable agreement.
A notification issued by the Cabinet Division on Tuesday said that Gen Malik would retain his role as DG ISI, a position he has held since September 2024.
“Lt Gen Muhammad Asim Malik HI(M), DG (I), shall hold the additional charge of the National Security Adviser, with immediate effect,” the notification stated.
His appointment marks the first time a serving ISI chief will concurrently serve as the NSA.
The NSA position had remained vacant since April 2022, when the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government was ousted.
It is unfortunate, then, that your letter disregards Harvard’s efforts and instead presents demands that, in contravention of the First Amendment, invade university freedoms long recognized by the Supreme Court.
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The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government.
Harvard on Monday rejected demands from the Trump administration that threaten $9 billion in research funding, countering that the changes pushed by the government exceed its lawful authority and infringe on both the University’s independence and its constitutional rights.
“The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights,” Harvard President Alan Garber wrote in a message to the community. He added: “No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.”
..die CDU will so weit gehen, dass sie fordert, dass Anbieter elektronischer Kommunikationsdienste „im Einzelfall zur Entschlüsselung und Ausleitung von Kommunikationsinhalten an Strafverfolgungs- und Gefahrenabwehrbehörden“ verpflichtet werden. Im Verhandlungspapier lehnt die SPD diese hingegen explizit ab.
Käme die Forderung der Union in den Koalitionsverhandlungen durch, wäre einer Umgehung von Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung oder Hintertüren der Weg geebnet. Zusätzlich würde die Forderung letztlich ein Ja zur umstrittenen EU-Chatkontrolle bedeuten, die derzeit auch am Widerstand Deutschlands scheitert. Wir haben Digital- und Menschenrechtsorganisationen sowie Umwelt- und Journalistenverbände gefragt, was sie von der Forderung der Union halten….
(April 2, 2025)
Speaking after President Emmanuel Macron convened a rare and undisclosed meeting of key ministers and experts on Wednesday to discuss the Iran dossier, Jean-Noel Barrot appeared to ramp up the pressure on Tehran.
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USA‘s vicepræsident, JD Vance, var sammen med sin hustru, Usha Vance, og en delegation på besøg i Grønland fredag eftermiddag.
Vance holdt på Pituffik Space Base en tale, hvor han kritiserede Danmarks indsats i Grønland.
Statsminister Mette Frederiksen (S) har bebudet, at hun i den kommende uge vil besøge Grønland og møde den nye regeringschef Jens-Frederik Nielsen (Demokraatit)
(March 27, 2025)
USA’s præsident Donald Trump har gentagne gange sagt, at Grønland skal være amerikansk. Det har nu fået en gruppe borgere til at indkalde til demonstration foran den amerikanske ambassade på lørdag.
Få seneste nyt fra om Trump og Grønland i livebloggen her
“We’ll get Greenland. Yeah, 100 percent,” Trump told NBC.
„There‘s a good possibility it could be done without military force,“ he said, adding however that „I don‘t take anything off the table.“
President Trump has given Tehran a two-month window to negotiate a new nuclear deal, as Axios reported, and has raised the threat of military strikes on Iran‘s nuclear program if no deal is reached.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his team think the odds of a deal are low, and want to align on a joint course of action should things escalate to military force, one of the Israeli officials said.
This will be the first meeting of the U.S.-Israel Strategic Consultative Group (SCG) since Trump assumed office.
Niemals zuvor hat der Bundestag eine solche Verschuldung beschlossen, niemals zuvor in so kurzer Zeit und so knapp vor dem Ende seiner Zuständigkeit so weitreichende Entscheidungen gefasst. Aber, das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat es gegen alle Behauptungen von AfD und BSW, von Linken und FDP bestätigt: Dies ist keine Revolution, auch kein Putsch gegen die Demokratie. Dies ist legal.
In an interview that aired on Friday, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed that NATO membership for Ukraine was removed from the table.
In den vergangenen Jahren hat die Endlosdebatte um Verschlüsselung merklich Fahrt aufgenommen. So diskutiert die EU derzeit etwa, ob im Rahmen der sogenannten Chatkontrolle Inhalte vor der Verschlüsselung durchleuchtet werden sollen, während eine eigens eingerichtete EU-Arbeitsgruppe im Herbst konkrete Vorschläge zum „Going-Dark“-Phänomen unterbreitet hat.
Anfang April will die EU-Digitalkommissarin Henna Virkkunen eine neue europäische Strategie der inneren Sicherheit vorstellen. Details sind noch unklar, den Digitalbereich wird die Strategie jedoch anfassen – und sich dabei wohl von den laufenden Debatten beeinflussen lassen. In einer derzeit laufenden Konsultation dazu weist die Kommission etwa darauf hin, dass „die bestehenden Maßnahmen der Mitgliedstaaten und der EU“ nicht ausreichen würden, um mit den neuen Bedrohungen von Außen wie von Innen zurechtzukommen.
Peskov said that Steve Witkoff, Trump‘s envoy to the Middle East, visited Putin in Moscow on March 13. Kellogg commented on Witkoff‘s scheduled visit earlier this week, saying that it „made a lot of sense strategically to say, ‚OK, Steve, you run this lane really hard, and I‘ll run this lane really hard.‘ We‘re closely aligned, talking about it, comparing notes, and providing that information.“
Neither Trump nor Kellogg has commented on the reports that the retired lieutenant army general has been „sidelined“ in peace talks.
As Washington and Moscow negotiate Ukraine’s future, European security advisers scramble to avoid being left out of the deal.
The Trump administration lifted its suspension of military aid and intelligence sharing for Ukraine, and Kyiv signaled that it was open to a 30-day ceasefire in the war with Russia, pending Moscow’s agreement, American and Ukrainian officials said Tuesday following talks in Saudi Arabia.
„Today, all day long, more intensive work continues at various levels with President Trump‘s team than ever before. Many calls – the theme is clear: peace as soon as possible, security as reliably as possible. Ukraine is set up as constructively as possible,“ Zelenskyy said in an evening address.
He also announced a lot of work in Ukraine, in Europe, with the United States next week.
With this deal, the United States is now invested — literally, not figuratively — in what the deal calls “a free, sovereign and secure Ukraine.” That means the United States now has a massive financial incentive to help safeguard Ukraine’s independence. If Ukraine survives, the United States will stand to gain hundreds of billions of dollars; if Ukraine falls, we get nothing.
Vorläufiges Ergebnis der Bundestagswahl: Die Union gewinnt mit 28,52 Prozent. Ein Kanzler Merz wird aber einen Partner zum Regieren brauchen. Auf Platz zwei kommt die AfD – im Osten wird sie sogar stärkste Kraft. FDP und BSW scheitern an der Fünf-Prozent-Hürde.
The expected winner on election night and traditionally conservative bloc is made up of former chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union. The “Union”, as it is usually called, stands for low taxes, budget discipline, conservative-liberal values and a strong, central role for Germany within the European Union and NATO.