New York City mayor Eric Adams speaking during a news conference, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. [AP Photo/NYC Office of the Mayor] On November 16, New York City mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, announced drastic, 5 percent budget cuts for a wide range of city agencies and services during the city’s current fiscal year. This comes on top of up to five …

The grouping, which has previously focused on economic issues, called for an end to ‘war crimes’ in the Gaza conflict. China’s President Xi Jinping and South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 24, 2023 [Alet Pretorius/Reuters] By Shola Lawal Published On 21 Nov 202321 Nov 2023   Leaders of major emerging economies called for an …

MEE photojournalist Mohammed al-Hajjar describes the moment he and his two nephews ‘miraculously’ escaped a deadly air strike   A Palestinian man next to the bodies of his wife and daughter who were killed by Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, 26 October 2023 (Reuters) By Mohammed al-Hajjar in Gaza, occupied Palestine Mohammed al-Hajjar is a freelance photojournalist and …

Israel readily accepts it is occupying Palestinian land and denying Palestinian statehood. Therefore Gaza and the West Bank, under UN Article 51, cannot be classed as a ‘foreign state’   A Palestinian woman reacts as people inspect the damage following Israeli strikes on Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip, on 20 November 2023 (AFP) Since the Hamas-led attack of 7 October, British Prime …

After a long overnight deliberation, the Israeli government approved a hostage release deal and ceasefire today with Hamas. The main details of the agreement, brokered by Qatar, will include the gradual release of 50 to 80 Israeli women and children held in the Gaza Strip. That’s only a fraction of the 240 hostages who were abducted on October 7 during Hamas’ violent …