Muhamad Yehia This figure points to “the need for increased legislation and primary prevention efforts to keep children safe,” the researchers wrote in the study. One in 12 children in the world has been exposed to at least one form of online sexual exploitation or abuse, according to new research. …
Read More »Trump rollback jeopardises EU-US data transfers, key privacy activist says
Muhamad Yehia A rollback by US President Donald Trump jeopardises the legality of thousands of companies’ transatlantic data flows, privacy group NOYB warned on Thursday. If Democrats resign from the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, it would bring the number of appointed members below the threshold for the …
Read More »News World Israel stops Palestinians returning to north Gaza until Hamas releases civilian hostage
Muhamad Yehia Hundreds of Palestinians began gathering in Wadi Gaza on Saturday hoping to cross back to their homes into the northern part of the Strip. The office of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’ has said that displaced Palestinians will not be allowed to return to northern Gaza until the …
Read More »German citizen and US border official shot dead near Canadian border
Muhamad Yehia The US officer and German citizen were shot dead during a vehicle check near the Canadian border. Both he and a companion had been under FBI surveillance. A German citizen has been shot dead in an exchange of gunfire near the border with Canada. Both he and his …
Read More »Trump wants Jordan and Egypt to accept more refugees and ‘just clean out’ Gaza
Muhamad Yehia “I’d like Egypt to take people,” Trump said. “You’re talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing and say, ‘You know, it’s over.’” President Donald Trump said on Saturday he’d like to see Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations …
Read More »French woman who refused sex with husband is not to blame for divorce, European court rules
Muhamad Yehia The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that a 69-year-old French woman was not “at fault” in her divorce because she stopped having sex. A woman who was considered “at fault” by the French judicial system for her divorce because she stopped having sex with her husband …
Read More »Three far-right ministers quit Israel’s cabinet over ceasefire deal
Muhamad Yehia Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and two other ministers from the religious Jewish Power party have resigned. The party of Israel’s hard-line National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says its Cabinet ministers submitted their resignations from the government on Sunday in opposition to the Gaza ceasefire deal. …
Read More »Hundreds injured as M23 rebels advance on eastern DR Congo’s main city
Muhamad Yehia M23 has made significant territorial gains in recent weeks, encircling Goma, which has around two million people and is a regional hub for security and humanitarian efforts. Hundreds of injured men, women and children have been injured and taken to hospitals in and around Goma as fighting has …
Read More »How Trump’s ban on funding for overseas abortion groups will transform global health
Muhamad Yehia The US tends to ping-pong on the rule based on the president’s political party, but Trump’s version goes further than previous bans. US President Donald Trump has reinstated a funding ban that targets international abortion services with it likely to have ripple effects across the world. Health …
Read More »France issues new war crimes arrest warrant for Syria’s al-Assad
Muhamad Yehia A court in Paris has accused the overthrown Syrian ruler of complicity in war crimes in relation to a deadly attack on civilians in 2017. Judges in France have reportedly issued a new arrest warrant against Syria’s deposed leader Bashar al-Assad for alleged complicity in war crimes linked …
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