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Former Qatar Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani Dies At 74

Sheikh Hamad, who stepped down in June 2013 after 18 years as emir, was the architect of energy-rich Qatar's stunning ambitions that turned it from a backwater into an international crossroads in less than a generation.

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Lindsey Graham, A Leading Hawk On Iran War, Dies At 71 From 'Sudden Illness'

Lindsey Graham was first elected to the United States Senate in 2002.

‘We plant belonging’: how nature charities and asylum seekers work together in UK countryside

Environmental and refugee groups have joined forces to benefit lives and wildlife in Wales and elsewhereShielding his eyes from the blinding midday sun, Abdullah, a Sudanese asylum seeker, gazes out at the expanse of green in Tŷ Mawr country park in north Wales.“This place is so beautiful,” he says. “It feels a very long way from the Home Office.” Continue reading...

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Zohran Mamdani riding high despite New York Post’s daily demonization

The media-savvy mayor’s popularity has only grown as the Murdoch-owned tabloid has thrown everything at himThe rightwing New York Post has attacked Zohran Mamdani as a communist, a hater of the police, an antisemite, a driver-away-of-billionaires, and as someone who isn’t very good at bench press.But six months into his mayoralty, Mamdani has so far succeeded where most of his predecessors have failed: he has bested the city’s most powerful tabloid. Continue reading...

Indian Missing, 10 Rescued After Iran Attacks Ship In Strait Of Hormuz

India described the continued attacks on ships as deeply worrisome and called for an immediate de-escalation in the Middle East.