Margaret Evans

Supporters of Israel's decades-old settlement enterprise in the occupied Palestinian territories have been quick to welcome Donald Trump's recent U.S. election victory and what they clearly expect will be a boon to their aim of formally annexing the West Bank.  

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhau seems to be holding onto power – for now. But pressure is mounting for him to consider the future beyond Israel’s war with Hamas, and to stop putting his own interests ahead of the country’s.

In response to a far-right surge in recent European Parliament elections, French President Emmanuel Macron has called snap parliamentary elections to conclude in a final ballot on July 7. It has created shockwaves and raised fears that the gamble could backfire.

Entering into its third year of war, Ukraine is struggling to deal with a lack of weapons, lack of soldiers and lack of international aid. But Lt.-Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, the country’s head of defence intelligence, remains defiant.

The Jenin refugee camp has long been a symbol of Palestinian armed resistance to the Israeli occupation. It was a frequent target of Israeli raids well before Hamas launched its deadly attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7. Since then, the raids have dramatically increased.

More than 800 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced by settler violence in the West Bank since Oct. 7. Coupled with events in Gaza, the despair, anger and anxiety many West Bank Palestinians say they already live with under occupation is amplifying.

Former British prime minister Theresa May, in an interview with CBC News, says U.K.’s Illegal Migration Act, which took effect in July, will undermine efforts to tackle modern-day slavery and human trafficking, and leave victims more vulnerable.

The battered reputation of London’s Metropolitan police — the United Kingdom’s largest and best known force — will be hard to ignore this week as one of its own is set to be sentenced for the rape and sexual abuse of 12 women over nearly two decades.

As Russia makes its steady advance in eastern Ukraine, countless elderly Ukrainians are forced to rely on an ad hoc network of drivers and aid groups to get them out of the danger zone.

In the shadow of Mount Kenya, the battle for land and water is intensifying as drought pits wildlife conservationists against traditional nomadic cattle herders and small-scale farming communities.