Using manual tools and their bare hands, people start the immense task of trying to find their loved ones’ remains

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key unifying figure in the opposition, advocating for free elections and...

Richard Robson was struck by an idea in 1989. Decades later, his story shows the importance of fundamental science.

One tells consular officials his arm was dislocated and head slammed into ground while another fears she may have a stroke * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australian activists detained in Israel have told their country’s officials of “degrading and humiliating treatment” they claim to have received after being arrested onboard a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza – with one, Surya McEwen, saying he had been slapped and had his arm dislocated and head slammed into the ground. Another, Juliet Lamont, said she was “gravely” concerned she was at risk of stroke after her daily medication was confiscated by Israeli security forces. She said her request for more medication was not being met while she was being held in a prison environment she described as “dystopian”. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian. According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown. Continue reading...

Flotilla organisers say the Israeli military boarded their ships in international waters, where they have the right to freedom of navigation.

Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment with the support of Pedro Pascal, Viola Davis and more.

Jane Goodall dies at 91 — her discoveries about chimps transformed our relationship with the animal world

Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said. The Jane Goodall Institute announced that she had passed away of natural causes while in California as part of a US speaking tour. Continue reading...

Australian human rights expert who was on UN commission of inquiry labels Israel’s strategy a failure that ‘has not brought peace and has not destroyed Hamas’

"Bob’s greatest legacy will be this: his generosity of time, the knowledge he shared, the space he made for others."

There are a million children living in Gaza through the war between Israel and Hamas. Foreign Correspondent follows one young family trying to survive.

Surrounded by critics and protesters at the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told fellow world leaders that Israel “must finish the job” against Hamas in Gaza.

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Sex Discrimination Commissioner Dr Anna Cody says we are at a critical moment for gender equality, calling for us to reimagine gender norms.

Two Australian doctors volunteering in one of Gaza's last functioning hospitals say nothing prepared them for what they have witnessed in the past two weeks.