Léonie Chao-Fong

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Léonie Chao-Fong

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureIndia must 'suffer the consequences' of its 'cowardly' attack, says Pakistan PM SharifPakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, has been addressing the nation following an overnight missile attack by the Indian air force. India “will have to suffer the consequences” of its airstrikes, Sharif said in quotes carried by Dawn.

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What we know so far …It is approaching 5.30pm in Islamabad and 6pm in New Delhi. Here are the latest headlines At least 26 people, including several children, have been killed and 46 injured after India launched attacks on what it claimed were nine sites of “terrorist infrastructure” inside Pakistan, in a sharp escalation of hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. Pakistan called the strikes an “act of war” and claimed it had shot down several Indian air force jets.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Léonie Chao-Fong

The Indian armed forces launched "Operation Sindoor," hitting nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. A statement from the Indian armed forces reads: A little while ago, the Indian Armed Forces launched ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’, hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed. Altogether, nine sites have been targeted.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Léonie Chao-Fong

The renowned Palestinian poet and author, Mosab Abu Toha, is among this year’s Pulitzer prize winners. Abu Toha was awarded for a series of essays in the New Yorker documenting the lives and suffering of Palestinians in Gaza, where he has lived nearly all his life. “I have just won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary,” he wrote on X.

1 week ago | portside.org | Rachel Leingang |Léonie Chao-Fong |Marina Dunbar

Rallies in US Over Workers’ and Immigrants’ Rights Published May 3, 2025 Protesters rallied nationwide on Thursday in support of workers’ and immigrants’ rights in the latest round of demonstrations against Donald Trump and his administration. May Day, commemorated as international workers’ day, comes after two massive days of protests in April – 5 April’s hands off rallies and 19 April’s day of action – drew millions to the streets across the country.