By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image U.S. President Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a joint news conference at the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2017. © 2017 Reuters (Washington, DC) – US military personnel could face legal liability for assisting Israeli forces who commit war crimes in Gaza, Human Rights Watch said today. Direct participation by US forces in military operations in Gaza since October 2023, including by providing intelligence for Israeli strikes and conducting extensive coordination and planning, has made the United States a party to…
(Full Story)
|
By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Australia’s national security service has determined the Iranian government directed at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia – on Lewis Continental Kitchen in Sydney, and the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne.
It’s likely the regime has been behind more attacks, according to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO).
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Tuesday the Iranian ambassador to Australia is being expelled, as well as three other officials. They will have seven days to leave the country.
The operation of the Australian embassy…
(Full Story)
|
By Ehsan Noroozinejad, Senior Researcher and Sustainable Future Lead, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University
The aim of the pause is to give builders a stable rulebook, so more homes can be approved and built faster.
(Full Story)
|
By Michael Vardon, Associate Professor at the Fenner School, Australian National University
Human economies are made possible through natural capital – stocks of land, fresh water, oceans, biodiversity and soils, among others. Farming isn’t possible without soil or water. Manufacturing isn’t possible without raw materials to convert into products. Service industries aren’t possible without reliable food.
This may seem like stating the obvious. But what’s obvious isn’t always acted upon. At last week’s high-profile Economic Reform Roundtable, natural capital was conspicuously absent. At…
(Full Story)
|
By Susan Davis, Chair of Women's Health, Monash University
Here’s what hormonal changes you might be experiencing as you approach menopause – and what blood tests can and can’t tell you.
(Full Story)
|
By Guest Contributor
The story of Memory Ncube, a Zimbabwean mother and her baby Tendai, is a tragic illustration of the human cost of Zimbabwe's debt crisis.
(Full Story)
|
By Stefani Vasil, Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Australian Catholic University
Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
Marie Segrave, ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Criminology, The University of Melbourne
New research points to ways systems could be improved so we have a better idea of how domestic violence is affecting suicides. It may help prevent women’s deaths.
(Full Story)
|
By Alexander Richter, Professor of Information Systems, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Ishara Sudeeptha, Lecturer (Teaching), School of Information Management, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
As AI becomes part of everyday life, students showed how we can partner with the technology, rather than worry about it taking over jobs.
(Full Story)
|
By Maha Nassar, Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
Since October 2023, Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed nearly 200 journalists. But the targeting of media predates the current conflict.
(Full Story)
|
By Amnesty International
The Israeli military’s extensive and deliberate destruction of civilian property and agricultural land across southern Lebanon must be investigated as war crimes, Amnesty International said in a new briefing. Nowhere To Return: Israel’s Extensive Destruction of Southern Lebanon documents how Israeli forces used manually laid explosives and bulldozers to devastate civilian structures, including homes, mosques, […] The post Lebanon: Israeli military’s deliberate destruction of civilian property and land ‘must be investigated as war crimes’ appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
(Full Story)
|