Category: 4. World

Richard Irvine-Brown
BBC Verify journalist

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Israel’s government has remained notably silent over Norway’s decision on August 11 to partially divest investments in several Israeli companies, triggered by ethical concerns over the war in Gaza.

Norway’s $2 trillion (€1.71 trillion)…

Israel’s government has remained notably silent over Norway’s decision on August 11 to partially divest investments in several Israeli companies, triggered by ethical concerns over the war in Gaza.

The Nordic country’s $2 trillion (€1.71…

Electoral commission announces date for first phase of elections widely seen as lacking credibility.

Myanmar’s military government has announced that long-promised elections will begin on December 28 amid widespread scepticism that authorities…

Myanmar will begin its general elections on 28 December, its military government announced, in a phased poll widely condemned as a sham that will be used to entrench the junta’s power.

This will be the first vote since the junta seized power in a…

Hundreds of thousands of people crowded in central Tel Aviv on Sunday night, capping a nationwide day of protests and strikes calling on the government to end the war in Gaza and secure the release of the hostages held there by Palestinian…