Torture in Israeli prisons rose sharply during war, says freed Palestinian author
Nasser Abu Srour says prisons became like ‘another front’ in Gaza conflict and tells of struggle to adjust to life outside
Tue 4 Nov 2025 07.00 GMT
Torture in Israeli prisons rose sharply during war, says freed Palestinian author
Nasser Abu Srour says prisons became like ‘another front’ in Gaza conflict and tells of struggle to adjust to life outside
A celebrated Palestinian author who was freed last month after more than 32 years in Israeli prisons has said the use of torture increased dramatically during his last two years of captivity as Israel came to treat its jails as another front in the Gaza war.
Nasser Abu Srour, whose prison memoir has been translated into seven languages and is tipped to win a major international literary prize this month, was among more than 150 Palestinians serving life sentences who were freed as part of the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire and then immediately exiled to Egypt, where most remain in limbo.
UN report: Global climate ambitions 'off target'
A new UN report shows that global temperatures continue to rise despite a slight slowdown in emissions. It reiterates the call for countries to be more ambitious on climate action.
As global leaders head to the Brazilian city of Belem to discuss how to keep runaway global heating in check, a new report underscores the need for solid national climate commitments.
Against the backdrop of rising temperatures that marked 2024 as the hottest ever on record, the United Nations Environment Program's (UNEP) latest Emissions Gap Report says the predicted global temperature increase over the course of this century has only slightly fallen, "leaving the world heading for serious escalation of climate risks."
Jihadists' fuel blockade squeezes Mali's military rulers
Mali's military rulers have been grappling with a weeks-long blockade on fuel imports imposed by al-Qaeda-linked militants. The blockade has plunged the landlocked West African nation into power shortages and deepened the strain on its ruling junta.
The landlocked West African nation of Mali is being squeezed by a weeks long blockade on fuel imports imposed by jihadi militants as the insurgent threat grows across the region.
The al-Qaeda-backed militant group Jama'at Nusrat al‑Islam wal‑Muslimin (JNIM) imposed the blockade after authorities reduced fuel supplies to remote areas to force jihadists to leave their hide-outs.
What sparked a French furore over a Shein store in Paris?
‘Fast-fashion’ retailer faces anger in Paris amid warnings the sale of ‘childlike’ sex dolls will damage city’s image.
By Alex Kozul-Wright and News Agencies
The French authorities have warned they may block market access to Chinese retailer Shein after it emerged the online fashion giant was selling sex dolls with a disturbingly “childlike” appearance.
Shein, which said the dolls were being sold by third-party sellers on its site, is scheduled to open its very first bricks-and-mortar store inside the upmarket department store BHV in Paris this week.
China sentences infamous Myanmar scam mafia members to death
Koh Ewe
A Chinese court has sentenced five top members of an infamous Myanmar mafia to death as Beijing continues its crackdown on scam operations in South East Asia.
In all 21 Bai family members and associates were convicted of fraud, homicide, injury and other crimes, said a state media report published on the court website.
The family is among a handful of mafias that rose to power in the 2000s and transformed the impoverished backwater town of Laukkaing into a lucrative hub of casinos and red-light districts.
Why are there so many stabbings in Britain?
A gruesome train stabbing that left nine people with life-threatening injuries over the weekend has put the spotlight back on the United Kingdom’s widespread knife-crime problem.
A 32-year-old British man has been charged with 10 counts of attempted murder in connection with the attack, which took place on a train traveling through central England to London on Saturday evening. He has not yet entered a plea.
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