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Ben Cowles

This grab from black and white CCTV footage shows members on flotilla boat with hands in air as Israeli forces intercepted activists near the southern Greek island of Crete, April 30, 2026. Photo: Global Sumud Flotilla via AP

Gaza / 30 April 2026

‘This is piracy:’ Outrage as Israel abducts aid flotilla crew in international waters

30 April 2026

Activists, campaigners and politicians condemn Israeli raid on the Global Sumud Flotilla in European waters

Photo: CompassCollective

Mediterranean / 24 April 2026

Fourth refugee rescue ship detained in Italy after saving lives at sea

24 April 2026

Palestinians carry the body of a person killed in an Israeli army airstrike on Gaza into Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, July 22, 2025

Middle East / 22 July 2025

Doctors, nurses and humanitarian workers in Gaza ‘fainting due to hunger’ as Israel's genocide continues

22 July 2025

Greta Thunberg stands, during a demonstration for the people in Gaza organized by the Palestinian Working Group, in Stockholm, Saturday, June 14, 2025.

Omnicrises / 20 June 2025

Thunberg joins climate campaigners and search-and-rescue workers in calling for an end to Gaza genocide, climate destruction and fortress Europe

20 June 2025

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Human Rights / 19 June 2025

Over 175,000 refugee lives saved in decade since NGO ship began operating in the central Mediterranean

19 June 2025

Smoke rises from the building of Iran's state-run television after an Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, June 16, 2025

Middle East / 17 June 2025

People begin to flee Iranian capital following Trump's call to ‘immediately evacuate Tehran’

17 June 2025

Members of a humanitarian convoy of at least 1,500 people, including activists and supporters from Algeria and Tunisia, shout pro-Palestinian slogans as they gather, on their way to Gaza via Egypt's Rafah Crossing, in Zawiya, Libya, June 10, 2025

Middle East / 12 June 2025

Egypt begins detaining and deporting activists ahead of peaceful march to Gaza

12 June 2025

Global March to Gaza calls on supporters to contact their local Egyptian embassy to ensure the protesters’ safety

Survivors of a shipwreck sleep at a warehouse at the port in

World / 14 June 2023

At least 78 people dead in shipwreck off Greece

14 June 2023

World / 14 September 2022

Civilian rescuers save refugees stranded in the Mediterranean for over a week

14 September 2022

An SOS humanity vessel carrying refugees approaches their bo

World / 13 September 2022

Rescuers race towards 250 refugees in distress in the Mediterranean

13 September 2022

Sir John Hayes (left) and 22 other Tory MPs and lords wrote

Features / 15 November 2020

‘Common sense’ – or nonsense?

15 November 2020

A group of 22 Tory bigwigs are making a noise about ‘liberals rewriting our history in their image’ and blaming ‘cultural Marxism.’ BEN COWLES takes a look

Culture / 10 December 2018

Best of 2018: Video games

10 December 2018

by BEN COWLES