OKINAWA — Thousands of protesters gathered near Kadena Air Base in Okinawa on Saturday to call for the closure of U.S. military bases on the Japanese island.
Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group on Saturday agreed to an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza that began at 10 pm local time, the Egyptian government said.
Why it matters: The cease-fire ends five days of fighting that killed more than 30 Palestinians, at least half of them civilians, and one Israeli civilian.
Powerful Tropical Cyclone Mocha is forecast to hit Myanmar on Sunday local time, while also affecting Bangladesh, as at least a Category 2 or 3 storm.
The big picture: The storm will strike one of the areas in the world that are most vulnerable to storm surge flooding, at a time when hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees are crowded into camps near Bangladesh's coast.
Gaza cease-fire talks broke down on Friday after the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group fired a barrage of rockets toward Jerusalem following Israeli airstrikes on the enclave.
The big picture: It was the first time since the current round of deadly violence began that rockets have been fired from Gaza toward Jerusalem, significantly escalating the crisis.
The number of internally displaced people worldwide increased by 20% in 2022, reaching a record 71.1 million, according to a new report.
The big picture: The steep spike in the forced movement of people within their own country came as a result of conflict and disasters, the report from the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) said.
