MANHATTAN: The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Michael Fakhri, has called for sanctions against Israel, asserting that a potential famine may already be occurring in besieged Gaza. Fakhri, a human rights expert, raised the alarm after reports of the death of a 10th child from starvation. In a post on X, formerly […]
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GAZA: A US official told Media on Saturday (2nd March, 2024) that (after killing over 30,000 Palestinians) Israel has more or less accepted a proposal for a six-week ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Mediators have been scrambling to lock in a truce before Ramazan begins on 10th or 11th of March. According to the US […]
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GUJRAT: Top global celebrities will don “jungle fever” outfits in India for a trip to the zoo on Saturday (2nd March, 2024) as part of a party thrown by Asia’s richest man. Pop icon Rihanna, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, and Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka are among the rich and famous guests who jetted in for […]
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GAZA: Global condemnation flowed on Friday (1st March, 2024) after Israeli forces in war-ravaged Gaza opened fire as Palestinian civilians scrambled for food aid during a chaotic incident which the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry said killed more than 100 people. The Israeli military said a “stampede” occurred when thousands of desperate Gazans surrounded a convoy […]
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MANHATTAN: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned the deadly “incident” in northern Gaza in which “more than 100 people were reportedly killed or injured while seeking life-saving aid”, a statement from his spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, said. The statement said, “The Secretary-General condemns the incident today in northern Gaza in which more than a hundred people […]
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PARIS: Israeli delegates met here with Qatari, Egyptian and US mediators who helped put together the lone ceasefire so far, in November, under which scores of Hamas’ captives went free in return for a Palestinian prisoner release. Israeli leaders planned to convene on Saturday to hear of possible progress in mediated negotiations on a new […]
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MANHATTAN: The world is watching in silence as the Palestinians are dying of hunger amid escalating Israeli war against Gaza, a civil defence spokesperson in the besieged enclave said on Saturday. In a statement, Spokesman Mahmoud Basal said that the Palestinian people were dying every day “under the light of a suspicious Arab and international […]
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KYIV: Ukraine on Saturday (24th Feb, 2024) marked two years since Russia’s invasion, entering a new year of war weakened by a lack of western aid while Russia is emboldened by fresh gains. When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” at dawn on 24th February, 2022, many expected Moscow’s victory within days, […]
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MANHATTAN: Any transfer of weapons or ammunition to Israel is likely to be used in its war against Gaza and must cease immediately, a group of UN experts warned Friday. “All States must ‘ensure respect’ for international humanitarian law by parties to an armed conflict, as required by 1949 Geneva Conventions and customary international law,” […]
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BEIJING: China warned Wednesday (21st Feb, 2024) that a US decision to veto a UNSC resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza pushed the conflict into an “even more dangerous” situation. Washington on Tuesday (20th Feb, 2024) vetoed a UNSC resolution drafted by Algeria, which demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in war-torn Gaza and […]
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