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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GAZA: Israel hit Gaza with air strikes on Tuesday (21st Feb, 2024) as world powers grappled with how to broker a ceasefire ahead of a UN Security Council vote that was expected to be blocked by a US veto. A total of 103 Palestinians were killed in the past 24 hours of Israeli strikes and […]
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NITZANA (ISRAEL): Even as the threat of famine stalks the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, Israeli protesters have gathered repeatedly (the latest to stop desperately needed aid from getting into the Palestinian territory. “You might say it’s not acceptable to block food and water going in,” said one protester, David Rudman, at the Nitzana border post between […]
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THE HAGUE: Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki told the UN’s top court Monday (19th Feb, 2024) his people were suffering “colonialism and apartheid” under the Israelis, urging judges to order an immediate and unconditional end to the occupation. “The Palestinians have endured colonialism and apartheid… There are those who are enraged by these words. They […]
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