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WHO chief decries decimation of Gaza health system Wounded Palestinians receive treatment at al-Shifa Hospital in Israeli-bombarded Gaza Strip. (Photo by AP)
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said the health system in Gaza is being destroyed as Israel intensifies its aerial and artillery strikes on the besieged Palestinian territory.... |
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Pakistan Claims 92 Afghans Involved in Attacks in Last 2 Years ARY, a Pakistani media outlet, cited a report of the countrys Counter Terrorism Department that claimed 92 terrorists who were arrested for their alleged involvement in terror incidents in two years were Afghan nationals, and "terrorists of Afghan origin carried out 50 terror attacks in 2023 across... |
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Israeli military bans reporting on 8 subjects amid war on Gaza: Leaked docs The Israeli occupation forces are seen in an undisclosed location in the besieged Gaza Strip on December 4, 2023. (Photo by Reuters)
Leaked documents revealed that the Israeli military has officially banned media from reporting on eight subjects in Israel, including captives held in Gaza, amid the war... |
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Nothing justifies more than 20,000 dead: Pro-Palestine protesters say in Lyon Protesters gathered at the French city of Lyons Bellecour Plaza on Saturday for a pro-Palestine rally, calling for an end to the Israeli regimes genocide in the Gaza Strip.
The demonstration was organized by the association called Collective 69 in support of the Palestinian people, which has already... |
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UNSC resolution on Gaza falls well short, ceasefire needed: UNRWA Residents of the refugee camp of Bureij arrive in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip following an evacuation order, on December 22, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has criticized the recent United Nations Security Council resolution aimed at increasing... |
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RSF files another ICC complaint on Israels deliberate killing of Palestinian journalists in Gaza Family members and colleagues mourn over the body of a journalist killed during Israeli bombardment in the southern Gaza Strip on December 16, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has filed its second complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Israeli war crimes against... |
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UN chief blasts Israeli war for stonewalling aid deliveries to Gaza UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has denounced the Israeli regimes ongoing genocidal war against the Gaza Strip over its blocking the transfer of humanitarian aid to the besieged Palestinian territory.
"The real problem is that the way Israel is conducting... |
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Elite Israeli forces give up death trap Gaza quarter after heavy losses: Report File photo shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) meeting with forces of the Israeli militarys Golani Brigade.
Elite Israeli forces waging the occupying regimes ongoing genocidal war against the Gaza Strip have reportedly given up control of a neighborhood in the Gaza City after suffering... |
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Russia warns US of breakdown in diplomatic relations Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov (file photo by Sputnik via Reuters)
Russia says it may decide to cut diplomatic relations with the United States "completely" if Washington confiscates the billions of dollars worth of Russian foreign assets held in US financial institutions to assist... |
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UN Security Council passes resolution demanding more Gaza aid deliveries The UN Security Council meets about the situation in Gaza, at UN headquarters in New York on December 22, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
The United Nations Security Council has finally passed a resolution on the ongoing Israeli onslaught against Gaza, demanding increased aid deliveries to the besieged region... |
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Israel repeating long history of mass forced displacement of Palestinians: UN A man carries a rescued Palestinian girl from the rubble of a building after an Israeli airstrike at the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 17, 2023. (File photo by AFP)
The Israeli regime is trying to ‘deport the majority of the civilian population en masse as part of... |
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Israels war deadliest in modern history for journalists: CPJ Palestinians mourn local journalists Hassouna Sleem and Sary Mansour, who were killed in an Israeli strike on a house, at a hospital in the central Gaza Strip. (Photo by Reuters)
Israels genocidal war against the Palestinians in Gaza has taken a heavy toll on journalists who cover the regimes bloody... |
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Spain follows US interests of arming Israeli genocide in Gaza: Ex-minister Ione Belarra, Spains former minister for social rights
A former Spanish minister has slammed the alignment between the countrys interests with those of the United States in arming the Israeli regimes ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip.
"...Spain follows the interests of the United States in the... |
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Frances Macron under fire over remarks on controversial film actor Depardieu French President Emmanuel Macron
President Emmanuel Macron of France is under fire for his remarks that film icon Gerard Depardieu, charged with rape and facing a litany of sexual assault claims, was the target of "a manhunt."
During a television interview on Wednesday aired on France 5 TV channel,... |
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Over a dozen killed in Prague university shooting A police officer guards the area near the Charles University in central Prague, on December 21, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
A gunman has killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens at a university in central Prague before killing himself.
The gunman on Thursday opened fire at Charles University. Twenty-four... |
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Bahrain jails dissident for protesting role in US anti-Yemen coalition The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67)
Bahraini authorities have ordered the seven-day detention of a leading opposition figure after he denounced the Al Khalifah regimes participation in the US-led coalition against Yemen in the Red Sea.
Bahrains office of public prosecution... |
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US, Venezuela swap prisoners, including notorious Fat Leonard Alex Saab (L) and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro embrace following Saabs release from a US prison and arrival in Venezuela, December 20, 2023.
The United States and Venezuela have swapped prisoners, including a fugitive dubbed ‘Fat Leonard.
Following an agreement reached between Washington... |
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Threat to assassinate Hamas leaders exposes Israels frustration: Hamas official Izzat al-Rishq, member of the political bureau of the Islamic resistance movement Hamas. (File Photo by IRNA)
Israeli foreign minister Eli Cohens threat of killing leaders of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas exposes the regimes frustration over its defeat against the resistance forces, says... |
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Indias criminal laws overhaul prompts warning by activists Indian Home Minister Amit Shah speaks in the lower house during the winter session of parliament, New Delhi, December 20, 2023. (Photo by PTI)
In the biggest criminal justice overhaul, Indias parliament has passed new laws with minimal debate after nearly 150 opposition lawmakers were suspended for... |
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Lets celebrate living one more minute together Shab-e-Yalda (Yalda Night), also known as Shab-e Chelleh, is one of the most ancient Persian festivals annually celebrated on December 21 by Iranians all around the world.
Yalda is a winter solstice celebration; it marks the end of autumn and the lengthiest night of the year. Since days get longer and... |
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New Argentine presidents first economic shake-up plan sparks protests People demonstrate against the government of Argentinian President Javier Milei in front of the National Congress, Buenos Aires, December 20, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Buenos Aires after Argentinas new far-right President Javier Milei signed an emergency... |
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China urges Philippines to take rational action over maritime dispute Spokesman Wang Wenbin of Chinas Foreign Ministry
China has urged the Philippines to make the "rational choice" over maritime tensions in the South China Sea following Manilas recent efforts to challenge Beijings claims in the waters.
China claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea,... |
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Bent on genocide: Netanyahu rules out ceasefire in Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ruled out the prospect of any ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which has been the subject of a genocidal war by the occupying regime for the past 75 days.
The regime began the war on October 7 following an operation... |
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Haniyeh says resistance stands strong, resolute as Israel says ready for ceasefire Irans Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (L) shakes hands with Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of the Palestinian Hamas resistance group, in Doha, Qatar, on December 20, 2023. (Photo by the Iranian Foreign Ministry)
The head of Hamas political bureau says the Palestinian resistance... |
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Red Cross chief says humanitarian situation in Israeli-bobmarded Gaza untenable International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger attends a briefing in Geneva, Switzerland, on December 14, 2022. (Reuters photo)
Mirjana Spoljaric, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), says she saw "a lack of everything" in the Gaza... |
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At least 118 dead in northwest China earthquake At least 118 people were killed when an earthquake collapsed buildings in northwest China, state media reported Tuesday, as rescue workers raced to start digging through rubble in freezing conditions.
At least 105 were killed and almost 400 injured in Gansu province, local officials said, after the... |
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US needs to lift sanctions on Irans oil for JCPOA to resume: UN chief Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the United States to lift or waive its sanctions against Irans oil sector to resume the US-abandoned Iran nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
UN... |
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Disease could kill more children in Gaza than Israeli bombings: UN official Palestinian children sit on rubble inside a building destroyed by Israeli forces bombings and shelling of the Gaza Strip. (Photo by UNICEF)
A senior United Nations official has warned that more children in Gaza could die from diseases than from the Israeli bombings in the besieged Palestinian territory.
UNICEF... |
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North Korea test-fires ballistic missile capable of reaching US: Seoul A view of a test launch of North Koreas solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Hwasong-18 at an undisclosed location on April 14, 2023.
South Korea says the North has test-fired its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), theoretically capable of reaching anywhere in... |
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Lest we forget: Christmas, Gaza genocide and the Israeli occupation By Harun Elbinawi
In the past, whenever the festival of Christmas approached, you would clearly see happiness and expectations on the faces of Christian brothers and sisters worldwide, including in Nigeria.
It doesnt happen anymore due to the economic downturn in the densely-populated West African... |
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