Sun 28 April 2024: Clashes between students and police officers have been reported all over the United States during intensifying university protests. What started as the Gaza solidarity encampment at Columbia University, where students are camping inside campus to push their institute to divest from companies linked to Israel, has since spread to campuses in California, Texas and […]
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Sun 28 April 2024: Iraq’s parliament passed a bill that forbids same-sex relationships and carries a possible 15-year prison penalty, citing Islamic beliefs as the motivation for the action. A draft of the law obtained by the Reuters news agency states that its goal is to “protect Iraqi society from moral depravity and the calls […]
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Sun 28 April 2024: US President Joe Biden’s approval rating averaged 38.7% during his 13th quarter in office, according to a recent survey released on Friday. US research firm Gallup revealed that Biden has the lowest support with a rate of 38.7% among all US presidents during their first terms. George H.W. Bush had the […]
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An Ottoman agate cup set with rubies and emeralds, Turkey, 17th century, with enamelled gold-mount with cipher of Empress Catherine II, dated 1789 (estimated at £80,000 – £120,000) goes on view in London, England. The ‘Arts of the Islamic World and India’ sale will take place at Sotheby’s on April 24, 2024 [Tristan Fewings/Getty […]
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Sun 28 April 2024: Elon Musk, the self-proclaimed free speech absolutist and CEO of X, Tesla, and SpaceX, is once again at the centre of a heated debate about free speech and censorship. Since buying X, the platform formally known as Twitter, in 2022, Musk has sparred with governments and public figures around the world […]
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Sat 27 April 2024: The four-day meeting of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group started on Saturday in the Saudi capital Riyadh, Anadolu Agency reports. Finance ministers, Islamic finance experts, and representatives from financial institutions, the private sector and non-governmental organisations gathered to mark the group’s annual meeting and golden jubilee celebration. This year’s theme is “Cherishing […]
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Sat 27 April 2024: Paramedics and rescue teams involved in the recovery of civilian bodies from mass graves at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, located in the southern Gaza Strip, have raised concerns about potential organ theft by Israeli forces. Following the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Khan Yunis city, three mass graves […]
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Former SA President Nelson Mandela’s grandson joined the Freedom Flotilla, which is set to sail to break the Israeli blockade on Gaza. Fri 26 April 2024: Organisers say the initiative aims to challenge Israel’s 17-year-old blockade and put an end to the ongoing ‘genocide’. A flotilla of ships set to depart for the Gaza […]
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Fri 26 April 2024: A slight majority of Americans (53 percent) have little or no confidence in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do the right thing regarding world affairs, including 25% who have no confidence in him at all, according to a Pew Research Center survey. This compared to 21% of Americans who said they have […]
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Thu 25 April 2024: Mass graves found in two hospitals in the Gaza Strip containing 392 bodies, including those of women, children and the elderly, showed signs of torture and executions, officials in the enclave have said. On the sixth consecutive day of digging up bodies in southern Gaza, Palestinian Civil Defence officials on Thursday revealed horrifying […]
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