Wed 22 January 2025: After watching Hamas fighters celebrating in Gaza, Israelis are angry and shocked, Middle East Eye reported As three Israeli captives were released from Hamas captivity in Gaza on Sunday, Israel watched every moment in tense anticipation. The public’s first glimpse of the three women was as they were transferred to the Red Cross in Gaza […]
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Wed 22 January 2025: A bipartisan pair of senators re-introduced a bill Tuesday that would make it easier for students to file civil rights complaints against their universities “amid rampant antisemitic incidents on college campuses in the aftermath of Hamas’ October 7 massacre in Israel.” Sens. John Fetterman and Bill Cassidy reintroduced the legislation that […]
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Wed 22 January 2025: Eight Gulf cities are among the top ten safest cities worldwide for 2025, according to Numbeo, a statistics website. Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), ranked first globally as the safest city in the world for the ninth consecutive year since 2017. Doha secured second place, with […]
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Wed 22 January 2025: Some 92 per cent of homes in the Gaza Strip, or about 436,000 homes, were destroyed or damaged as a result of the Israeli aggression on the enclave, while 90 per cent of citizens were displaced, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said yesterday. The World Health […]
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Tue 21 January 2025: The Israeli army Chief of Staff, Herzi Halevi, announced Tuesday that he will resign in March, citing military failure in preventing the 7 October Hamas attacks, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, Halevi said he notified Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Defence Minister, Israel Katz that he intends to resign on […]
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Tue 21 January 2025: U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to lift the Biden administration’s freeze on the supply of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel in his first days in office, Walla News reported on Monday, citing an interview with the Israeli envoy to Washington. Trump is also expected to reverse sanctions the Biden administration imposed against Israeli settlers accused of violent […]
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Tue 21 January 2025: Qatar Media Corporation (QMC) announced the launch of its highly anticipated historical drama Swords of the Arabs for Ramadan, which is expected to coincide with the end of February or the beginning of March. The ground-breaking series brings together over 80 renowned actors from across the Arab world. Filmed in the Moroccan city […]
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Tue 21 January 2025: Imtiaz Sooliman, the driving force behind the prominent African aid agency Gift of the Givers, says his work is not political, only humanitarian. Johannesburg, South Africa — The crowd erupted in thunderous applause as Dr Imtiaz Sooliman ascended the stage, dressed in his signature dark green T-shirt emblazoned with South Africa’s flag […]
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Tue 21 January 2025: Pro-genocide Ugandan Judge Julia Sebutinde, currently serving as Vice-President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), has stepped in as acting President following the resignation of Lebanese Judge Nawaf Salam. Salam’s departure comes after he was summoned by Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun to assume the role of Prime Minister. An ICJ […]
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Mon 20 January 2025: Integrating Syria’s myriad armed groups into unified command structure is a priority of the new government. Syria’s new defence minister has said it would not be right for US-backed Kurdish fighters based in the country’s northeast to retain their own bloc within the broader integrated Syrian armed forces. Speaking to the […]
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