Mon 18 November 2024: As US negotiators head to Lebanon to attempt to broker a deal, Iran’s supreme leader is reportedly pressuring Hezbollah toward a ceasefire with Israel. Two Iranians connected to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said that Ali Larijani, a top adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sent messages to the Lebanese group on Friday […]
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Mon 18 November 2024: Twitch has updated its “Hateful Conduct Policy” to include “Zionist” as a potential slur, amid growing content critical of the occupation state and the genocide it is committing in Gaza, as well as its aggression against Lebanon, on the platform. The Amazon-owned streaming service announced the change in a blog post on Friday, […]
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Mon 18 November 2024: KFC Indonesia has accelerated store closures and lay-offs to stem mounting losses as a long-running campaign to boycott products over their perceived links to Israel shows no sign of easing. Fast Food Indonesia, which operates the American chain in the Southeast Asian nation, said uneven recovery from the pandemic and consumer anger at Israel’s war […]
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Sun 17 November 2024: A Lebanese security source said Hezbollah spokesman Mohammed Afif was killed in an Israeli strike Sunday in central Beirut that hit the Lebanese branch of the Syrian Baath party. “The strike on Ras al-Nabaa killed Hezbollah media relations official Mohammed Afif,” the security source said, requesting anonymity as they were not authorised to […]
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Sun 17 November 2024: Türkiye has denied Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s request to use its airspace for his flight to attend the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan’s capital. Officials confirmed that Israeli authorities submitted the request for Herzog’s plane to traverse Turkish airspace en route to the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference. However, […]
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A man holds a banner as Ultra-Orthodox Jewish (Haredi) group gathers to protest against conscription in front of the Tel HaShomer military branch Tel Aviv, Israel on August 6, 2024 [Matan Golan – Anadolu Agency] Sun 17 November 2024: Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid called Sunday for denying government funding and passports to ultra-Orthodox Jews […]
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Sat 16 November 2024: Unredacted court documents released on Thursday (Nov 14) show that NSO Group, the company behind the Pegasus spyware, admitted to developing exploits to hack into the phones of around 1,400 WhatsApp users in 2019. This operation, according to WhatsApp, violated both federal and state laws. The information came to light as […]
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Sat 16 November 2024: Breaking a long-standing controversial taboo in Israeli society, Tel Aviv on Friday announced the gradual enlistment of 7,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews into the military, set to start this weekend, Anadolu Agency reports. According to a Defence Ministry statement, the conscription orders will be issued progressively, beginning on Sunday, following military evaluations. Defence […]
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Fri 15 November 2024: Amid growing concern over one of the world’s most urgent health threats, Saudi Arabia is hosting the fourth high-level ministerial meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) to confront a “silent pandemic.” The gathering brings together health leaders and experts worldwide to confront what officials are calling a “silent pandemic” that claims more […]
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Fri 15 November 2024: A joint British-Iraqi archaeological team has identified the likely site of the seventh-century Battle of Al-Qadisiyyah, a decisive event in early Islamic history, thanks to declassified 1970s US spy satellite imagery, AP reports. The Battle of Al-Qadisiyyah, fought in 637CE in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), marked a crucial victory for Arab Muslim forces of […]
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