Fri 15 November 2024: Riyadh Season reached unparalleled heights on Wednesday as fashion icon Elie Saab celebrated his 45-year journey with a star-studded event. Titled “1001 Seasons by Elie Saab”, the evening fused fashion, music, and unforgettable performances, marking a milestone in the Lebanese designer’s illustrious career. Jennifer Lopez kicked off the night with […]
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Fri 15 November 2024: The head of Lebanon’s largest Christian party said Hezbollah should relinquish its weapons as quickly as possible to end its year-long war with Israel and spare Lebanon further death and destruction, Reuters reports. Samir Geagea, Hezbollah’s fiercest political opponent in Lebanon, spoke to Reuters on Thursday at his mountain home and party headquarters in Maarab, […]
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Thu 14 November 2024: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said yesterday that indirect communication channels with the United States remain open. His statement comes a week after Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election. On the sidelines of the Iranian government’s weekly meeting, Araghchi remarked: “The channels of communication between us and the Americans […]
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Thu 14 November 2024: About 300,000 children have fled from Lebanon to Syria in the past seven weeks to seek safety from the worsening conflict, only to arrive in a country where humanitarian needs have never been higher, Save the Children warned today. Many children are travelling alone, separated from parents or families, and are […]
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Thu 14 November 2024: Hegseth, who called the two-state solution a ‘lip service’, has been nominated by Trump to be next defence secretary. United States President-elect Donald Trump has picked Fox News host and military veteran Pete Hegseth, a pro-Israel and Iran hawk, to serve as his defence secretary, lauding him as “tough, smart and […]
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Wed 13 November 2024: Turkey has severed all ties with Israel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday, Middle East Eye reported. Erdogan made the comments to journalists aboard his plane following visits to Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan. “The government of the Republic of Turkey, under the leadership of Tayyip Erdogan, will not continue or develop relations with […]
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Wed 13 November 2024: UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has told the Parliament on Wednesday that Israel is not committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza, Anadolu Agency reports. During the Prime Minister’s Questions at the House of Commons, Independent lawmaker, Ayoub Khan, raised from Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, who recently claimed that the term genocide referred […]
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Wed 13 November 2024: A Canadian court has decided that the Jewish National Fund’s (JNF) charitable status will not be reinstated, for now. An extensive audit laid bare the Canadian organisation’s links to Israeli occupation in Palestine. The JNF unsuccessfully appealed to the Federal Court. Justice Allyson Whyte Nowak last week turned them away, saying they […]
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Wed 13 November 2024: The Government of South Africa has condemned the spreading of disinformation concerning its case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Minister, Ronald Lamola, stated that such efforts seek to mislead the public and draw attention away from an ongoing genocide which is unfolding in […]
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Wed 13 November 2024: The National Press Club has handed its top award for press freedom to Al Jazeera’s Wael Dahdouh. The Washington-based organisation said in a statement that the John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award will be presented to the Gaza bureau chief at a gala on November 21. The statement noted that Dahdouh continued […]
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