US EVOY URGES DISARMING OF HEZBOLLAH, OTHERS ‘AS SOON AS POSSIBLE’

Mon 07 April 2025: US Envoy Morgan Ortagus made the comments in an interview with Lebanese broadcaster LBCI at the end of a three-day visit to Beirut, where she met Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, PM Nawaf Salam, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri and other officials and political representatives. Ortagus said Hezbollah and other armed groups […]

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UN SAYS 100 CHILDREN KILLED OR INJURED IN GAZA EVERY DAY SINCE WAR RESUMED

Sun 06 April 2025: Palestinian and UN bodies mark Palestine Children’s Day with ‘harrowing’ accounts of the toll Israel’s assault on Gaza has taken on children. The United Nations says at least 100 children have been killed or injured every day in Gaza since the strikes resumed on March 18, even as the United States underscores continued […]

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IRAN WANTS INDIRECT TALKS WITH US, WARNS REGIONAL COUNTRIES OVER STRIKES AGAINST IT

Sun 06 April 2025: Iran is pushing back against U.S. demands that it directly negotiate over its nuclear programme or be bombed, warning neighbours that host U.S. bases that they could be in the firing line if involved, a senior Iranian official said. Although Iran has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump‘s demand for direct talks, it wants to […]

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TWO BRITISH MPS DETAINED BY ISRAEL, BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS

Sun 06 April 2025: Israel has detained two British members of parliament and refused entry to the officials who were visiting as part of a parliamentary delegation, British Foreign Minister David Lammy said in a statement late on Saturday, Reuters reports. Sky News, citing a statement from the Israeli immigration ministry, says that the detained parliamentarians […]

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ISRAEL HAS CUT 70% OF GAZA’S WATER SUPPLY: MUNICIPALITY

Sun 06 April 2025: The Israeli army on Saturday halted the flow of water from Israeli company Mekorot to the Gaza Strip, effectively cutting off 70% of the enclave’s total water supply. According to Gaza municipality spokesperson Hosni Mehanna, the disconnection affects the main pipeline located in the Shujaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, where […]

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GAZA FACES ‘LARGEST ORPHAN CRISIS’ IN MODERN HISTORY, REPORT SAYS

Fri 04 April 2025: Over 39,000 children have lost one or both parents in Gaza, new report by the Palestinian statistics agency says. Tens of thousands of Palestinian children have lost their parents since the start of Israel’s war on the besieged Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics says. In a statement on Thursday, […]

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US THREATS OF MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST IRAN ARE UNACCEPTABLE, SAYS RUSSIA

Fri 04 April 2025: Russia said on Thursday that US threats of military strikes against its ally Iran were unacceptable and warned that attacking the Islamic Republic could lead to potentially catastrophic results if nuclear installations were bombed, Reuters has reported. US President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Sunday with bombing and secondary tariffs if Tehran did […]

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US PLACES NEARLY ONE-THIRD OF B-2 BOMBER FLEET IN INDIAN OCEAN DIEGO GARCIA BASE: REPORT

 Four US Air Force B-2 bombers are visible on the ramp (from center to lower right) in a Planet Labs’ satellite image of a joint US-British air base on Diego Garcia island in the Indian Ocean on March 29, 2025. Planet Labs Thu 03 April 2025: Satellite images analysed by The Associated Press show at […]

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PRO-PALESTINIAN BRITISH STUDENT LEAVES US CITING DETENTION FEAR

Wed 02 April 2025: A British student at Cornell University has left the US after citing his fears about being detained and his personal safety following ongoing threats of deportation by the Trump administration. Momodou Taal has already been suspended twice for participating in pro-Palestinian and anti-genocide protests on campus, Quds News Network has reported. The doctoral candidate in […]

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SOUTH AFRICA: ANGER GROWS OVER FAILURE TO PROSECUTE NATIONALS FIGHTING FOR ISRAEL

Wed 02 April 2025: Activists allege that authorities have deliberately dragged their feet over prosecutions of individuals believed to have taken part in the war The South African government is facing mounting criticism from anti-war campaigners over its failure to prosecute nationals who have fought for the Israeli army in Gaza. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign in South Africa […]

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