Sat 24 September 2022: In the eastern Kharkiv region, Ukrainian officials announced on Friday that 447 bodies had been exhumed from a mass grave in Izyum, recently liberated from Russia. “In Izyum, the exhumation of all bodies at the mass burial site has been completed,” Kharkiv regional prosecutors said on social media. “During September 16-23, 447 bodies of the […]
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The launching ceremony of the Women in Conflict Initiative, launched by the Qatar Fund for Development. Women in Conflict Zones seeks to empower women in conflict areas through humanitarian aid and developmental assistance. The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), along with other strategic partners, has launched a new global initiative that will back the empowerment […]
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Sat 24 September 2022: Islamophobia remains a growing threat across Europe, with several countries enacting policies that have contributed to the institutionalisation of an issue that should, instead, be stamped out with urgency, a new report has warned. According to the European Islamophobia Report 2021, Islamophobia was “as pressing a problem” across the continent as […]
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Fri 23 September 2022: A U.N. mandated investigative body intends to investigate a mass burial site near Izium, in eastern Ukraine, where hundreds of bodies have been found, its head said on Friday. “This is of course a novel incident but we certainly intend to look into the Izium event as well,” Erik Mose, who heads the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, […]
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Fri 23 September 2022: Social media played a huge part in adding fuel to the communal fire in Leicester city (UK) that witnessed riots between Hindus and Muslim last week. A BBC journalist from the UK, investigating the incident, in a random sample, found that 50% of tweets with hashtags in fact originated from Twitter […]
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Fri 23 September 2022: The World Health Organization’s director-general stated on Thursday that the end of COVID-19 does not mean the end of the disease, but that the world is in a better position than before as weekly pandemic deaths decline, Anadolu Agency reported. During a press webinar, WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus stated that weekly […]
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Thu 22 September 2022: Saudi Arabia and Turkiye have helped to mediate the largest prisoner exchange deal between Russia and Ukraine since Moscow launched its invasion nearly seven months ago. As many as 300 prisoners from ten different countries were released, including citizens of the US, the UK and Morocco. Some had been sentenced to […]
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Thu 22 September 2022: This month has likely been the most crushing for Russia since it launched its invasion of Ukraine almost seven months ago. In an aggressive counter-offensive operation, Ukrainian forces recaptured the cities of Kharkiv and Kupiansk, reportedly retaking 3,000 square kilometres of territory rapidly, and driving out Russian forces. Aside from Kherson […]
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Thu 22 September 2022: Optus, Australia’s second-largest telecom, has disclosed that customers’ personal data may have been compromised in a cyberattack against the company. Optus said on Thursday that it was investigating the possible unauthorised access of customer information, including names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, and driver’s licence and passport numbers. […]
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Thu 22 September 2022: More than 1,400 people have been arrested at demonstrations across Russia against President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a partial mobilisation of civilians to fight in Ukraine, a police monitoring group said Wednesday. The OVD-Info monitoring group counted at least 1,400 people detained at rallies in 38 different cities across the country after Putin’s morning address […]
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