Sat 12 April 2025: Hundreds of Israeli soldiers signed a new petition Friday demanding the government reach a prisoner swap deal and end the war on the Gaza Strip. Israeli public broadcaster KAN said the soldiers who signed the letter are from different divisions and specialties in the army, including intelligence unit 8200, special forces […]
Continue Reading
Sat 12 April 2025: Up to 45 percent of nearly 10,000 sexual violence cases reported in DRC’s conflict zone in January and February involved children, according to the UNICEF. The United Nations has condemned the widespread rape and sexual violence against children in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported in the first […]
Continue Reading
Fri 11 April 2025: The US dollar index dove to a 3-year low figure of 99.014 on Friday as US President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade policies strengthened recession concerns in the country. The US dollar index fell 1.36% to currently stand at 99.49 as of 1336GMT. The index also declined by more than 8% since […]
Continue Reading
Fri 11 April 2025: The United States and Iran are set for talks on Iran’s nuclear programme in Oman on Saturday. Iran has warned that it could expel UN nuclear watchdog inspectors from the country in response to “external threats” as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States and Iran will hold […]
Continue Reading
Fri 11 April 2025: More than 70% of Austrians would be willing to boycott US goods to protest US President Donald Trump’s trade policies, according to a survey released Thursday. The poll, conducted by the Austrian Gallup Institute, also found that 55% of Austrians consider Trump’s presidency a threat to the European Union. Only 32% […]
Continue Reading
Fri 11 April 2025: Half of UK adults say they are now less likely to buy American products in the wake of Donald Trump’s tariffs on the UK, a shocking new poll commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed. Meanwhile almost six in 10 (59%) say they would support a campaign to buy more British […]
Continue Reading
Fri 11 April 2025: Only a quarter of Hamas tunnels in the Gaza Strip have reportedly been destroyed by Israel since the beginning of the war on the Palestinian enclave in October 2023, according to a report. According to officials speaking to Israeli outlet Mako, despite more than 18 months of onslaught on the Gaza […]
Continue Reading
Thu 10 April 2025: Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani, a leading Pakistani Islamic scholar and ex-judge of the Federal Shariat Court, has stated that waging military “jihad” against Israel is a compulsory responsibility for all Muslim governments Middle East Eye reported. Speaking at the National Palestine Conference in Islamabad on Thursday, Usmani said Muslim countries had “failed to […]
Continue Reading
Thu 10 April 2025: Turkish and Israeli officials began talks yesterday aimed at preventing unwanted incidents in Syria, where militaries of the two regional powers are active, Turkish ministry sources and an Israeli political source said, according to Reuters. The Turkish sources said the technical talks, in Azerbaijan, marked the beginning of efforts to set up […]
Continue Reading
Thu 10 April 2025: US tariffs on Chinese imports now total 145% after President Donald Trump dramatically increased import duties this week, a White House official confirmed Thursday, Anadolu reports. Trump said Wednesday that Chinese imports would now be subject to a 125% reciprocal tariff, but that did not include a 20% tariff related to fentanyl that […]
Continue Reading
