Thu 08 May 2025: Trump administration wants Israel ‘to come to its senses’ and strike a ceasefire deal on Gaza, Israeli media reports. A senior United States official has reportedly warned that Washington could move forward with its deal with Saudi Arabia without Israeli involvement, unless Israel changes course, according to Israeli media. The Jerusalem […]
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Thu 08 May 2025: Study authors argue progressive taxes on wealth and carbon-intensive investments could provide a solution. The wealthiest 10 percent of the world’s people are responsible for two-thirds of the global warming since 1990, according to researchers. The way in which the rich consume and invest has substantially increased the risk of heatwaves […]
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Thu 08 May 2025: The papal conclave on Thursday began the second day of voting to elect a new pope. The day started with 133 elector cardinals attending a mass in the Pauline Chapel around 8 a.m. local time (0600 GMT). The cardinals then proceeded to the Sistine Chapel, where they resumed the voting. Unlike […]
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Thu 08 May 2025: An additional 60,000 files related to the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy have been published, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard said Wednesday. “Today’s release is an important step toward maximum transparency, finding the truth, and sharing the truth,” Gabbard said on X. She said the documents “have been sitting in […]
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Thu 08 May 2025: Meta has banned a prominent Muslim news page on Instagram in India at the government’s request, the account’s founder said Wednesday, denouncing the move as “censorship” as hostilities escalate between India and Pakistan. Instagram users in India trying to access posts from the handle @Muslim – a page with 6.7 million […]
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Wed 07 May 2025: Iran urged Yemen’s Houthi rebels to secure a ceasefire with the US regarding Red Sea attacks, aiming to bolster progress in Tehran’s nuclear program negotiations, per reports. On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump unexpectedly announced a halt to hostilities with the Houthis, Announcing the agreement on Tuesday, Trump said the Houthis […]
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Wed 07 May 2025: Pentagon chief says cuts will maximise ‘strategic’ and ‘operational readiness’. United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has announced steep cuts in the number of top-ranked officers in his latest move to streamline the world’s most powerful military. In a memo on Monday, Hegseth ordered a 20 percent reduction in the […]
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Wed 07 May 2025: Roughly 3,000 Israeli bombs that failed to detonate during airstrikes in the Gaza Strip have become a vital source of raw materials for improvised explosive devices used by the Al-Qassem Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas, the Israeli news site The Marker reported Tuesday. The website, the Haaretz […]
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Wed 07 May 2025: On September 17th last year, the world was shaken by simultaneous explosions that took place in Lebanon. The explosions occurred in pagers used by Hezbollah members. In the blasts, 12 people, including two children, lost their lives, and approximately 2,800 people, including 300 seriously injured, were wounded. On September 18th, another similar […]
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Civilian casualties reported after Indian missile attacks on Pakistan. Wed 07 May 2025: India’s army has launched “Operation Sindoor” – hitting nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan’s military says India attacked Pakistan with missiles in three places and that Islamabad will respond. The Indian army said, “Justice is served” in a post on […]
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