Thu 27 February 2025: Languishing for over 40 decades in Israeli detention, Nael Barghouti, the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner in Israel, was freed on Thursday under a Gaza ceasefire and prisoner swap agreement. Spending more than 44 years in Israeli jails, Barghouti became one of the most prominent figures of the Palestinian prisoners’ movement. His release […]
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Thu 27 February 2025: Hundreds of Palestinians released by Israeli show signs of emaciation and abuse suffered while in detention. Hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli jails released in Gaza as part of the ceasefire agreement once again showed signs of emaciation and abuse. More than 600 Palestinians were released on Thursday, shortly after Israel said Hamas […]
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Thu 27 February 2025: As part of efforts to normalize relations between Washington and Moscow, a Russian delegation arrived at the US Consulate General residence in Istanbul for a meeting to discuss operation of their respective embassies. The Russian delegation reached the residence in Istanbul at 09.50 a.m. local time (0650 GMT). Russian Foreign Minister […]
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Thu 27 February 2025: US Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed that her office is set to release key documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, including flight logs and other critical records. “There are well over 200 victims—actually more than 250,” Bondi said Wednesday in an interview with Fox News, explaining the delay. […]
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Thu 27 February 2025: A wildfire in northeastern Japan led to the evacuation of thousands of alarmed residents, caused damage to structures, and triggered the deployment of military helicopters to combat the intense fire, local media reported on Thursday. Aerial footage from public broadcaster NHK showed a helicopter dumping water on one of multiple locations […]
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Thu 27 February 2025: Palestinians released from Israel’s Ofer Prison arrived in the West Bank city of Ramallah early Thursday. An Anadolu correspondent said a bus carrying dozens of released Palestinian prisoners accompanied by teams from the International Red Cross arrived at the Cultural Palace, where their families were waiting. The correspondent added that the […]
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Wed 26 February 2025: US President Donald Trump accused media outlets on Wednesday of using “anonymous” or “off the record” sources to publish “made up” stories, and threatened to sue those responsible. Trump wrote on Truth Social that the stories are “defamatory fiction” and vowed to take legal action. “At some point, I am going […]
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Wed 26 February 2025: On Wednesday, China stated that Taiwan’s efforts to buy weapons from the United States “won’t protect Taiwan independence forces,” according to the state-operated Global Times. Zhu Fenglian, a representative from Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office, made these remarks in response to news that Taiwan’s governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is considering a […]
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Wed 26 February 2025: There’s been a global trend in the reduction of aid to Africa since 2018. Donors are shifting their funding priorities in response to domestic and international agendas. Germany, France and Norway, for instance, have all reduced their aid to Africa in the past five years. And, in 2020, the UK government reduced its Overseas Development Aid from […]
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Wed 26 February 2025: Chilean President Gabriel Boric declared a state of emergency on Tuesday after a massive blackout impacted 19 million people. In an address to the nation, Boric said the outage affected eight million homes and held private companies responsible for the disruption. “What happened today is outrageous because it’s not tolerable that […]
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