Mon 24 March 2025: The US is seeking the “full dismantlement” of Iran’s nuclear program, White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz said Sunday. “Full dismantlement. Iran has to give up its program in a way that the entire world can see,” Waltz told the CBS News program Face the Nation. His remarks came after […]
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Sun 23 March 2025: Expelled South African Ambassador to the US Ebrahim Rasool said Sunday he returned home with “no regrets,” following his 32-hour flight from the US via Qatar to Cape Town, Anadolu Agency reports. Stating that he would have preferred to come to South Africa with secured deals with the US, Rasool told South […]
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Sun 23 March 2025: The Health Ministry in Gaza says at least 41 people have been confirmed killed and 61 wounded in Israeli attacks in the last 24 hours. These casualties bring the total number of Palestinians killed since the war began 17 months ago to 50,021, with 113,274 wounded, said the ministry. Numerous victims […]
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Sun 23 March 2025: At least 44 people were killed and 13 injured in a “deliberate strike against civilians” on Friday in southwestern Niger, Interior Minister Mohamed Toumba said on state television. The assault in the village of Fonbita in the rural commune of Kokorou happened when militants identified as members of the Islamic State […]
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Sun 23 March 2025: After five weeks in hospital with pneumonia, the Pope will be discharged from hospital today to prepare for two months of rest at the Vatican. Before he begins his recovery, he is expected to offer a blessing from the window of his hospital room. Followers expecting to see the Pope in […]
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Sun 23 March 2025: Canada is launching an ad campaign Friday in 12 US states to counter American tariffs, according to Foreign Minister Melanie Joly. “We’ve already put $60 billion worth of counter-tariffs on American goods,” Joly said in an interview with CNN. Noting that the tariffs “are a tax on hardworking Americans,” she argued […]
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Sun 23 March 2025: The removal of the bounty comes days after Afghan group releases US citizen. The United States has lifted a $10m reward for information leading to the arrest of a major Taliban leader, Sirajuddin Haqqani, an Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs spokesperson says. Despite the announcement on Saturday, the FBI still lists […]
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Sat 22 March 2025: The comments by US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff on Gaza and the now-shattered ceasefire in an interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson. Witkoff’s “bridge” plan, presented last week, aims to extend the Gaza ceasefire into April, beyond Ramadan and Passover, to allow time for negotiations on a permanent cessation of […]
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Sat 22 March 2025: US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has suggested Hamas could remain in Gaza for a short period if it agreed to disarm. But ultimately, he added, Gaza cannot be run by a “terrorist organisation.” The comments came in a wide-ranging interview that was broadcast late Friday on the […]
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Sat 22 March 2025: At least 8,938 people lost their lives on migration routes in 2024, making it the deadliest year on record, according to new data from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) released on Friday. The toll surpasses the previous record of 8,747 deaths in 2023, continuing a five-year trend of increasing fatalities, […]
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