Wed 05 November 2025: Antonio Guterres tells Al Jazeera, ceasefire in Gaza remains ‘fragile’ as more aid is needed to ‘eliminate famine’. Doha, Qatar – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that any stabilisation force in Gaza must have “full international legitimacy” to support Palestinians in Gaza. In an interview with Al Jazeera Arabic on […]
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Wed 05 November 2025: Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate, won the New York City mayoral election on Tuesday, marking him as the first Muslim and South Asian individual to assume the role. At 34 years old, Mamdani triumphed over Independent contender and ex-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, as well as Republican Curtis Sliwa, in a […]
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Wed 05 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ ‘Declare gangsterism a crisis’: “The magnitude of this crisis is mountainous and it will take inter- and multidisciplinary holistic approaches from different public and private organisations. “We are not winning the war against gangsterism, and the responsible stakeholders are collectively failing to curb […]
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Tue 04 November 2025: A Sudanese medical group accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Tuesday of piling up dozens of dead bodies inside homes in Bara city in North Kordofan state. “Dozens of bodies are piled up inside homes after the RSF prevented the victims’ families from burying them, leaving the dead trapped […]
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Tue 04 November 2025: Russia and China now carry out 99.1% of their trade settlements in national currencies, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Tuesday, underscoring the countries’ deepening financial integration amid Western sanctions. “If we talk about settlements, 99.1% are carried out in rubles and yuan,” Siluanov told the Rossiya-1 television channel, confirming a […]
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Tue 04 November 2025: The US has circulated a draft resolution to members of the UN Security Council calling for the creation of an international security force in Gaza with a mandate lasting at least two years, the Axios news site reported Monday. According to a copy obtained by Axios, the draft resolution, which was […]
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Tue 04 November 2025: New York City stands on the precipice of electing its new mayor as Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani leads a trio of candidates seeking to become the next leader of America’s largest city. In a sign of how hotly-contested the race has become, over 735,000 ballots have been cast in early voting, […]
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Tue 04 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Withdrawal of US aid has hurt SA’s HIV programme: Public health experts have accused the government of being in denial about the consequences of the withdrawal of US aid. Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has responded defiantly. In May, he stated that a record […]
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Mon 03 November 2025: The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday expressed concern over recent reports of “mass killings, rapes, and other crimes” by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) from Sudan’s El-Fasher, which it seized on Oct. 26, warning the acts may constitute “war crimes and crimes against humanity.” In a statement, the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC […]
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Mon 03 November 2025: Under the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC), a special program for supporting Syria was launched, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Monday, adding that support of the Islamic world is extremely important in ensuring the political unity and territorial integrity of the country. “Through this program, which […]
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