Thu 14 November 2024: More than 27 million lives affected by worst drought in a century, with 21 million children malnourished, says WFP. Millions of people across Southern Africa are going hungry due to a historic drought, risking a full-scale humanitarian catastrophe, the United Nations has warned. Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe have all […]
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Thu 14 November 2024: Hegseth, who called the two-state solution a ‘lip service’, has been nominated by Trump to be next defence secretary. United States President-elect Donald Trump has picked Fox News host and military veteran Pete Hegseth, a pro-Israel and Iran hawk, to serve as his defence secretary, lauding him as “tough, smart and […]
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Wed 13 November 2024: Turkey has severed all ties with Israel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday, Middle East Eye reported. Erdogan made the comments to journalists aboard his plane following visits to Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan. “The government of the Republic of Turkey, under the leadership of Tayyip Erdogan, will not continue or develop relations with […]
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Wed 13 November 2024: UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has told the Parliament on Wednesday that Israel is not committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza, Anadolu Agency reports. During the Prime Minister’s Questions at the House of Commons, Independent lawmaker, Ayoub Khan, raised from Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, who recently claimed that the term genocide referred […]
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Wed 13 November 2024: The Kremlin said on Wednesday the opening of a new U.S. missile base in Poland was part of an attempt to contain Russia by moving American military infrastructure closer to its borders. The U.S. base at Redzikowo is part of a broader NATO missile shield dubbed “Aegis Ashore”, which the alliance says is capable of […]
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Wed 13 November 2024: A man who stole hundreds of classified documents from the Pentagon and shared them online was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison, according to news outlets. Jack Teixeira, 22, pleaded guilty to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information in March. Prosecutors were seeking a 17-year […]
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Wed 13 November 2024: The Government of South Africa has condemned the spreading of disinformation concerning its case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Minister, Ronald Lamola, stated that such efforts seek to mislead the public and draw attention away from an ongoing genocide which is unfolding in […]
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Wed 13 November 2024: The National Press Club has handed its top award for press freedom to Al Jazeera’s Wael Dahdouh. The Washington-based organisation said in a statement that the John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award will be presented to the Gaza bureau chief at a gala on November 21. The statement noted that Dahdouh continued […]
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Wed 13 November 2024: The Israeli army has begun the second phase of its ground operation in southern Lebanon, which the army says involves advancing toward Hezbollah’s second line of defense, Israeli daily Maariv reported Tuesday. “The Israeli army has initiated the second phase of the ground maneuver in southern Lebanon, with the 36th Division […]
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Tue 12 November 2024: At least 35 people were killed and 43 others injured in a car-ramming in southern China, state media reported on Tuesday. The incident occurred Monday night in Zhuhai city of the southeastern Guangdong province, when a 62-year-old male drove his car into the crowd, according to the local English daily Global Times. Chinese […]
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