Wed 06 November 2024: US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump early Wednesday thanked Americans for the apparent “honor of being elected” to the nation’s highest office. “I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president,” Trump told supporters in Palm Beach, Florida, referring […]
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Wed 06 November 2024: Senior American and Saudi officials met in Washington last week to discuss a potential security arrangement that would not require Riyadh to establish formal relations with Israel. According to a report published yesterday, talks of normalisation have been put on hold due to Israel’s ongoing war against Gaza and its reluctance […]
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Wed 06 November 2024: China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has alerted its soldiers to online scams, including gambling and dating traps. The PLA Navy on Monday posted an article on social media, warning officers and soldiers about “emerging” internet risks such as online gambling and dating traps, the daily Global Times reported. A naval aviation unit affiliated with the […]
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Tue 05 November 2024: Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant approved the Israeli army’s “recommendation to issue an additional 7,000 orders for screening and evaluation processes for ultra-Orthodox draft-eligible individuals”. The order comes after a first round of 3,000 draft orders were sent out in July, sparking protests from the ultra-Orthodox community. “The defence minister concluded […]
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Tue 05 November 2024: Thousands of North Korean troops are now on the ground in Russia ready to support its war on Ukraine, including in the front-line Kursk region, South Korea has reported. Over 10,000 North Korean soldiers have arrived in Russia, Seoul’s defence ministry said on Tuesday. The report follows similar announcements from Ukraine […]
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Tue 05 November 2024: Israel has rejected all proposals for a ceasefire in Lebanon, caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, said on Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. “At a time when nations advocating for humanity and human rights should be exerting maximum pressure on Israel to cease its aggression, their inaction is deeply concerning,” Mikati said in a statement. […]
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Mon 04 November 2024: Salma Abdallah was recuperating from a caesarean section and tending to her one-month old baby when soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) barged into her home in Sudan’s eastern Al-Jazira state late last month. They accused her of loyalty to the army and its allies, their rivals in an 18-month war. […]
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Mon 04 November 2024: Determining the winner of Tuesday’s US presidential election – Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Kamala Harris – may take more than 24 hours, with slim chances of a final declaration on Wednesday, as neck-and-neck races are expected in seven swing states, American media reported, citing multiple factors for the possible delay. […]
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Mon 04 November 2024: The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran says she is monitoring the case of a young Iranian woman who was forcibly detained after protesting the country’s mandatory hijab by removing her clothes at Tehran’s Azad University. Maio Sato shared a video of the student on the social media platform […]
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Mon 04 November 2024: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday said the West has signed a “death warrant” for the US dollar by turning it into a weapon against its competitors. “The dollar … has been turned into a weapon for suppressing and punishing geopolitical competitors, and simply those who are disobedient. Thus, in […]
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