Sun 22 September 2024: At least seven people killed and many wounded in Israeli bombing of the Kafr Qasim School in al-Shati Refugee Camp housing hundreds of displaced people. Israel’s military launched 400 attacks on Lebanon on Saturday and Hezbollah fired rockets at the Ramat David base near the city of Haifa, in their largest […]
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Sun 22 September 2024: Israeli soldiers have raided Al Jazeera’s bureau in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank and ordered the Doha-based news network to shut down operations amid a widening Israeli crackdown on media freedom. Heavily armed and masked Israeli soldiers forcefully entered the building housing Al Jazeera’s bureau and handed the 45-day closure […]
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Sat 21 September 2024: Relatives of jailed Tunisian opposition figures plan to file a submission to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate alleged rights violations against migrants and refugees in the country, The Guardian newspaper reports. The move planned for next week by the group, which previously petitioned The Hague-based court to probe alleged political persecution […]
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Sun 22 September 2024: The United States and Britain have not authorised Ukraine to use long-range missiles on targets inside Russia, fearing an escalation of hostilities, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, hinting he hoped US leader Joe Biden would change his mind. Zelensky was speaking late on Friday ahead of a crucial trip to the United States next week, […]
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Sat 21 September 2024: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday that Jewish-American voters would be partly to blame if he loses the Nov. 5 election to Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate. During comments to the Israeli-American Council National Summit in Washington, the former president lamented that he was trailing Harris among […]
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Sat 21 September 2024: Ukraine has prohibited government and military personnel from using the Telegram app on state-issued devices, citing concerns about Russian surveillance capabilities. The National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) made the decision after Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s military intelligence (GUR), presented alarming evidence showing Russian special services could intercept messages, even […]
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Sat 21 September 2024: She speaks seven languages, has a PhD in particle physics, an apartment in Budapest plastered with her own pastel drawings of nudes and a career that took her around Africa and Europe doing humanitarian work, Reuters reports. What Cristiana Barsony-Arcidiacono, 49, the Italian-Hungarian CEO and owner of Hungary-based BAC Consulting, says she has […]
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Sat 21 September 2024: Israel’s Haaretz newspaper revealed that the government official responsible for returning its hostages, Gal Hirsch, submitted a new proposal to the US regarding the deal with Hamas. The newspaper stated that according to the proposal, all hostages held in Gaza would be released in exchange for ending the war and granting safe passage to the […]
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Sat 21 September 2024: There is an “irrefutable” need for global governance of artificial intelligence and its development cannot be left to the “whims” of the market alone, a United Nations advisory body has warned. While national governments will play a crucial role in regulating AI, the borderless nature of the technology necessitates a “global […]
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Fri 20 September 2024: An Israeli airstrike killed at least nine people in Beirut’s Southern Suburb region, injuring dozens of others, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry. The ministry added that hospitals have so far received 59 wounded, including eight in critical condition. The official Lebanese National News Agency said the strike hit an apartment in […]
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