Thu 19 September 2024: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has reiterated Africa’s demand for permanent representation in the UN Security Council (UNSC). The South African leader emphasized that it is unacceptable for the continent, home to 1.3 billion people, to remain unrepresented. Speaking to reporters at the Africa Aerospace and Defense Exhibition Airshow at the […]
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Wed 18 September 2024: The total amount of aid provided by the EU and its member states to Ukraine has reached €118 billion ($131 billion) since the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine in February 2022, EU Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said on Tuesday. The union’s support for Ukraine was discussed at the General Assembly of the European Parliament, which started the 2024-2029 legislative term […]
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Thu 19 September 2024: Al Jazeera traces a pager supply chain from Taiwan to Hungary to Lebanon — including a three-month port layover during which explosives might have been placed in the devices. Hundreds of pagers belonging to the armed group Hezbollah exploded on Tuesday in Lebanon, killing at least 12 people and wounding about 2,750. Some pagers belonging […]
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Wed 18 September 2024: Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler says the kingdom will not establish ties with Israel until a Palestinian state has been created in a blow to US efforts to seal a “normalisation” deal. “We renew the kingdom’s rejection and strong condemnation of the crimes of the Israeli occupation authority against the Palestinian people,” […]
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Wed 18 September 2024: TRT World’s investigative documentary, Holy Redemption, unveils violent fanaticism of armed illegal Jewish settlers who aim to uproot Palestinians from the occupied West Bank. The documentary was made as TRT team infiltrated “Israel’s Daesh” who are “ready for the big slaughter” of Palestinians. SOURCE: TRT __________________________________________________________________________ https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAtNxX8fewmiFmN7N22 __________________________________________________________________________ FOLLOW INDEPENDENT PRESS: […]
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Wed 18 September 2024: Multiple blasts go off in different parts of Lebanon, killing at least three people according to state media, a day after simultaneous explosions of pagers used by Hezbollah’s members killed 12 people and wounded thousands. Multiple explosions were reported across Lebanon on Wednesday, with Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reporting that pagers and “devices” exploded […]
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Wed 18 September 2024: Taiwanese tech firm Gold Apollo denies manufacturing exploding pagers used in apparent attack on Hezbollah. Taipei, Taiwan – Taiwan’s crucial tech industry has been unwittingly drawn into Middle East politics after revelations that thousands of exploding pagers used to kill members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group were manufactured using the branding of a […]
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Wed 18 September 2024: Islamic finance is set to outpace conventional banking growth across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, driven by sustained economic expansion and rising demand for Shariah-compliant products, according to a report from Moody’s Ratings. Saudi Arabia leads the region with an 85 per cent market penetration in Islamic banking, while the UAE, Oman, […]
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Wed 18 September 2024: The US has imposed sanctions on yet another Israeli spyware firm, Intellexa, citing the “threats” that it poses to national security. The move comes in the wake of the ongoing global scandal surrounding Israeli spyware companies, most notably NSO Group, which has been accused of selling espionage technology to some of […]
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Wed 18 September 2024: After Chidimma Adetshina suffered xenophobic abuse online, young Nigerians say they feel unwelcome living in South Africa. Johannesburg, South Africa – Anita Odunyao Solarin, a 21-year-old Nigerian who has spent her entire life in South Africa, finds it safer not to disclose her West African roots. She does her best to assimilate […]
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