Mon 02 September 2024: Azerbaijan’s ruling New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) won parliamentary elections held Sunday according to initial results, winning the most seats. Central Election Commission Chairman Mezahir Panahov announced the names of the candidates who received the most votes at a press conference. According to the initial results, YAP, led by President Ilham Aliyev, […]
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Mon 02 September 2024: Egypt has been ranked as the leading African country in global soft power influence for 2024, according to a report by Business Insider Africa. The report, based on the Global Soft Power Index published by Brand Finance, places Egypt 39th worldwide with a soft power score of 44.9 points. South Africa and Morocco […]
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Sun 01 September 2024: Sudan – The humanitarian crisis in Sudan has escalated to alarming levels, with nearly half of the population experiencing severe hunger and millions teetering on the brink of starvation due to the Civil War between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. Raudhat Saddam from the HORN International Institute for […]
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Sun 01 September 2024: Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has announced plans to establish the Singapore College of Islamic Studies, a new institution aimed at nurturing future Islamic leaders in the multi-ethnic city-state. This initiative, first proposed in 2016, is the “newest project” for the Malay/Muslim community and has been in development for eight years. Speaking […]
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Sun 01 September 2024: The Israeli government, on Friday, extended the mandatory military service of 350,000 reservists for another four months until the end of 2024, Anadolu Agency reports. The government approved the extension in a Security Cabinet meeting and passed it by vote, allowing 350,000 reservists to be mobilised until the end of 2024, Israel’s Army Radio reported, […]
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Sun 01 September 2024: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky increased pressure on the United States to let Kyiv strike military targets deep inside Russian territory after his representatives met senior U.S. officials in Washington on Saturday. Washington has provided Ukraine with more than $50 billion worth of military aid since 2022, but has limited the use of its weapons to Ukrainian soil […]
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Sun 01 September 2024: Families of the Israeli captives have called on the government to sign a deal with Hamas to free about 100 people still in Gaza. Israel’s military has announced that its troops have recovered the bodies of six captives, including a dual US national, from a tunnel in southern Gaza, as it […]
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Sun 01 September 2024: Pope Francis will next week visit Indonesia, making a symbolic stop at a mosque that has the “Tunnel of Friendship,” an extraordinary tunnel linking it to the city’s Catholic cathedral. This visit is part of the pope’s 12-day Asia-Pacific tour. The “Tunnel of Friendship,” measures 28.3 meters, and it connects Southeast […]
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Sun 01 September 2024: Israeli airstrikes on Saturday (August 31) killed at least 48 people in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian health officials. This attack comes just before a planned polio vaccination campaign was set to begin in the Palestinian enclave. The United Nations plans to vaccinate around 640,000 children in Gaza against polio, […]
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Sat 31 August 2024: A helicopter carrying 22 people, including 19 tourists, has gone missing in Russia’s remote Kamchatka Peninsula. Authorities lost contact with the Mi-8 helicopter at 04:15 GMT on Saturday, according to Kamchatka Governor Vladimir Solodov. Rescue teams, using helicopters, are scouring the rugged terrain, particularly a river valley that was part of […]
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