Fri 09 August 2024: Bamako has cut ties with Kyiv, accusing it of complicity in an attack that killed Malian soldiers and Russian Wagner troops. A row between unlikely sparring partners. This week, Mali announced it was severing ties with Ukraine, after accusing Kyiv of having a hand in a devastating ambush in the West […]
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Fri 09 August 2024: Qatar, Egypt and the United States have called on Israel and Hamas to resume talks to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, as Israel’s continued bombardment of the territory has killed nearly 40,000 Palestinians and raised fears of further regional escalation. In a joint statement on Thursday, the three countries urged Israel and Hamas […]
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A new leaked video showed the alleged gang-rape of a Palestinian detainee by Israeli soldiers at the Sde Teiman detention camp. Fri 09 August 2024: Israeli prison authorities have systematically used sexual assault and rape as a means of torture against Palestinian detainees, rights group Addameer Foundation said yesterday. According to testimonies obtained from […]
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Fri 09 August 2024: The United States on Thursday banned imports from five more Chinese companies over alleged human rights abuses involving the Uyghurs, according to a government posting, as part of its effort to eliminate goods made with forced labor from the U.S. supply chain. The targeted companies include Hong Kong-based Rare Earth Magnesium […]
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Thu 08 August 2024: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took the oath of office Thursday to lead a 17-member transitional government in Bangladesh. It came after weeks of protests which led to the fall of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath to Yunus, 84, and his team at the presidential office […]
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Thu 08 August 2024: Russian troops are embroiled in fierce clashes with Ukrainian forces for a third consecutive day, following a brazen incursion into the Kursk region that has rattled Moscow and raised alarms over the security of the world’s largest nuclear power. In a dramatic escalation of the two-year conflict, approximately 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers […]
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Thu 08 August 2024: In a bold stand against the pressure from the Group of Seven (G7) nations, the Nagasaki local government has upheld its decision to exclude Israel from an upcoming event honoring the victims of the US nuclear bombing during World War II. Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki clarified that the decision was “not […]
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Thu 08 August 2024: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has blamed Israel for the attack that killed Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh last week in Iran, which has vowed to retaliate. A statement issued after an extraordinary meeting of the 57-member bloc on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia said it “holds Israel, the illegal occupying power, fully […]
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Thu 08 August 2024: The World Health Organization (WHO) chief said Wednesday that he has convened an emergency committee to advise whether the mpox outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of international concern amid its recent spread. “In light of the spread of mpox outside (the Democratic Republic of Congo) DRC, and the potential for […]
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Thu 08 August 2024: Bangladesh’s transitional government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will be inaugurated on Thursday, the nation’s army chief announced. Yunus will lead a 15-member transitional team, all of whom will be sworn in late Thursday, said Gen. Waker-Uz-Zaman on Wednesday. The transitional government was announced by Zaman on Monday after Sheikh […]
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