Sat 03 August 2024: Ukrainian forces announced on Saturday that they successfully struck and sank a Russian submarine at the Black Sea port of Sevastopol. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted on Facebook. The statement also mentioned that Ukrainian forces targeted and successfully […]
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Sat 03 August 2024: British Muslims voiced fear about far-right protests that have targeted UK mosques in recent days, as community leaders bolstered security at Islamic centres before more demonstrations planned for Saturday. Agitators have targeted Islamic places of worship since unsubstantiated rumours spread online that the teenage suspect behind a knife attack that killed […]
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Sat 03 August 2024: Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed earlier this week by a “short-range projectile” launched from outside his residence in Tehran, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said. In a statement issued on Saturday, the IRGC said that based on investigations conducted so far, the attack against Haniyeh “was carried out by […]
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Sat 03 August 2024: The Mossad reportedly employed Iranian security agents to plant explosives in rooms where Ismail Haniyeh, the former leader of Hamas, was staying, according to a report by the UK-based newspaper, The Telegraph. The Telegraph cited two Iranian officials, revealing that the initial plan aimed to assassinate Haniyeh during his visit to […]
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Sat 03 August 2024: The US is prepared to move resources to the Middle East if needed to defend itself and its allies, the White House said on Friday. “We’re always reevaluating our force posture in the Middle East to make sure that we’ve got what we need to defend ourselves, our troops, our facilities, […]
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Sat 03 August 2024: Europe is among the fastest-warming region in the world, with temperatures rising at around twice the rate of the global average. And people in the WHO European region are “paying the ultimate price” for the severe heat, WHO’s Europe director warned Thursday, POLITICO reported. “Heat stress is the leading cause of […]
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Sat 03 August 2024: Violent far-right riots broke out in Sunderland, northeast England, following anti-immigrant protests sparked by the recent killing of three children at a dance class. Northumbria Police Chief Superintendent Helena Barron reported that on Friday, officers encountered “serious and sustained levels of violence” as hundreds of people rampaged through the city center, […]
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Fri 02 August 2024: A huge explosion has rocked the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday evening, with police fearing casualties and reporting gunfire shots shortly after the blast. The explosion occurred on Mogadishu’s popular Lido beach, followed by gunfire. About 1 hour ago, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a hotel on Lido beach […]
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Fri 02 August 2024: Khaled Qaddoumi, the Hamas representative in Iran, has disclosed new details about the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas’ political bureau, and his aide Wasim Abu Shaban, which took place in Tehran early Wednesday morning. In an interview with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed on Friday, Qaddoumi refuted claims by the New York Times that the […]
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Fri 02 August 2024: US President Joe Biden has warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against escalation amid a regional war risk, said a report on Friday. In a “tough” phone call on Thursday, Biden told Netanyahu to “stop escalating tension in the region,” and “move immediately toward a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal,” Axios […]
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