Thu 12 December 2024: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin emphasized the “the importance of close consultation” between Washington and Tel Aviv regarding events in Syria during a call with his Israeli counterpart Wednesday. In his call with Israel Katz, Austin told Katz that the US “is closely monitoring events in Syria, supports a peaceful and […]
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Thu 12 December 2024: South Korean Army Chief of Staff Gen. Park An-su was suspended on Thursday after being named commander of a short-lived martial law declared by President Yoon Suk Yeol last week. Park is among at least six military commanders suspended as investigations expand into their roles in Yoon’s Dec. 3 martial law […]
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Thu 12 December 2024: Turkiye’s President Erdogan announced the breakthrough after talks between the Ethiopian and Somali leaders in Ankara. Somalia and Ethiopia have agreed on a joint declaration to resolve their dispute over the breakaway Somaliland region and land-locked Ethiopia’s push for sea access, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced. Speaking in a joint news […]
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Wed 11 December 2024: Afghan acting Refugees and Repatriation Minister Khalil-ur-Rehman Haqqani was killed, along with six others, in an explosion inside his ministry building in central Kabul on Wednesday, Afghanistan’s local media reported. Haqqani and six other people were killed, and several others injured in the blast, Tolo News reported, citing a Taliban spokesman. […]
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Wed 11 December 2024: One in 160 people were estimated to be homeless in England on a given night this year, new research from Shelter has suggested. The charity said its research into people living in temporary accommodation, sleeping on the streets and living in hostels is “the most comprehensive overview of recorded homelessness in England”. But its […]
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Wed 11 December 2024: Pope Francis unveiled the annual nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday which this year features baby Jesus laying on a Palestinian keffiyeh. The scene, created by Palestinian artists Johny Andonia and Faten Nastas Mitwasi from Bethlehem, features a statue of baby Jesus crafted from olive wood – a symbol […]
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Men hold nooses found at Saydnaya military prison near Damascus on Tuesday. Wed 11 December 2024: During the rule of the collapsed Baath regime in Syria, thousands were subjected to torture in dozens of centers beyond Sednaya prison. Since the uprising began in March 2011, the fallen Baath regime reportedly tortured and killed thousands. However, […]
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Wed 11 December 2024: A newly-published research on Tuesday shed a light on widespread anti-Muslim bias in British media with GB News accounted for half of UK news channels coverage about Muslims and Islam, much of it with negative portrayals. Following a two-year analysis, the research produced by the Centre for Media Monitoring (CFMM) showed […]
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Tue 10 December 2024: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres marked Human Rights Day with a stark warning Tuesday about escalating violation of human rights globally, calling for collective action to address challenges. “On Human Rights Day, we face a harsh truth. Human rights are under assault,” Guterres said in a video message. Highlighting the enduring effects […]
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Tue 10 December 2024: South Africa has set the agenda for its Group of Twenty (G20) Presidency with the commencement of the first engagement of the more than 130 meetings that will precede the G20 Summit in 2025. The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, officially opened the first G20 Sherpas Meeting in […]
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