Tue 10 December 2024: African Union Special Envoy on the Prevention of Genocide and Other Mass Atrocities Adama Dieng on Monday called for urgent actions to combat racism, negative ethnicity, xenophobia, and all forms of intolerance in the region. Speaking at the International Conference on Genocide Prevention in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, Dieng said that […]
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Tue 10 December 2024: A new report by Civicus Monitor has revealed that the Palestinian cause has accounted for 10 per cent of all global restrictions on free speech in 2024. The violations documented were either carried out in the occupied Palestinian territories or were targeted against individuals and organisations expressing solidarity with Palestine around the globe. […]
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Tue 10 December 2024: China’s President Xi Jinping Tuesday called for embracing global solidarity and cooperation, weeks ahead of former US President Donald Trump’s return to the White House. “Humanity is a closely entwined community with a shared future. Countries are not riding separately in some 190 small boats, but are rather all in a […]
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A medical worker gives a toddler oxygen through a respirator following an alleged poison gas attack in eastern Ghouta, Syria on April 8. 2018. Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP Tue 10 December 2024: The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) raised serious concerns Monday over the status of Syria’s chemical weapons […]
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Mon 09 December 2024: Syrian opposition factions working to free detainees from the regime’s dungeons have found three underground floors at Sednaya Prison which remain inaccessible, with detainees trapped behind electric gates and concealed doors . Local social media accounts showed hundreds of prisoners leaving the prison, which was a slaughterhouse for dissidents. Many of […]
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Mon 09 December 2024: The United States will maintain its presence in eastern Syria and will take measures necessary to prevent a resurgence of Daesh [ISIS], Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Daniel Shapiro said on Sunday. Speaking hours after Syrian opposition announced they had toppled Bashar al-Assad‘s government, Shapiro called on all parties to protect civilians, particularly minorities, and […]
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Mon 09 December 2024: Israel and Hamas are close to reaching a “small” cease-fire deal, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority reported Sunday, citing political sources. The broadcasting authority quoted the unnamed Israeli sources as saying that the two sides are close to finalizing a deal that would include a two-month cease-fire. The deal would also involve […]
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Mon 09 December 2024: Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has announced that the United States will provide nearly $1bn in additional military aid to war-torn Ukraine, as it attempts to fend off an ongoing Russian invasion. In unveiling the aid package on Saturday, Austin offered some pointed remarks aimed at the incoming administration of US […]
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Sun 08 December 2024: The former president al-Assad and his family have received political asylum from the Kremlin for “humanitarian reasons”. When the uprising began at the end of November there were reports that al-Assad and his family flew to Russia, and that al-Assad asked Moscow to help him militarily. But back then Moscow neither […]
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Sun 08 December 2024: South Korea’s former defense minister was taken into custody early Sunday for his role in last week’s martial law declaration, which plunged the country into a deepening political crisis. Kim Yong-hyun had already resigned after the short-lived martial law declaration by President Yoon Suk-yeol, which was lifted within hours after parliament […]
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