Thu 06 June 2024: The UN General Assembly, on Thursday, elected five non-permanent members to the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the 2025-2026 term. Somalia, Pakistan, Panama, Greece and Denmark won elections at the General Assembly. Somalia received 179 votes, Pakistan 182, Panama 183, Greece 182 and Denmark 184, meeting the criterion of obtaining two-thirds […]
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Thu 06 June 2024: Narendra Modi and the BJP fought this election in only his name. The lack of majority, then, should come down to him. One can call it a Surya-Tilak in Ayodhya. The rejection of temple politics, it’s a telegram from Uttar Pradesh to the Varanasi MP. The state that gifted him the […]
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Thu 06 June 2024: “In my opinion, one of the United States’ colossal mistakes is to prohibit the use of dollar in international transactions and to turn it into a tool for some sort of struggle. This is total nonsense, they are undermining the trust in the dollar. This is just ridiculous,” he said at […]
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Thu 06 June 2024: Israeli forces have bombed a United Nations-linked school in central Gaza where forcibly displaced Palestinians are sheltering, killing at least 40 and wounding more than 70. Officials from Gaza’s government media office and the Health Ministry confirmed the death toll, which included 14 children and 9 women, following Thursday’s predawn strikes […]
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Thu 06 June 2024: Some Palestinians in Gaza have been forced to drink sewage water and eat animal feed, the World Health Organisation’s regional director said yesterday. Dr Hanan Balkhy called for an urgent increase in humanitarian aid to the besieged territory. She also warned that Israel’s war on Gaza is having a broader impact on healthcare […]
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Wed 05 June 2024: The Israeli army on Wednesday expanded its incursion into Rafah in the southernmost of the Gaza Strip, along with advancing toward the eastern areas of the Bureij and Maghazi refugee camps, central the strip. An Anadolu correspondent quoted eyewitnesses that confirmed the Israeli military vehicles’ advancement toward the “Eastern Garage” area […]
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Wed 05 June 2024: United States lawmakers have passed legislation that aims to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) due to its efforts to prosecute Israeli officials for war crimes in Gaza. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted 247-155 in favour of the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act on Tuesday. The bill would bar US entry […]
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Some 2,000 people are thought to have been buried when mud and rocks gave way in the early hours of Friday morning [UNDP via AFP] Wed 05 June 2024: Papua New Guinea has officially halted the search for approximately 2,000 people buried under a massive landslide in Enga province, authorities said on Wednesday. Much […]
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Wed 05 June 2024: There is compelling evidence that Ethiopian forces committed genocidal acts during the Tigray war, a new report has concluded. Issued on Tuesday by the United States-based New Lines Institute, the 120-page draft quotes multiple, widespread and credible independent reports that Ethiopian forces and their allies carried out “acts constituting the crime […]
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Wed 05 June 2024: US President Joe Biden has suggested that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be extending the war for self-preservation, according to an interview released on Tuesday. During an interview with Time magazine, Biden was asked if he believes that some of Israel’s suggestions that Netanyahu is prolonging the war for his […]
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