Fri 04 October 2024: US President Joe Biden says Israel has not yet decided how it’s going to respond to Iran’s ballistic missile strike. “If I were in their shoes, I’d be thinking about other alternatives than striking oil fields,” Biden says during a rare appearance at the White House daily press briefing where one […]
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Fri 04 October 2024: President Joe Biden was wrong to say the United States would not back an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear program, his predecessor and potential successor Donald Trump told Fox News on Thursday. The remarks highlight the difference between a dovish Democrat administration that has sought to tamp down on Mideast tensions […]
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Fri 04 October 2024: The World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief said on Friday that the UN agency has approved the first mpox in vitro diagnostic (IVD) test for emergency use. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ announcement came on X, as the global demand for mpox testing increased due to ongoing outbreaks in some countries, particularly in the […]
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Fri 04 October 2024: Pretoria recalled all its diplomats from Tel Aviv last November for consultations over Israel’s war on Gaza Israel also recalled its envoy from Pretoria days later ‘for consultations’ amid the growing diplomatic rift between the two countries over the conflict in Gaza ‘South Africa is trying its best with limited resources […]
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Fri 04 October 2024: The report noted that after the election results, there were at least 28 attacks targeting Muslims, linking the surge in anti-Muslim violence to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s re-election campaign. New Delhi: The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a bipartisan congressional advisory body, has reported a “deteriorating and concerning trajectory” for […]
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Fri 04 October 2024: Gulf Arab States sought to reassure Iran of their neutrality in the conflict between Tehran and Israel in meetings in Doha this week, on the back of concerns that a wider escalation in violence could threaten their oil facilities, two sources told Reuters. Ministers from Gulf Arab States and Iran attending a meeting of […]
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Fri 04 October 2024: CAGE International has announce its intention to file a war crimes complaint against former UK government ministers Robert Jenrick and Ben Wallace. The move comes in response to Jenrick’s recent campaign video, in which he states that British Special Forces are “killing rather than capturing ‘terrorists’” to prevent their release under human […]
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File photo. Fri 04 October 2024: According to local authorities, 87 people were killed when a ferry sank on Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The ferry, coming from the town of Minova in the South Kivu province, capsized near the port of Kituku, on the outskirts of Goma, capital […]
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Thu 03 October 2024: Russia will begin geological exploration for lithium, oil and gas deposits in Mali next month, a top official said in Bamako on Wednesday. The official, requesting anonymity, told Anadolu that according to Mali’s Economy and Finance Minister Alousseini Sanou the first group of Russian specialists will arrive next month to begin work, with the […]
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Thu 03 October 2024: Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah had agreed to a cease-fire with Israel shortly before he was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon’s foreign minister said Wednesday. “He agreed. Yes, the Lebanese side agreed,” Abdallah Bouhabib told CNN. “We consulted with Hezbollah, (Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih) Berri consulted with Hezbollah, and […]
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