Fri 27 September 2024: Israel said Thursday that it is set to receive a military aid package from the US totaling $8.7 billion. The package coincides with the fourth consecutive day of extensive Israeli strikes against Lebanon, described as the largest since the 2006 war in Lebanon. “Director General of the Israel Ministry of Defense, […]
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Fri 27 September 2024: The UK’s Online Safety Act will impose new responsibilities on social media companies and make them accountable for their content, according to an expert. The new law adopts a zero-tolerance approach to protecting children on social media platforms. The bill became law on Oct. 26, 2023 and will be fully enforced […]
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Fri 27 September 2024: New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been charged with bribery and fraud after allegedly receiving illegal campaign donations from the Turkish government, according to an indictment unsealed today. Eric Adams has been indicted on five federal charges, including bribery, wire fraud, and conspiracy. The charges, stemming from activities since 2014, […]
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Thu 26 September 2024: The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has released a video explaining its strikes deep inside Lebanon where it alleged Hezbollah had hidden weapons in populated areas. The IDF said Hezbollah has been hiding weapons inside Lebanese homes. “For the last 20 years, Hezbollah built its terror network within population centres in Lebanon […]
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Thu 26 September 2024: The award comes after a pro-Israel nonprofit organisation criticised the nomination of the short film documenting the initial days of Israel’s war on Gaza. Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda and Al Jazeera’s AJ+ have won an Emmy in the Outstanding Hard News Feature Story category for their documentary, It’s Bisan From Gaza […]
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Thu 26 September 2024: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied media reports Thursday that he agreed to a temporary cease-fire with Hezbollah in Lebanon. “This is an American-French proposal that the prime minister hasn’t even responded to,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement. The US, EU, and nine other nations called on Israel and Hezbollah […]
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Thu 26 September 2024: Benin announced Wednesday evening that it had foiled a coup attempt and arrested Republican Guard Commander Djimon Dieudonne Trvoedjre, former Sports Minister Oswald Homeky, and businessman Olivier Boko on charges of plotting to overthrow the democratic government. Elonm Mario Metonou, prosecutor of the Court for the Repression of Economic Offences and […]
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Thu 26 September 2024: Some 625,000 “deeply traumatised” Palestinian children in Gaza are living among the rubble, while thousands more are suffering under increased Israeli attacks in the occupied West Bank, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said yesterday. “While nearly 625,000 deeply traumatised girls and boys are out of […]
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Thu 26 September 2024: For the first time, Japan has sent a destroyer, the Sazanami, through the Taiwan Strait, signaling rising concerns over China’s increasing military activity around Japan. The destroyer entered the strait from the East China Sea on Wednesday morning, completing a 10-hour journey southward, according to Japanese media reports from NHK and […]
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Tanzanian opposition leader and former presidential candidate of CHADEMA party Tundu Lissu. Wed 25 September 2024: Tanzania’s main opposition party has called for telecoms firm Tigo to respond to a former employee’s accusation that the company helped the government track the location of an opponent who was later targeted in a failed assassination attempt. […]
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