HOLY REDEMPTION: STEALING PALESTINIAN LAND

Wed 18 September 2024: TRT World’s investigative documentary, Holy Redemption, unveils violent fanaticism of armed illegal Jewish settlers who aim to uproot Palestinians from the occupied West Bank. The documentary was made as TRT team infiltrated “Israel’s Daesh” who are “ready for the big slaughter” of Palestinians. SOURCE: TRT __________________________________________________________________________ https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAtNxX8fewmiFmN7N22 __________________________________________________________________________ FOLLOW INDEPENDENT PRESS: […]

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AT LEAST THREE KILLED, DOZENS WOUNDED IN NEW WAVE OF LEBANON EXPLOSIONS

Wed 18 September 2024: Multiple blasts go off in different parts of Lebanon, killing at least three people according to state media, a day after simultaneous explosions of pagers used by Hezbollah’s members killed 12 people and wounded thousands. Multiple explosions were reported across Lebanon on Wednesday, with Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reporting that pagers and “devices” exploded […]

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TAIWAN DRAWN INTO MIDDLE EAST POLITICS AFTER DEADLY PAGER BLASTS IN LEBANON

Wed 18 September 2024: Taiwanese tech firm Gold Apollo denies manufacturing exploding pagers used in apparent attack on Hezbollah. Taipei, Taiwan – Taiwan’s crucial tech industry has been unwittingly drawn into Middle East politics after revelations that thousands of exploding pagers used to kill members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group were manufactured using the branding of a […]

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ISLAMIC BANKING GROWTH TO OUTPACE CONVENTIONAL BANKS IN GCC, SAYS MOODY’S

Wed 18 September 2024: Islamic finance is set to outpace conventional banking growth across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, driven by sustained economic expansion and rising demand for Shariah-compliant products, according to a report from Moody’s Ratings. Saudi Arabia leads the region with an 85 per cent market penetration in Islamic banking, while the UAE, Oman, […]

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US SANCTIONS ISRAELI SPYWARE FIRM INTELLEXA, CITING ‘RECKLESS’ THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY

Wed 18 September 2024: The US has imposed sanctions on yet another Israeli spyware firm, Intellexa, citing the “threats” that it poses to national security. The move comes in the wake of the ongoing global scandal surrounding Israeli spyware companies, most notably NSO Group, which has been accused of selling espionage technology to some of […]

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HOW A BEAUTY QUEEN BECAME THE FACE OF SOUTH AFRICA-NIGERIA TENSIONS

Wed 18 September 2024: After Chidimma Adetshina suffered xenophobic abuse online, young Nigerians say they feel unwelcome living in South Africa. Johannesburg, South Africa – Anita Odunyao Solarin, a 21-year-old Nigerian who has spent her entire life in South Africa, finds it safer not to disclose her West African roots. She does her best to assimilate […]

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HEZBOLLAH SUFFERS MAJOR SECURITY BREACH AS PAGERS EXPLODE

Tue 17 September 2024:  Dozens of Hezbollah fighters were seriously wounded on Tuesday in southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs when their communication pagers exploded. According to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA), “Tens of injuries have been taken to hospital after pagers exploded through the use of high technology.” Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, reporting from […]

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US ARMY COMPLETES WITHDRAWAL FROM NIGER: PENTAGON

Tue 17 September 2024: The withdrawal of US troops from Niger is “complete,” a Pentagon official said Monday. “This process began on May 19th following the mutually established withdrawal conditions,” Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters. “The effective cooperation and communication between the United States and Nigerien armed forces ensured that the safe, orderly […]

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YEMEN’S HOUTHIS CLAIM US OFFERED TO RECOGNISE THEIR GOVT IN SANAA

Tue 17 September 2024: A senior Houthi official has claimed the US offered to recognise the Houthi government in Sanaa in a bid to stop the Yemeni group’s attacks, in remarks that a US official said were false. “There is always communication after every operation we conduct,” Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthi movement’s […]

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