Sun 24 March 2024: Simon Harris will become Ireland’s youngest-ever prime minister after being named new leader of the Fine Gael party on Sunday. Ireland’s further and higher education minister has become the new leader of the Fine Gael party following a contest to replace the outgoing Leo Varadkar. The 37-year-old politician was the only […]
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Sun 24 March 2024: Israel has conveyed a detailed document to Hamas setting out its positions on all three phases of a deal for the release of all hostages, Channel 12 reports, saying that Israel has shown new flexibility in several key areas. It quotes unnamed sources saying Israel anticipates a response from Hamas’s Gaza […]
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Sun 24 March 2024: More than 130 students abducted by gunmen from a school in Nigeria earlier this month have been released “unharmed” days before a ransom deadline, say officials. Government spokesman Abdulaziz Abdulaziz told Al Jazeera on Sunday that it “took a lot of backchannel engagement” to release the students abducted on March 7 […]
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Sun 24 March 2024: Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid attacked on Sunday the draft conscription law that will be introduced later this week considering it a reflection of “the most terrible government in the country’s history.” “The exemption bill that will be introduced this week is the face of the most terrible government in the […]
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A spontaneous memorial appeared near Crocus City Hall, where the terrorist attack took place the day before. Photo: Ivan MAKEEV Sun 24 March 2024: More than 130 people have been killed, including three children, and over 100 others have been injured, in the worst such attack that Russia has witnessed in two decades. ISIL’s […]
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Sun 24 March 2024: Voters in Senegal are casting ballots to elect their next president among a crowded field of 17 candidates. The delayed polls take place following a period of uncertainty after President Macky Sall’s unsuccessful effort to delay the election. There are no clear frontrunners, but former Prime Minister Amadou Ba from the […]
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Sun 24 March 2024: In a historic decision, the German parliament authorized the partial legalization of cannabis for personal use, giving the nation some of the most liberal cannabis laws in Europe. The much-debated bill was finally passed by the Bundesrat, or upper house, on Friday. It will allow people to possess up to three […]
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Sat 23 March 2024: The ISIS-K (ISIL) group has claimed responsibility for a brazen attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall that killed at least 133 people and injured more than 100. The total number of those killed at the site of the attack in Crocus City Hall has increased to 133 people, according to Russia’s […]
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Sat 23 March 2024: Saudi Arabia has put measures to limit the American forces’ use of its lands and airspace to strike the Houthis in Yemen, a US defence official said, Sky News Arabia reported. The official was quoted as saying some of these measures included “allowing American fighter planes to refuel only at military airbases in […]
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Sat 23 March 2024: Increasing global water scarcity is fuelling more conflicts and contributing to instability, the United Nations warns in a new report, which says access to clean water is critical to promoting peace. The UN World Water Development Report 2024, released on Friday, said 2.2 billion people worldwide have no access to clean drinking […]
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