Sun 17 March 2024: The main United Nations aid agency operating in Gaza has said that acute malnutrition was accelerating in the north of the Palestinian enclave as Israel prepared to send a delegation to Qatar for new truce talks on a hostage deal with Hamas. On Saturday, the UN Relief and Works Agency for […]
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Sun 17 March 2024: In a setback to US security interests in the region, Niger terminated its military deal with the US “with immediate effect,” according to Colonel Amadou Abdramane, the government military spokesman. The agreement allowed US military personnel and civilian defense professionals to conduct operations from Niger, which is home to a significant […]
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Sun 17 March 2024: Hamas has presented a new ceasefire plan to end Israel’s war on Gaza that includes the release of Israeli captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, 100 of whom are serving life sentences. It would be a three-phased ceasefire, with each stage lasting 42 days, sources told Al Jazeera of the Hamas […]
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Sat 16 March 2024: Celebrations broke out among Senegal’s opposition supporters after two of their top leaders were freed from jail 10 days before the country’s delayed presidential election. Firebrand politician Ousmane Sonko and his close aide Bassirou Diomaye Faye were released late on Thursday in a move that could boost the opposition’s chance to win in the March 24 […]
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Sat 16 March 2024: The volume of the international arms trade contracted by 3.3% between 2019 and 2023 compared to the preceding five-year period, according to a report released on Monday. However, during the same period, major arms imports into European countries increased by 94%, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in its report. […]
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Sat 16 March 2024: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced on Wednesday that her country would be expanding the number of Danes serving in the armed forces and requiring women to conscript. According to Frederiksen, the Nordic nation would be increasing the mandatory service period for both men and women from four months to eleven […]
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Sat 16 March 2024: Thousands of Israeli soldiers are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or other combat trauma, according to the head of the army’s mental health department.At least 1,000 of these soldiers have been diagnosed with “acute distress disorder”, department head Colonel Lucian Tatsa-Laur told Israeli newspaper TheMarker. With the mental health decline, more […]
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Voters cast ballots in Simferopol, Crimea Photo: AP Fri 15 March 2024: For the first time, people across Russia and in the annexed regions of Ukraine will vote for three days in the presidential election from today to Sunday. Results will follow shortly afterwards, and the winner will be inaugurated in May. The multiday […]
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Fri 15 March 2024: The demand for natural gas is expected to rise by 34% globally in 2050 compared to 2022, to a volume of about 5,360 billion cubic meters. The 2050 Outlook report from the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) estimates that natural gas consumption would be approximately 4,015 billion cubic meters worldwide in […]
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Fri 15 March 2024: As many as 60 people are feared to have drowned while trying to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy or Malta, the operators of a charity rescue group said on Thursday. According to Reuters, SOS Mediterranee said that it rescued 25 people in a “very weak” condition in coordination with […]
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