Wed 11 September 2024: Timor-Leste has had much to celebrate recently. August 30 marked 25 years since the Popular Consultation – or “The Referendum”, as many call it – when more than 98% of the population braced themselves against brutal repression to vote for their freedom. Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, recently visited. This was […]
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On the occasion of the International Disappearance Week, the family members of the missing persons formed a human chain in Dhaka to return the missing persons. May 27, 20223 Wed 11 September 2024: Only three of more than 150 persons who went missing during Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule have been reunited with their families. Dhaka, […]
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Wed 11 September 2024: Canada has suspended 30 permits for arms sales to Israel and cancelled a contract with a US company to sell Quebec-made ammunition to the Israeli army, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said Tuesday. Joly was emphatic that the government will not allow Canadian made ammunition – in this case manufactured by […]
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“Hard Corner” joint military drill organized by the armed wings of Palestinian groups held in Gaza Strip on 29 December 2020. [Mustafa Hassona – Anadolu Agency] Wed 11 September 2024: An investigation by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, KAN, revealed Tuesday that the Air Force was at its lowest preparedness for Hamas’ attack on […]
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Tue 10 September 2024: Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) are investigating reports of the death of Mohammed Deif, the senior Hamas military leader, and have indicated they will drop their case against him if confirmed, Reuters reported. Deif, 58, is suspected of being a key figure behind the October 7, 2023, assault on […]
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Tue 10 September 2024: The European Union’s highest court on Tuesday ruled that Apple must pay €13 billion ($14.3 billion) in back taxes to Ireland, bringing a decade-long legal dispute to a close. The Court of Justice of the EU upheld a 2016 decision by the European Commission, which found that Ireland had granted Apple […]
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Tue 10 September 2024: A woman has been killed near Moscow after the remnants of a downed Ukrainian drone hit the apartment block where she was living and started a fire, according to Russian officials. Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its air defences shot down 144 Ukrainian drones overnight in nine regions, with 20 alone over the […]
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Tue 10 September 2024: Israel is actively lobbying members of the US Congress to exert pressure on South Africa to withdraw its case against Israel from the International Court of Justice (ICJ), according to recent reports from Axios and Israeli media Walla. Israel’s foreign ministry has dispatched a classified cable instructing its diplomats in the US to […]
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Tue 10 September 2024: The devastating conflict between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has claimed over 20,000 lives since it erupted in April 2023, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. During a two-day visit to Sudan, Ghebreyesus highlighted the staggering toll at a press conference […]
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Tue 10 September 2024: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday announced that his government plans to ban children from using social media. In a statement, Premier Albanese said that his Labor government will introduce legislation this year to enforce a minimum age for access to social media and other relevant digital platforms. “We know […]
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