Fri 16 February 2024: The conflict in Gaza, as well as a surprise Hamas attack on Israel on October 7th, have sparked much speculation and rumour. The attack in Gaza was reportedly planned for two years. So, with some justification, many are wondering why there was such a catastrophic intelligence failure, resulting in the attack […]
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Thu 15 February 2024: Lawmakers in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland have rejected a maritime access deal with Ethiopia. In a joint statement late on Tuesday, members of both houses of Somaliland’s parliament, mainly from the coastal Awdal and Salal provinces, said the Red Sea access deal was “illegal” and aims to “harm the unity […]
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Thu 15 February 2024: Australians who disclose personal information about people without authority are being warned as the government expedites efforts to make “doxing” a crime. Hundreds of well-known individuals of Jewish descent who belonged to a closed WhatsApp group had their identities, images, and social media profiles leaked online. Attorney General Mark Dreyfus outlined […]
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Thu 15 February 2024: Only months before a general election, official numbers released on Thursday revealed that the UK has entered a recession, jeopardizing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s promise of boosting economic growth. According to the Office for National Statistics, the gross domestic product shrank by 0.3% in the last three months of 2023, after […]
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Thu 15 February 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing authorities to confiscate the assets of people convicted of spreading “deliberately false information” about the military. The law, which was signed on Wednesday, targets individuals convicted of a range of offences which include “discrediting” the government and spreading “deliberately false information” about […]
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Thu 15 February 2024: Think your friends would be interested? Share this story! Eighteen NATO member states plan to meet the alliance’s target of spending the equivalent of 2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) on defence in 2024, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said. Speaking in Brussels before a meeting of defence officials from NATO’s 31 […]
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Islamic Centre of Cambridge was hit with hate-related graffiti.Doug Coxson/CambridgeToday Thu 15 February 2024: Justin Trudeau has condemned the incident that took place at a mosque in Cambridge, Ontario. “The vandalism at the Islamic Centre of Cambridge — and the rise in Islamophobia across the country — is alarming, abhorrent, and unacceptable,” he wrote […]
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Wed 14 February 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan — A six-party alliance appears poised to form Pakistan’s next government, after nearly a week of political drama following a fractured mandate delivered by the country’s voters in the February 8 elections. Led by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN), which won 75 seats, and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), which secured […]
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Wed 14 February 2024: Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto has declared victory in the presidential election after unofficial vote counts showed him with a significant lead ahead of his rivals. The 72-year-old former special forces commander, who had run for president twice before, had about 58 percent of the votes, according to four pollsters, based on “quick […]
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Wed 14 February 2024: Russia is increasing preparations for a possible military war with NATO within the next decade, and it intends to treble the number of troops stationed along its border with the Baltic states and Finland, Estonia’s intelligence chief claimed on Tuesday. Russia is currently unwilling to take military action against the Western […]
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