Mon 12 February 2024: Qatar has released eight former Indian naval officers previously sentenced to death on charges of spying for Israel. India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) thanked Doha on Monday as it announced that the octet had been freed. The details surrounding their arrest, sentencing, and commuting remain unclear. “We appreciate the decision […]
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First image of Fernando Simon Marman and Norberto Louis Har after their rescue by Israeli special forces from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip overnight. Mon 12 February 2024: Israel has carried out air strikes in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, killing dozens, according to health officials, as Palestinians brace for a major […]
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Mon 12 February 2024: At least 700,000 children in Sudan are likely to suffer from the worst form of malnutrition this year, and tens of thousands could die, the United Nations children’s agency has warned. A 10-month war in Sudan between its armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has devastated the country’s […]
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Sun 11 February 2024: NATO partners who don’t fulfil their financial obligations would not get protection from Russia if Donald Trump were to re-take the White House in November, statements from Trump showed. Trump, campaigning in South Carolina ahead of the GOP primary on February 24, said he had told NATO members that they needed […]
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Sun 11 February 2024: Candidates, mostly linked to jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s political party, won the most seats as Pakistan’s election commission announced on Sunday final results of the Feb. 8 general elections. The independents got 101 seats, followed by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) winning 75, […]
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Nepali mercenaries fighting for the Russian army in Ostrykivka, village near Tokmak in Zaporizhzhia, Russian-occupied Ukraine [Photo courtesy Atit Chettri] Sun 11 February 2024: Kathmandu, Nepal – On a bitterly cold morning in early January, somewhere near Tokmak city in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, Bimal Bhandari* began a risky journey to desert the Russian army he […]
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Sun 11 February 2024: Israel is determined to advance with its unspecified plans to invade the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, where millions of displaced Palestinians are sheltering. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his intention to extend the military operation in an interview broadcast late on Saturday. “We’re going to do it,” he declared […]
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Sat 10 February 2024: Amnesty International has called on Indian authorities to immediately halt the “unlawful” demolitions of Muslim properties, as it released two new reports describing the targeting of homes, businesses and places of worship across several states belonging to the minority community. Calling the demolitions a form of extrajudicial punishment, the rights group […]
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Sat 10 February 2024: The international aid group Oxfam warned Thursday of an aggravating hunger crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. “After two years of conflict, erratic rainfall during the planting season is threatening to plunge the Tigray region of Ethiopia into a deeper humanitarian catastrophe,” the group said in a statement. Commenting on the worsening […]
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Sat 10 February 2024: Montreal, Canada – Human rights advocates are accusing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government of misleading the public over weapons sales to Israel, which have come under greater scrutiny amid the deadly Israeli bombardment of Gaza. At issue is legislation that prohibits the government from exporting military equipment to foreign actors if there […]
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