Thu 01 February 2024: International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Dr Naledi Pandor, said she was of the view that Israel was flouting Friday’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling to stop the killings in Gaza. “I do believe the rulings of the court have been ignored by Israel. Hundreds of people have been killed in […]
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Thu 01 February 2024: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that the BRICS economic bloc does not intend to create a mechanism for a “new dictatorship of the world majority.” “In all our actions, statements, declarations and in practice, all our countries always emphasize that we are open at any time for honest […]
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Wed 31 January 2024: 40 people are thought to be dead after a passenger boat overturned in a lake in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s South Kivu region, Anadolu Agency reported. The official said that five bodies have been found and 10 people have been rescued since the incident on Sunday. Following the boat […]
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Wed 31 January 2024: China and Russia on Wednesday agreed to promote their military ties to a “higher level.” Almost a month after he was appointed China’s new defense minister, Dong Jun Wednesday held his first public video call with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoygu and the two sides agreed to “continuously expand practical cooperation […]
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Wed 31 January 2024: Somalia and South Sudan are ranked among the world’s most corrupt countries, where weak justice systems undermine accountability for public officials, global corruption watchdog Transparency International said in its latest report Tuesday. Somalia and South Sudan, which are affected by protracted crises, mostly armed conflicts, scored 11 and 13, respectively, out […]
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Wed 31 January 2024: Farmers across Europe continued Tuesday to protest the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and environmental rules. Farmers carrying Italian flags and banners blocked motorways with their tractors in numerous locations in central and northern Italy as well as Sardinia, as reported by public broadcaster, Rai News. In Belgium, public broadcaster VRT […]
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Wed 31 January 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to 14 years in jail in a case related to the illegal sale of state gifts. An accountability court in Rawalpindi, which deals with corruption cases, on Wednesday also ruled that the couple would be […]
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Wed 31 January 2024: In Mehrauli, Delhi, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) carried out an arbitrary demolition of a 600-year-old mosque at 6 am on Tuesday. In the early hours on January 31st, a centuries old mosque in Delhi’s Mehrauli, the Masjid Akhonji was abruptly demolished by officials from the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) under […]
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Tue 30 January 2024: Saudi Arabia has ordered its national oil company, Saudi Aramco, to decrease its crude oil production capacity by 1 million barrels per day (bpd), according to a statement on Tuesday. Aramco “received a directive from the Ministry of Energy to maintain its Maximum Sustainable Capacity (MSC) at 12 million bpd and […]
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Tue 30 January 2024: Amnesty International has urged donor countries to reverse their decision to suspend funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) following Israeli allegations, describing it “inhumane” and a “devastating blow” to more than 2 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports. The London-based rights group, in a statement issued late […]
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