Sat 06 July 2024: Amid growing anger among the local populace, more cases of sexual abuse by U.S. forces deployed in Japan have emerged. Tokyo expressed “regret” and said such incidents “cannot be justified.” Hayashi Yoshimasa, government spokesman, revealed at a news conference in Tokyo that five cases of sexual abuse by U.S. forces were detected last year in Japan. “Since […]
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Sat 06 July 2024: The Israeli army has seized control of over one-quarter of the Gaza Strip, Haaretz newspaper said on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. The daily, based on the analysis of satellite photographs and other sources of information, said Israeli army forces are now in control of 26 per cent of Gaza’s territory. The army has been expanding […]
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Sat 06 July 2024: Iran’s president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian has committed to uniting all Iranians in his first statement following his victory over hardline opponent Saeed Jalili in a run-off election. “The difficult path ahead will not be smooth except with your companionship, empathy, and trust. I extend my hand to you,” Pezeshkian posted on X […]
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Fri 05 July 2024: Brazilian federal police, on Thursday, formally accused former President, Jair Bolsonaro, of embezzlement for allegedly misappropriating jewellery he received while head of state, including luxury items given by the Saudi Arabian government, two police sources said. This is the second time police have formally accused Bolsonaro of a crime. He was charged in […]
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Fri 05 July 2024: Four additional Mpox cases have been reported in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, with infections expected to rise as contact tracing efforts are stepped up. This pushes the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases of Mpox in South Africa to 20 since the outbreak in May 2024. According to the Department of Health’s data, […]
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Fri 05 July 2024: At least 89 migrants and refugees heading for Europe have died, with dozens more missing, after their boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania, state media reports. The fishing boat overturned on Monday about 4km (2.4 miles) from the southwestern coastal city of Ndiago in Mauritania. The Mauritanian coastguard recovered 89 […]
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Fri 05 July 2024: The Labour Party has secured a landslide victory in the UK election to end 14 years of Conservative rule. “We did it!” Keir Starmer, the Labour leader and incoming prime minister, said in his victory speech. “Change begins now.” Outgoing Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak concedes defeat, says he will step down as leader […]
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Indonesian Muslim scholar Abu Bakar Bashir was freed on 08 January 2021 after completing his prison term. Fri 05 July 2024: Senior members of Jemaah Islamiyah, the Southeast Asian armed group blamed for the deadly Bali bombings, announced they’re disbanding. A report from the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) on Thursday confirmed the […]
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Fri 05 July 2024: The war in Gaza has resulted in the displacement of almost 90 per cent of the enclave’s Palestinian residents, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA. The head of the agency in the occupied Palestinian territories, Andrea De Domenico, reported yesterday that around 1.9 million people […]
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Fri 05 July 2024: More than 136,000 people have fled Sudan’s Sennar state in the south-east of the country since the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces began a series of attacks on towns, the UN said on Wednesday. This is the latest wave of displacement caused by Sudan’s almost 15-month long civil war, Reuters has reported. They join […]
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