Thu 27 June 2024: A French court on Wednesday upheld an arrest warrant against Syrian regime leader Bashar al-Assad, accusing him of complicity in a 2013 chemical attack in Eastern Ghouta. The Paris Court of Appeal rejected an application by France’s National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) to annul the warrant, which argued that Assad has […]
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Thu 27 June 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan – A court in Pakistan has rejected an appeal by former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to suspend a February ruling that their 2018 marriage violated Islamic law. The decision by the court in Islamabad on Thursday means that Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, will remain […]
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Thu 27 June 2024: Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett yesterday called on Israelis not to leave Israel, “which is going through its most difficult times since 1948”. “We are in the most difficult period since the War of Independence: Change in the war, international boycotts, damage to deterrence, 120 Israelis in captivity, thousands of […]
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Thu 27 June 2024: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer faced off in a heated debate on Wednesday, exchanging personal attacks as they made their final pitches to voters ahead of next week’s election. Trailing in the polls by around 20 points, Sunak accused Starmer of dishonesty on issues like migration, […]
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Thu 27 June 2024: North Korea has announced the successful test of a multiwarhead missile, a weapon capable of overwhelming U.S. missile defenses, despite South Korea and Japan reporting the launch as a failure. The state news agency KCNA reported that on Wednesday, North Korea “successfully conducted the separation and guidance control test of individual […]
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Thu 27 June 2024: Kenyan police have set up roadblocks around the presidential palace following intense protests. Reuters reported an army vehicle in the capital’s central business district, a hotspot for Tuesday’s demonstrations, as the government deployed the military to assist police in managing the situation. On Wednesday, President Ruto made a surprising reversal by […]
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Wed 26 June 2024: The UK Conservative Party has withdrawn support from two candidates due to an election date betting scandal, according to reports on Tuesday. A party spokesperson confirmed that Craig Williams and Laura Saunders would no longer receive backing for the general elections on July 4. This decision follows allegations of their involvement […]
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Wed 26 June 2024: An average of 10 Palestinian children a day are losing one or both legs, the Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has revealed. “This gives you an idea of the scope of the type of childhood, a child can have in Gaza,” said Philippe Lazzarini. […]
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Wed 26 June 2024: A year after Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s murder, court cases in Canada and US focusing on alleged Indian overseas murder plots is testing New Delhi’s ties with Ottawa and Washington. A year after Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed outside a community shrine near Vancouver, a series of diplomatic and […]
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Wed 26 June 2024: Russia has banned 81 media outlets from European Union countries in response to broadcast bans imposed on several Russian state media outlets by Brussels last month. The 27-member bloc had banned four Russian media outlets from broadcasting in May for what it called the spread of propaganda about the war in […]
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