A woman looks through the debris after the Myanmar military bombed a camp for displaced people in the country’s north in October [File: AFP] Sat 23 December 2023: Amnesty International has said the Myanmar military should be investigated for war crimes over a new offensive by an alliance of ethnic armed groups and anti-coup […]
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Sat 23 December 2023: Palestinian fighters are engaged in close-quarters, urban warfare in their attempt to blunt Israel’s advance in the north of the Gaza Strip, and claimed victory when an Israeli battalion was rotated out of the Palestinian territory for a “rest”, according to war monitors. As Israeli forces attempt to clear the Jabalia […]
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Fri 22 December 2023: Turkey has arrested hundreds of people suspected of having links to ISIS (ISIL). The roundup was carried out in operations across 32 provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Friday. Ankara has ramped up operations against the armed group and Kurdish groups during the war in Gaza and after a bomb […]
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Fri 22 December 2023: The last French troops in Niger have withdrawn, marking an end to more than a decade of French operations to fight armed groups in West Africa’s Sahel region. “Today’s date … marks the end of the disengagement process of French forces in the Sahel,” Niger army Lieutenant Salim Ibrahim said on […]
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Fri 22 December 2023: When the new Maldives president, Mohamed Muizzu, stepped on a plane in late November for his first overseas visit since being sworn in barely a week earlier, he was breaking with a longstanding tradition in his country’s diplomatic practices. Across party lines, Maldivian presidents have long made India their first port of […]
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There are no tourists on Bethlehem’s streets and churches have announced the cancellation of all Christmas festivities amid the continuing Israeli assault on Gaza [Mosab Shawer/Al Jazeera] Fri 22 December 2023: Bethlehem, occupied West Bank – Revered as the birthplace of Christ, the town of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank is usually bustling with thousands […]
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Thu 21 December 2023: Due to disagreements over oil production quotas, Angola will leave OPEC, according to Oil Minister Diamantino Pedro Azevedo. According to ANGOP news agency, the decision was made during a meeting of the Council of Ministers that was presided over by President Joao Lourenco of Angola. Azevedo told state broadcaster TPA that […]
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Thu 21 December 2023: Ukrainian men living abroad will be invited to return to the country for military service, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said on Thursday. The minister said Ukrainian men aged between 25 and 60, who are living abroad, will receive an invitation in the coming weeks to report to the recruitment centers. “We […]
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Thu 21 December 2023: I hate conspiracy theories and fake news. They degrade my profession as a journalist and incite fear, hate and tribulation with the deliberate intention of causing a public backlash. Naturally, there have been all sorts of speculation and rumour around the war in Gaza and the 7 October surprise Hamas attack […]
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Thu 21 December 2023: Social media giant Meta has systematically censored pro-Palestine voices during the current Israel-Palestinian conflict, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The report alleges that Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has pulled down or suppressed hundreds of pro-Palestine posts due to flawed content moderation policies, poor implementation, […]
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