Tue 07 October 2023: Malaysia said on Tuesday it will not recognise unilateral sanctions in response to a proposed US law to level sanctions against foreign supporters of Hamas and other militant groups operating in Palestine. The Hamas International Financing Prevention Act, aimed at cutting off international financing to the groups, was passed by the […]
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Mon 06 October 2023: The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on Friday that global food prices have dropped for the third consecutive month in October, although at a slower pace. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 120.3 points in October, reflecting a decrease of 0.5% from the previous month. The slight decline in […]
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Mon 06 October 2023: Pope Francis on Monday did not read a prepared speech at a meeting with European rabbis, saying he was not feeling well. “Good morning. I greet you all and I welcome you and thank you for this visit, which greatly pleases me. But it happens that I am not well and […]
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Mon 06 October 2023: The Cabinet has decided to recall South Africa’s diplomats in Israel for further consultations on the situation in Gaza. The Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni made the announcement in Pretoria when she briefed the media on the outcomes of last week’s cabinet meeting on Monday. Ntshavheni says Pretoria is disappointed […]
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Chinese Ambassador to the UN Zhang Jun, Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour and Russian Ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia speak before a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question at the UN Headquarters on October 18, 2023 in New York. Photo: VCG Mon 06 […]
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Mon 06 October 2023: Companies that provide satellite images to news organisations are restricting images of Gaza since Israeli forces began an advance in the area, despite having no problem disseminating similar images of Russian forces in Ukraine. The images have been key to understanding how Israeli ground operations have been developing but, beginning on […]
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Sun 05 October 2023: The Palestinian Authority (PA) could return to power in the Gaza Strip only if a “comprehensive political solution” is found to the Israel-Palestine conflict, according to PA President Mahmoud Abbas. Abbas on Sunday met with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is on yet another tour of the region […]
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Sun 05 October 2023: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has denied that Ukraine’s war with Russia had reached a “stalemate”, pushing back at suggestions Western leaders were lobbying for peace talks. The sprawling front line between the two warring sides has barely moved in almost a […]
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Sun 05 October 2023: Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip will cost as much as 200 billion shekels ($51 billion), the Calcalist financial newspaper reported on Sunday, citing preliminary Finance Ministry figures. The daily said the estimate, equal to 10% of gross domestic product, was premised on the war lasting between eight to […]
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Israel Defence Forces. Sun 05 October 2023: The bloodier, and likely more protracted stage of the war, will likely include Israeli forays into Hamas tunnels. Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza started last week as a slow, rolling, gradual advance of land forces along three main axes: from the north, armoured and mechanised units moved at […]
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