Fri 27 October 2023: Malaysia’s communications regulator is set to issue a warning to tech giant Meta and popular short-form video hosting service TikTok over allegedly restricting content supporting the Palestinians on their respective platforms, its communications minister said on Thursday (Oct 26). Fahmi Fadzil took to his official X account and said that he […]
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Fri 27 October 2023: Approval for U.S. President Joe Biden among his fellow Democrats has fallen to its lowest point during his nearly three years in office amid his handling of the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip, according to a poll released Thursday. Biden’s approval plummeted 11% among Democrats since September to hit the […]
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Thu 26 October 2023: A Qatar court has handed a death sentence to eight former Indian Navy officers, who have been detained in the country since August 2022. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday, October 26, said that it is deeply shocked and is awaiting the detailed judgement by the Court of First […]
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Thu 26 October 2023: Russia’s military has conducted a “massive” retaliatory nuclear strike drill, hours after the upper house of parliament voted to revoke the country’s ratification of a global ban on nuclear testing. The exercise, which involved the test launch of missiles from a land-based silo, a nuclear submarine and from long-range bomber aircraft, was overseen […]
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Thu 26 October 2023: The meeting by EU leaders on Thursday will centre on the call for a “humanitarian pause” in Israel’s war with Hamas. After days of negotiations, a draft statement for the summit will reportedly call “for continued, rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access and aid to reach those in need through all […]
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Thu 26 October 2023: Oxfam has renewed its call for essential goods to enter the besieged Gaza Strip and said starvation was being used as a “weapon of war” after Israel cut off supplies of food, water, electricity and fuel to the territory. Israel imposed a “complete siege” on Gaza after Hamas fighters launched an […]
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Wed 25 October 2023: In the last few moments, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has held a brief news conference addressing the controversial comments he made yesterday. He has been criticised by Israeli officials – with some calling for him to resign – after saying the deadly Hamas attack on the country “did not happen […]
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Wed 25 October 2023: China has announced the official removal of defence minister Li Shangfu, who has not been seen in public since late August. State media said President Xi Jinping signed a presidential decree to dismiss 65-year-old Li from his post as defence minister on Tuesday. He also lost his other political positions, including as […]
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Wed 25 October 2023: Anti-Black racism is on the rise throughout Europe, with nearly half of people of African descent facing discrimination in their daily lives, a report has found. The survey, commissioned by the European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), revealed that 46 percent of first and second-generation Black immigrants in 13 EU countries have […]
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Wed 25 October 2023: Days after the US announced new sanctions on Hamas members, operatives and financial facilitators, Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo says the country aims to build an international coalition to target the group’s financing. “Our goal is to build a coalition with countries both in the region but also around the world […]
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