Mon 23 October 2023: Oil prices slid by more than $1 on Monday as diplomatic efforts grew over the weekend to contain the conflict between Israel and Hamas amid worries of a wider confrontation in the oil-rich region. Brent crude futures fell by 67 cents to $91.49 a barrel, as of 02:03 GMT, having lost […]
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Sun 22 October 2023: A second aid convoy has crossed the Rafah border crossing and entered Gaza on Sunday as Joe Biden holds further talks with Benjamin Netanyahu. Announcing the crossing of 14 additional aid trucks with aid provided by the Egyptian Red Crescent and the United Nations, UN aid chief Martin Griffiths said: Another small glimmer of hope for […]
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Sun 22 October 2023: Disclaimer: A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While Independent Press takes utmost care to accurately report this developing news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos. Further evidence uncovered by a UN investigation […]
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Sun 22 October 2023: Tehran, Iran – Two female journalists in Iran have received preliminary prison sentences for national security charges over cases linked with the Mahsa Amini protests. The journalists, Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, were arrested in September 2022, days after protests broke out across Iran following the death of 22-year-old Amini in police custody. […]
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Palestinians in North Gaza receive stern warnings from Israel‘s military, urging them to relocate South, or face potential association with a “terrorist organization.” Sun 22 October 2023: Israel pounded southern Gaza with airstrikes early on Sunday and said it would intensify attacks in the enclave’s north, as prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his cabinet […]
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Sun 22 October 2023: The US is deploying additional air defence systems to the Middle East in response to escalations in the region, according to reports from the Pentagon. In a statement issued on Saturday night local time, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said he had “activated the deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) […]
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Sat 21 October 2023: Voters in the top seven swing states are rejecting the Bidenomics message that’s central to President Joe Biden’s reelection bid, according to a poll out Thursday from Bloomberg News and Morning Consult. What’s important in a presidential election isn’t national polling, but how the candidates are doing in the swing states […]
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Sat 21 October 2023: A US intelligence report that has been shared with around 100 countries claims that Russia is undermining public confidence in elections across the globe through its spy network, state-run media, and social media. “Russia is focused on carrying out operations to degrade public confidence in election integrity,” said the report released on […]
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Sat 21 October 2023: The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has told the Cairo peace summit that the time has come for “action to end this Godawful nightmare” and called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. “I appeal for a humanitarian ceasefire now,” he said. Yesterday, he said, he saw food trucks lining up at the […]
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Sat 21 October 2023: There is a sense of a monumental breakthrough after days of protests, campaigns and diplomacy after the first aid trucks begin to make their way through the Rafah border crossing and into Gaza from Egypt. But with only 20 aid trucks expected to enter today, the relief will be short-lived. This […]
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