Family photographs of some of those who died hang in a display in the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre in Rwanda’s capital. The resting place of the more than 800,000 people killed in the 1994 Rwanda genocide was among sites in three continents added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list as the United Nations cultural body […]
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Thu 21 September 2023: In an interview with US broadcaster Fox, crown prince says Palestinian issue still very important to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has said that his country was moving steadily closer to normalising relations with Israel, following similar moves from other Gulf countries, and amid a big push […]
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Wed 20 September 2023: The bill defines an array of punishments for violators of a mandatory dress code, including fines and prison terms. Tehran, Iran – Iran’s parliament has passed a new “hijab and chastity” bill that lays out punishment for people, especially women, who violate the country’s mandatory dress code rules. On Wednesday, lawmakers approved […]
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Wed 20 September 2023: Authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh say they have accepted a ceasefire proposed by the Russian peacekeeping mission in the contested region, Armenian media 24News reported. “With the mediation of the command of the Russian peacekeeping mission located in Nagorno-Karabakh, an agreement was reached on the complete cessation of military operations from 13:00 [09:00 […]
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Wed 20 September 2023: “Illegal separatist puppet regime must dissolve itself, and the Armenian armed forces stationed in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan must be disarmed,” Hikmet Hajiyev said on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. “Rights and security of civilians of Armenian descent in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan will be provided […]
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Wed 20 September 2023: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stressed in his speech, “UN Security Council is ‘no longer guarantor of world security’ but became ‘battleground’ for 5 permanent member states.” Hailing UN chief Guterres’ ‘New Agenda for Peace,’ Turkish President Erdoğan notes Türkiye’s ‘numerous initiatives to strengthen peace, stability’ Erdoğan added that :Indications of […]
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French journalist Ariane Lavrilleux co-authored an investigative series that published classified defence documents revealing a covert French-Egyptian operation in 2016 (Twitter) Wed 20 September 2023: Journalist Ariane Lavrilleux authored a report that said French intelligence had been misused by Egypt to target smugglers on the Libyan border and kill civilians. A French reporter has been […]
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Wed 20 September 2023: Canada PM Trudeau urges New Delhi to take issue seriously after India rejects accusations of involvement in killing. Sikh and Muslim leaders in Canada have called on the government to do more to prevent potential threats against their communities, after Ottawa announced a probe of possible links between India and the killing of […]
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Tue 19 September 2023: Houthi negotiators are planning to leave Riyadh on Tuesday, after a five-day round of talks with Saudi officials on a potential agreement paving the way to an end to the eight-year-old conflict in Yemen, four sources familiar with the plans said, Reuters reports. Some progress has been made on the main sticking points, […]
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Tue 19 September 2023: United Nations agencies yesterday warned that disease outbreaks could bring “a second devastating crisis” to Libya after a huge flash flood swept the coastal city of Derna, in the east of the country, killing more than 12,000 people, while thousands are still missing. The UN agencies warned that “traumatised residents, 30,000 […]
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