Thu 06 Apr 2023: The Israeli army on Thursday said that at least 30 rockets were fired from southern Lebanon toward Israel. Warning sirens had sounded in the town of Shlomi and in Moshav Betzet in northern Israel, the army said. It was the first rockets were fired from Lebanon towards Israel since last April. […]
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Thu 06 Apr 2023: The head of Russia’s private Wagner militia said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces were not abandoning the city of Bakhmut but that, even if they did, he would need more support from the regular military before trying to advance further. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had on Wednesday raised the prospect of a […]
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Thu 06 Apr 2023: Pope Francis, who appeared fully recovered from bronchitis, began an intense four-day period leading up to Easter on Thursday, urging priests to avoid fomenting division in the Church and instead seek harmony if they wanted to win back lapsed faithful. Francis, 86, was admitted to the hospital last week for bronchitis […]
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Thu 06 Apr 2023: Saudi Arabia’s Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and Iran’s Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met in Beijing to discuss the reopening of embassies, the appointment of ambassadors and a planned visit to Saudi Arabia by Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s president. They also discussed resuming flights between the two countries and issuing travel visas for each others’ […]
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Thu 06 Apr 2023: Pakistan’s foreign office has criticised British Home Secretary Suella Braverman for “discriminatory and xenophobic” comments after she said that British Pakistani men “hold cultural values at odds with British values”. In an interview with Sky News on Monday, Braverman also alleged British Pakistani men worked in child abuse rings or networks […]
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Thu 06 Apr 2023: Armed Israeli police stormed the prayer hall of Al-Aqsa Mosque, attacking Palestinian worshippers for the second night in a row. Videos from the holy site have begun to emerge, showing a scene reminiscent of the night earlier, when Israeli police armed with batons, tear gas grenades and smoke bombs, burst into […]
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Wed 05 Apr 2023: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was “shocked and appalled” by images he saw of Israeli security forces beating people at the Al-Aqsa mosque in the old city of Jerusalem, his spokesman said Wednesday. Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Guterres viewed images of the “violence and beating” within the holy site and found it […]
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Wed 05 Apr 2023: The Red Cross announced Tuesday that it would cut 1,500 jobs over the next 12 months in a drive to slash costs due to to a funding crunch. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said an expected drop in humanitarian assistance budgets over the next two years was forcing it […]
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Finnish Foreign Affairs Minister Pekka Haavisto (L) shakes hands with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, flanked by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (C) as he hands over Finland’s accession to NATO documents, Johanna Geron | Afp | Getty Images Wed 05 Apr 2023: Finland‘s official accession into NATO and Sweden‘s continued efforts to join the alliance has ended […]
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Wed 05 Apr 2023: Jacinda Ardern, the former leader of New Zealand, announced her resignation from the legislature on Wednesday, capping a career marked by compassionate leadership during difficult times despite receiving increasing online abuse. Earlier this year, Ardern shocked New Zealand by announcing her resignation as prime minister and exit from politics, claiming she […]
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