ISRAEL EXPECTED TO PRESENT NEW GAZA WITHDRAWAL MAP IN DOHA TALKS

Sun 13 July 2025: Israel is expected to present a new withdrawal map during ceasefire negotiations in Qatar, after talks stalled over Tel Aviv’s insistence on maintaining control of a large area along the Gaza Strip, media reports said Saturday. Israel’s Channel 12 said mediators are waiting for the new map to be submitted by […]

Continue Reading

UKRAINE’S ZELENSKYY ANNOUNCES US WEAPONS SHIPMENTS HAVE RESUMED

Sat 12 July 2025: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced Friday that the US resumed military aid shipments to Ukraine. “We have received political signals at the highest level – good signals – including from the United States and from our European friends. According to all reports, aid shipments have been restored,” he said on Telegram. Ukrainian […]

Continue Reading

AMBER HEAT HEALTH ALERT ISSUED ACROSS SOUTHERN UK AMID RISK OF INCREASED DEATHS

Sat 12 July 2025: UK authorities on Friday issued an amber heat health alert for large parts of England, warning that the ongoing heatwave could lead to increased deaths. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) raised the alert level from yellow to amber for several regions, including London, the East and West Midlands, East of […]

Continue Reading

SOUTHEAST ASIAN BLOC REITERATES SUPPORT FOR VOLUNTARY RETURN OF DISPLACED ROHINGYA TO MYANMAR

Sat 12 July 2025: More than a million ethnic Rohingya, who are mostly Muslims, have fled Myanmar over past decade due to oppression ISTANBUL Top diplomats of Southeast Asian nations Friday reiterated “continued support” to security for all communities in Myanmar’s Rakhine state “as effectively as possible and facilitating the voluntary return” of the displaced […]

Continue Reading

GAZA’S POPULATION DROPS BY 10% AMID ISRAEL’S GENOCIDAL WAR

Sat 12 July 2025: Gaza‘s population has dropped by 10% as Israel continued its destructive war on the Palestinian enclave, official figures showed on Thursday. “Palestine, specifically the Gaza Strip, is suffering an unprecedented humanitarian and demographic catastrophe due to the ongoing Israeli aggression since October 2023,” the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics said in a statement. The bureau said […]

Continue Reading

PKK TERRORISTS HAND OVER THEIR WEAPONS DURING CEREMONY IN NORTHERN IRAQ

Fri 11 July 2025: Dozens of PKK terrorists handed over their weapons in a ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday, marking a symbolic but significant first step toward ending a decades-long armed campaign against the Turkish state. PKK terrorists destroyed their weapons at a ceremony in mountainous Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday, an AFP correspondent said. “PKK terrorists, four of whom were commanders, burned […]

Continue Reading

SAND, DUST STORMS WORSENING, AFFECTING 330M GLOBALLY, WARNS UN AGENCY

Fri 11 July 2025: Sand and dust storms are escalating in intensity and frequency, threatening the health and livelihoods of hundreds of millions across the globe, according to a new report released Thursday by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The Airborne Dust Bulletin revealed that around 330 million people in more than 150 countries are affected by this airborne hazard […]

Continue Reading

ASSAM EVICTIONS RAISE HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS

Fri 11 July 2025: Hundreds of families, mostly Bengali-origin Muslims, have been displaced in recent operations, sparking fears over what critics call an undemocratic process and a lack of humane consideration. Hundreds of families, the majority of whom are Bengali-origin Muslims, have been forcibly displaced from their homes in Assam, India, following large-scale eviction drives […]

Continue Reading

‘NO ONE IS SAFE’: CIVILIANS, FOREIGNERS CAUGHT IN ESCALATING MALI VIOLENCE

Fri 11 July 2025: As army and armed groups clash, Indian nationals are taken ‘hostage’, raising concerns Mali’s crisis may resonate beyond the region. Sikasso, Mali – The Kayes region, which borders Senegal and is vital to Mali’s economy, had remained largely untouched by the violence from armed groups that has rocked the country for several […]

Continue Reading

MAHMOUD KHALIL SUING TRUMP ADMIN FOR ‘POLITICALLY MOTIVATED ARREST, DETENTION’

Fri 11 July 2025: Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student who was detained as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestine advocacy in the US, is seeking $20m “to help others similarly targeted”, his lawyers say. “He would accept, in lieu of payment, an official apology and abandonment of the administration’s unconstitutional policy”, the […]

Continue Reading