Sat 24 September 2022: In the eastern Kharkiv region, Ukrainian officials announced on Friday that 447 bodies had been exhumed from a mass grave in Izyum, recently liberated from Russia. “In Izyum, the exhumation of all bodies at the mass burial site has been completed,” Kharkiv regional prosecutors said on social media. “During September 16-23, 447 bodies of the […]
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Sat 24 September 2022: The leaked documents, obtained by Al Jazeera, reveal how party officials smear and intimidate rivals. Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit) has obtained the largest leak in British political history, exposing how unelected officials undermined democracy within the Labour Party. The leaked data comprises 500 gigabytes of documents, emails, video and audio […]
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The launching ceremony of the Women in Conflict Initiative, launched by the Qatar Fund for Development. Women in Conflict Zones seeks to empower women in conflict areas through humanitarian aid and developmental assistance. The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), along with other strategic partners, has launched a new global initiative that will back the empowerment […]
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Fri 23 September 2022: At least 71 people died when the migrant boat they were aboard sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon earlier this week, the Lebanese Transport Minister said, as search operations continued on Friday, Reuters reports. It marks the deadliest such voyage yet from Lebanon, where mounting economic desperation has led many to board often rickety […]
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Fri 23 September 2022: Israel is preparing for the expected increase in the number of Jewish immigrants from Russia, following President Vladimir Putin’s decision of a partial military mobilisation of the Russian population into the army. Pnina Tamano-Shata, the Israeli Minister of Immigration and Absorption, told the Ynet news website on Thursday that her Ministry is discussing […]
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Fri 23 September 2022: Turkiye has sold and delivered drones to the United Arab Emirates, eight months after Ankara and Abu Dhabi reconciled and restored relations, Reuters has reported. Anonymous Turkish sources have confirmed that the Baykar Company delivered twenty of its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to the UAE earlier this month. There is the potential to […]
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Fri 23 September 2022: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday it was terrible that Mahsa Amini, 22, died in police custody in Tehran last week after being arrested for wearing “unsuitable attire”. “I am also saddened by the victims of the Iran protests by courageous women,” Scholz tweeted. “No matter where in the world: women must be able to […]
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Fri 23 September 2022: Social media played a huge part in adding fuel to the communal fire in Leicester city (UK) that witnessed riots between Hindus and Muslim last week. A BBC journalist from the UK, investigating the incident, in a random sample, found that 50% of tweets with hashtags in fact originated from Twitter […]
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Fri 23 September 2022: A group of hundreds of civil society groups has written an open letter to United Nations chief Antonio Guterres telling him to stop UN agencies, funds and others connected with the organisation from engaging with the generals who seized control of the country from its elected government in a coup last […]
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Fri 23 September 2022: The World Health Organization’s director-general stated on Thursday that the end of COVID-19 does not mean the end of the disease, but that the world is in a better position than before as weekly pandemic deaths decline, Anadolu Agency reported. During a press webinar, WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus stated that weekly […]
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