Fri 16 May 2025: A US jury sentenced Hadi Matar, the man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie during a 2022 lecture in New York, to 25 years in prison on Friday following his conviction for attempted murder and assault, US media reported. Matar, a dual US-Lebanese citizen, was found guilty in February 2025 after an […]
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Fri 16 May 2025: A new study revealed that 40% of Israelis are considering leaving the occupied territories, amid a grim picture for the future driven by growing insecurity following Hamas’s Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, political instability as well as economic hardship. According to a new research from Ci Marketing published on Wednesday, around 40% of […]
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Fri 16 May 2025: Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) claims attack on Djibo military outpost, SITE Intelligence Group says. An al-Qaeda affiliate has claimed it killed 200 soldiers in an attack on a Burkina Faso army base this week, according to an NGO that tracks armed groups’ online activity. The base in the northern […]
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Fri 16 May 2025: Israel is expanding the “buffer zone” in Gaza, which now accounts for approximately 35% of the enclave’s total area of 360 square kilometers, an Israeli broadcaster said in its report on Wednesday, Anadolu reports. “While international discourse remains preoccupied with whether Israel will carry out a full-scale ground invasion in Gaza, the reality […]
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Fri 16 May 2025: Trump administration welcomes first batch of white Afrikaners while US cuts off refugee programmes to other countries. Johannesburg, South Africa – On a chilly Sunday evening in Johannesburg, OR Tambo International Airport was filled with tourists and travellers entering and exiting South Africa’s busiest airport. On one side of the international […]
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Fri 16 May 2025: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday pledged a renewed crackdown on migrant smuggling gangs during a visit to Albania, highlighting the country’s commitment to combating illegal crossings to Britain. Speaking to broadcasters in Albania, Starmer defended the UK’s financial investment abroad aimed at preventing irregular migrants from reaching the north […]
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Thu 15 May 2025: Around 90 per cent of Gaza’s 2.4 million population has been forcibly displaced by Israel’s ongoing war on the enclave, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said today. As Palestinians mark the 77th anniversary of their expulsion from their towns in historical Palestine after attacks by Zionist gangs and the […]
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Thu 15 May 2025: US President Donald Trump said today that the United States was getting very close to securing a nuclear deal with Iran, and Tehran had “sort of” agreed to the terms, Reuters reports. “We’re in very serious negotiations with Iran for long-term peace,” Trump said on a tour of the Gulf, according to a […]
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Thu 15 May 2025: Police say the trio espoused hatred for Muslims and immigrants and discussed attacking mosques or synagogues. Police in the United Kingdom say three men have been convicted of planning to carry out an attack on mosques or synagogues in anticipation of a coming race war. Brogan Stewart and Marco Pitzettu, both […]
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Thu 15 May 2025: RSF drone strikes on Port Sudan have raised regional tensions and put a spotlight on the country’s booming gold economy. On May 4, Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a barrage of suicide drones at Port Sudan, the army’s de facto wartime capital on the Red Sea. The Sudanese Armed […]
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