Tue 13 May 2025: Move comes as US administration largely closes refugee admissions from countries experiencing widespread violence and poverty. A group of 59 white Afrikaners from South Africa has arrived in the United States as part of a refugee programme set up by the administration of US President Donald Trump to offer sanctuary from what Trump […]
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Mon 12 May 2025: The Palestinian group says the US citizen was released “a short while ago following contacts with the US administration”. Edan Alexander was taken from his military base in southern Israel during Hamas’ cross-border attack on October 7, 2023, which set off the war in Gaza. His release would be the first […]
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Mon 12 May 2025: A group of 49 white South Africans has departed for the United States after being granted refugee status by the Trump administration. Johannesburg – A chartered flight carrying 49 white South Africans, identified as Afrikaners, departed for the United States on Sunday. This group is the first to take up an […]
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Mon 12 May 2025: India has consistently opposed third-party mediation on Kashmir, viewing it as a bilateral matter under the 1972 Shimla Agreement. New Delhi: A day after India and Pakistan agreed to halt their military action, US President Donald Trump doubled down on claiming credit, while also declaring that he would “work” with the two […]
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Mon 12 May 2025: Army aircraft were reportedly hovering above as the killings took place, showing command control of the operation. At least 130 civilians belonging to the Fulani ethnic group were killed by Burkina Faso’s army and allied militias near the western town of Solenzo in March, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. The […]
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Mon 12 May 2025: Move by Kurdish armed group follows February call by jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan to lay down arms. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has announced that it plans to disband and disarm, potentially bringing decades of conflict with Turkiye to an end. The move was reported on Monday by the Firat […]
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Mon 12 May 2025: At least 1,500 Palestinians in Gaza have lost their eyesight since the war began, according to the head of Gaza’s Eye Hospital. Dr Abdul Salam Sabbah told Al Jazeera Arabic that the ongoing Israeli assault has left thousands more at risk of going blind due to severe shortages in medical supplies […]
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Sun 11 May 2025: The new pope used phrases favoured by his predecessor, Francis, to call for an end to wars around the world. Pope Leo XIV has called for genuine peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff. “No more war,” Leo said […]
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Sun 11 May 2025: The US and Iran concluded the fourth round of diplomatic talks in the Omani capital Muscat on Sunday, officials from both sides confirmed. High-level diplomatic discussions, attended by Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and special envoy, lasted more than three hours and included both direct and indirect exchanges, […]
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Sun 11 May 2025: At least 62 people were confirmed dead and 50 remain missing after severe floods swept through villages along Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern South Kivu province, officials said Saturday. The deluge struck around 5 a.m. local time (0300GMT) Friday, when surging waters engulfed the village of Kasaba […]
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