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Half of Gaza’s population ‘starving’, food relief a ‘drop in the ocean’ of need: WFP

The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has said half of Gaza’s population – estimated to be some 2.3 million people – are starving.

After Columbia, Pro-Palestine protests expand to major US universities

Students of major universities in the United States have launched pro-Palestinian protests demanding divestment from companies involved in...

Leicester Ram Navami procession: Muslim groups seek police action against Hindutva mob for Islamophobic chants

Multiple Muslim organisations lodged complaints with Leicestershire police seeking action against a Hindutva mob for their Islamophobic chants raised during Ram Navami procession.

Setback for BJP as foreign parliamentarians demand action on human rights violations in India

Parliamentarians from several countries have come together to express their profound concern over escalating human rights violations in India.

Two days after Israeli forces pronounced him dead, Abu Shujaa appears ‘alive’ in Tulkarm

Earlier this week, Israeli occupation forces carried out a brutal three-day raid of Tulkarm's Nour Shams refugee camp. During the onslaught, Israeli soldiers carried out mass arrests to end rebellious movements in the occupied West Bank.

India conducted targeted killings in Pakistan, claims report

The Indian government assassinated individuals in Pakistan as part of ‘a wider strategy to eliminate terrorists living on foreign soil’, according to Indian and Pakistani intelligence operatives who spoke to the Guardian.

World Central Kitchen joins calls for independent investigation into aid worker killings by Israeli military

On Thursday, World Central Kitchen (WCK) released a statement calling for an “independent, third-party investigation” into attacks that killed seven of its staff in Gaza by the Israel military....
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Katchatheevu row internal political debate, dispute settled 50 years ago, says Sri Lankan FM

After a week of silence, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said on Wednesday that the political row over Katchatheevu happening in India was an internal political debate about...

Palestine renews push for United Nations membership

Amidst the genocidal war in Gaza, on Tuesday, the State of Palestine sent a letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations requesting consideration of their membership application...
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Iran’s president says Israel’s Syria strike ‘will not go unanswered’

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi condemned the Israeli strike on his country's consulate in Damascus, Syria, saying the "cowardly crime will not go unanswered".

Al-Shifa Medical Complex Witnesses One of the Largest Massacres in Palestinian History: Euro-Med Monitor

Though the exact number of casualties from the atrocity is still unknown, preliminary reports suggest that over 1,500 Palestinians have been killed, injured, or are reported missing as a...
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Israeli parliament passes law paving way for Al Jazeera ban, Netanyahu vows to “act immediately”

Following the Israeli parliament's approval of a law enabling senior ministers to close foreign news outlets considered a security threat, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed to shut...

Five aid workers, including four foreigners, killed in Israeli attack

At least four foreign aid workers and a Palestinian associated with World Central Kitchen were killed in an Israel attack in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central...
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Israeli military withdraws from Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital after two-week-long deadly siege

The Israeli army on Monday confirmed that it has withdrawn from Al-Shifa Hospital and its vicinity in Gaza City, ending a two-week-long siege on the medical complex that leaves a trail...

Over 400 Pales­tini­ans killed in Is­rael’s siege on Gaza’s al-Shi­fa Hos­pi­tal

Gaza’s media office said more than 400 people – patients, war-displaced and healthcare staff – have been killed in Israeli attacks during 13-day siege of al-Shifa Hospital.
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Israel seized 6,672 acres of Palestinian land in occupied West Bank since 7 October: Report

Israel has seized 27,000 dunams (27 square kilometres or 6,672 acres) of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank since October 7, according a Land Day statement by the Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission (CWRC).

US quietly approves more bombs, fighter jets worth billions for Israel: Report

Despite growing worldwide calls for an arms embargo, the Biden administration in recent days has approved the transfer of billions of dollars worth of new weapons shipments to Israel,...
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