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Fourth day after disastrous storm, flash floods – Oman and UAE grapple with aftermath

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman are still grappling with the aftermath of a record-breaking storm that brought much of the region to a standstill.

Activists create ‘crime scene’ before Meta’s London HQ protesting its complicity in hate crimes

Meta’s London headquarters was stormed by activists of Indian origin, in protest against its complicity in spreading and profiting from hate-inciting Facebook posts and misinformation ahead of the 2024 Indian general election that starts on Friday.

‘Catastrophe unparalleled’: War in Sudan enters second year

It has been almost an year since the outbreak of the conflict in Sudan. The UN claims that it is currently "experiencing a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions."

Muslim student says US university cancelled valedictorian speech amid anti-Palestinian ‘hatred’

The University of Southern California has canceled its valedictorian speech from a Muslim student, Asna Tabassum, who said she was being silenced by anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian hatred.

Israel killed 6,000 mothers in Gaza, leaving 19,000 children orphaned: UN Women

Six months into the war on Gaza, over 10,000 women have been killed by Israel, among them an...

Protest against Adani’s ‘greenwashing’ at London Science Museum

Climate groups, the Indian diaspora organization South Asia Solidarity Group, and pro-Palestinian organizations protested the opening of a new gallery sponsored by the Indian conglomerate Gautam Adani's Green Energy at the London Science Museum. The Adani-sponsored gallery, named Adani Green Energy Gallery, opened on Monday, aims to showcase how renewable energy can combat climate change.

UN report says acts of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza has been met, calls for arms embargo on Israel

An advanced unedited version of a report on Gaza by UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese found that "there are reasonable grounds to believe that...
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Video| Palestinian boy assaulted by Israeli forces over ‘gun’ shirt

An undated video has been shared online of a Palestinian boy being assaulted and made to remove his shirt by an Israeli soldier because it had images of guns...

Hamas welcomes UNSC resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire

Palestinian resistance movement Hamas on Monday issued a statement welcoming the UN Security Council's resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
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UN SC passes resolution demanding ‘an immediate ceasefire’ during Ramadan after US abstains from voting

The United Nations Security Council on Monday finally adopted a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the month of Ramadan leading to a lasting sustainable ceasefire, and...

Gaza: Outrage against Israel runs high as reports of rape, torture and execution came out

Outrage against Israel's horrendous war crimes runs high as Al-Jazeera publishes heart-wrenching testimonies of Palestinians trapped inside the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza.
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Gaza genocide: Protests intensify in Jordan as Israel storms hospitals

Hundreds of Jordanians marched to the Israeli embassy in Amman on Sunday in protest against Israel’s latest storming of hospitals in Gaza and mounting civilian deaths.

Gaza: Nasser, al-Amal, al-Shifa hospitals ‘under complete Israeli siege’ for 24 hours

The Nasser, al-Shifa, and al-Amal Hospitals in Gaza have been under complete Israeli siege for the past 24 hours.
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Israel says no more UNRWA food convoys to north Gaza

The head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) stated on Sunday that Israel has informed that it will no longer approve any aid...

Nearly 100 orgs urge Meta to keep CrowdTangle as over half of world population heads to polls in 2024

Despite over half of the world's population preparing to vote this year, Meta's decision to abandon its election integrity tool CrowdTangle without offering alternative support for elections experts has been criticised by nearly a hundred organizations, journalists, and researchers in a letter to Meta.
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Israeli forces arrested 7,740 Palestinians in West Bank since October 7

The number of Palestinians arrested in the West Bank and occupied Quds has risen to more than 7,700 since October 7, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Society confirmed on Saturday.

“I will not give up,” at Rafah border to Gaza, UN’s Guterres calls for immediate ceasefire

UN Secretary-General António Guterres, at the Rafah border crossing into Gaza, declared that it is time for a ceasefire and an "ironclad commitment by Israel" to allow unhindered aid deliveries...
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