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Turkey halts all trade with Israel over ‘humanitarian tragedy’ in Gaza

Turkey suspended all trade with Israel effective immediately over the humanitarian crisis it has caused in Gaza, the Turkish trade ministry announced on Thursday. “Export and import transactions related to Israel have...

It will take until 2040 to repair destroyed homes in Gaza: UN

If the war in Gaza stopped today, it would still take until 2040 to rebuild all the homes...

India backs Palestine’s bid for full membership of UN

India on Wednesday said it hoped that Palestine’s application to become a full member of the United Nations would be reconsidered and endorsed.

Over 1,600 arrests at student-led Palestine protests on 30 US campuses: Report

The Associated Press news agency reported that police made arrests at least 38 times on US campuses since...

KFC shuts over 100 outlets in Malaysia over pro-Palestine boycott

American fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has temporarily shut over 100 restaurants in Malaysia as U.S.-linked businesses around the world face battering amid boycotts in favor of Palestine, triggered by the ongoing genocidal war in Gaza.

Ukraine: Stranded Indian students dispirited by government apathy

Mahek Shaikh, a medical student of Sumy State University in Ukraine who hails from Mumbai reported about a huge explosion near International Students’ Hostel on Thursday — 3 March...

Biden urged to revoke seizure of Afghan funds, prevent ‘catastrophe’

A coalition of more than 80 humanitarian groups implored U.S. President Joe Biden this week to revoke his executive order that would permanently seize $7 billion in frozen Afghan central bank assets and split the money between the families of 9/11 victims and an ill-defined trust fund ostensibly formed to benefit the people of Afghanistan.
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Russia blocking access to Facebook, Twitter

Russia’s communications regulator has blocked Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook in response to what it said were restrictions of access to Russian media on its platform.

Pakistan: At least 56 killed in bombing at Shi’ite mosque

A suicide bombing at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Pakistan's Peshawar killed at least 56 people and injured nearly 200. Two armed men fired at the police near the...
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Cricket legend Shane Warne dies at 52

Australian cricket legend, Shane Warne, dies of ‘suspected heart attack’, aged 52.

Ukraine officials: Nuclear plant on fire after Russian shelling

Ukraine officials and news agencies Thursday night report that at least a section of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is on fire following shelling by Russian troops during an ongoing...
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UN rights chief calls for ceasefire in Ukraine

Russia’s military attack on Ukraine has “opened a new and dangerous chapter in world history,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet told an urgent debate on Thursday, leading calls for a ceasefire.

To spare Afghanistan, world must engage with Taliban, Lyons tells Security Council

Six months after the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, it is time for concerned countries to deepen their engagement with the country’s new authorities and take action to prevent an irreversible economic collapse, the top UN official in Kabul told the Security Council on Wednesday.
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175 nations to agree on ‘historic’ plastic pollution treaty

JULIA CONLEY The vast majority of the world's countries agreed Wednesday to forge a legally-binding global treaty restricting plastic pollution, in a move one official said demonstrated "multilateral cooperation at its best." Negotiators representing...

War crimes in Ukraine; Russia faces ICC probe

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has confirmed he would immediately open an investigation into possible war crimes committed in Ukraine,
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Germany’s €100-billion army fund: a remarkable change in post-war policy in response to the Ukraine crisis

Ed Turner, Aston University If you’d asked experts just a fortnight ago what the key features of Germany’s approach to foreign and defence policy were, there would have been several...

Russian police detain children for anti-war signs at Ukrainian embassy

Children have been detained by Russian police for laying flowers and anti-war signs at the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow.
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