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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.

New airport threatens historical ruins of Machu Picchu

Archeologists are warning that the newly proposed airport to transport visitors to the tourist site may actually cause significant harm to the historical ruins.

Ethiopia’s clothes factory workers: Worst paid in world

As Ethiopia seeks to become the continent's leading manufacturing hub, it has sold investors on workers' willingness to toil for less than half the salary of tailors in Bangladesh, said the report by New York University's Stern Center
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Brazil: students and teachers protest education budget cuts

On May 15 students and university professors will hold a strike against the alterations to education and culture, which are suffering from what critics say is ideological warfare from Bolsonaro who openly celebrates the country's prior military dictatorship, has continually made transphobic and homophobic comments, and has called for an end to studies in philosophy and politics.

Reuters journalists jailed for reporting on Rohingyas, released

The journalists were released at the prison to representatives of Reuters and to Lord Ara Darzi, a British surgeon, and health care expert who has served as a member of an advisory group to Myanmar’s government on reforms in Rakhine State.
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Pregnant Palestinian woman, baby killed in Israeli raids on Gaza

Some two million Palestinians live in Gaza, whose economy has suffered years of blockades as well as recent foreign aid cuts. Unemployment stands at 52 percent, according to the World Bank, and poverty is rampant.

The first three months of 2019 in Kashmir witnessed 162 killings: report

In January – 2 civilians, 17 militants and 8 security forces personnel were killed, In February – 5 civilians, 22 militants and 60 security forces personnel were killed and in March – 14 civilians, 19 militants and 15 security forces personnel lost their lives.
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‘Hands off Ilhan’: black women in solidarity with Ilhan Omar

The protest came as a moment of Black women’s unity in the face of Islamophobic misogynoir, with speakers such as Representative Ayanna Pressley contextualizing the attacks on Omar as part of a long-standing pattern of silencing of Black women’s voices.

Sri Lanka bans all face coverings to facilitate Suspect IDing

The Sri Lankan government informed it enlisted the support of Muslim religious leaders before deciding in favor of the blanket ban, as the clerics asked women to follow this resolution as backlash against the Muslim minority, which constitutes 9.7 percent is a likely threat.
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San Diego Synagogue shooter inspired by New Zealand shooter

The suspect was identified as John Earnest, 19, of San Diego, the apparent author of a "manifesto" who claimed to have set a nearby mosque on fire last month and professed drawing inspiration from the gunman who killed nearly 50 people at two mosques in New Zealand.

US Navy SEAL Faces War Crimes charges for killings in Iraq

Two members of the SEAL team said that as a medic was treating the fighter's wounds, Gallagher stepped up without a word and stabbed the prisoner in the neck and side several times.
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UAE government raises teacher salaries as it launches hiring drive in India

The drive is reportedly set to hire for nearly 3,000 vacant positions, attracting a large chunk of candidates to attend its open days in Mumbai and Delhi. It includes assessment of potential candidates via written examinations and interviews.

Prominent Gloucestershire lawyer who fought for the environment passes away

She has been described as 'one of the most inspiring figures in the green movement'.
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