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Gaza Genocide
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 Israel's occupation of Palestinian land and "genocide" in Gaza. The arrest...
World
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.
World
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.
Gaza Genocide
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.
Gaza Genocide
Bodies of 50 Palestinians found in mass grave in Gaza’s Khan Younis
Emergency services in Gaza have retrieved the bodies of 50 Palestinians from a mass grave at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, according to local media, two weeks after Israeli forces withdrew from the area.
World
Three Palestinians killed, 27 injured as Israel launches air attacks on Jenin
Israel’s military has launched air raids on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, carrying out an attack that involved a missile and killing at least three Palestinians and wounding several.
Opinion
Paris riots: when police shot a teenager dead, a rumbling pressure cooker exploded
Joseph Downing, Aston University
Riots broke out in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris, following the lethal police shooting of a 17-year-old boy named as Nahel M. An investigation into his...
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Sports
Paris St-Germain coach Christophe Galtier to face trial over racist, Islamophobic remarks
French football club Paris St-Germain manager Christophe Galtier will go on trial in December as a result of a probe into alleged discrimination.
Opinion
An unbroken covenant with God: what the Hajj means for Muslims
Ali Hammoud, Western Sydney University
Millions of men, women and children have converged on Mecca this week for the Hajj pilgrimage. The Saudi government says it will be the largest...
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World
French police arrested 875 in third night of rioting
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, on Friday, vowed to examine "all options" to restore order after rioting across the country entered the third night, sparked by the fatal police...
World
‘Long COVID’ may obstruct return to normal life for 36 million Europeans: WHO
While no longer a global emergency, COVID-19’s lasting effects alongside such other threats as mpox and seasonal heat waves may challenge Europe through the summer months, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) regional office warned on Tuesday.
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India
White House condemns Hindu nationalists’ attack against journalist who asked question to PM Modi
The White House strongly condemned the harassment faced by Sabrina Siddiqui, a journalist from the Wall Street Journal, who asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi a question regarding the degeneration of India’s democracy during a press event at the White House on June 22, following Modi’s meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden.
World
UN expert urges US to apologise for Guantanamo abuses
A United Nations expert has called on the United States to apologise for the torture of Guantanamo Bay prisoners, to ensure accountability for brutal human rights abuses, and to close down the US-run detention facility in Cuba.
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World
Indian entrepreneur declined White House party with Modi, says standing up for Muslims important than ‘selfie opp with chai, samosas’
Sana Javeri Kadri, a United States-based entrepreneur, declined an invitation to a White House party with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 22, citing rights abuses and injustices in India that have been acknowledged by Modi's ruling regime
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“This year, we will witness largest Hajj pilgrimage in history,” say Hajj officials
“This year, we will witness the largest Hajj pilgrimage in history,” an official at the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said
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World
Activists stage die-in outside White House to protest PM Modi’s visit
As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the White House for a 21-gun salute on Thursday morning, activists staged a die-in near the presidential residence in Washington to denounce his visit.
World
Russia witnesses armed mutiny by private mercenary, Putin vows to crush it
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to crush an armed mutiny after the private army of mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin seized control of a southern city as part...
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