Friday, March 29, 2024

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Video: Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad reads her poem ‘Only in Gaza’

Palestinian journalist and writer Plestia Alaqad shares a poem with Middle East Eye's Mohamed Hassan during a conversation about the power of storytelling, leaving Gaza and what the world is still missing in the way it sees Palestine.

ICJ orders Israel to stop preventing ‘delivery of urgently needed’ aid

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ordered Israel to provide immediate, unhindered delivery of aid to...

Gaza war surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah elected rector at University of Glasgow

Gaza war surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah elected rector at University of Glasgow.

In a week, Israeli army executes 13 children in and near Al-Shifa Hospital: Euro-Med Monitor

The Israeli army has executed 13 children by direct shooting in Al-Shifa Medical Complex and its Gaza City...

Gangs, kidnappings, murders: Why thousands of Rohingya are desperately trying to escape refugee camps by boats

Ruth Wells, UNSW Sydney and Max William Loomes, UNSW Sydney Late last week, a boat crammed with Rohingya refugees...

Boris Johnson resigns as UK prime minister

Boris Johnson on Thursday announced he would quit as British prime minister after he was abandoned by ministers and most of his Conservative lawmakers. After days of political crisis, Johnson...

Hunger numbers reach 828 million, world moving backward on eliminating hunger: UN report

The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021, according to a new UN report that provides fresh evidence that the world is moving in reverse.
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‘We will fight for justice’: Shireen Abu Akleh family slams killing probe

The family of the martyred Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh criticised the United States State Department investigations conclusion on Monday, that Israeli military gunfire was only likely responsible for Abu Akleh’s death, and forensic analysis supported no reason to believe that the shooting was intentional. 

Six dead, 36 injured in shooting at Chicago during US Independence Day parade

A gunman perched on a rooftop has opened fire on families waving flags and children riding bicycles during an Independence Day parade near the US city of Chicago, killing at least six people and wounding 36 others.
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Pressure mounts on UK govt to speak out against Islamophobia in India as thousands took to streets

In the wake of reports that Muslims are on the brink of genocide in India, pressure mounts on the United Kingdom government to act against India’s growing Islamophobia. Lawmakers, politicians, and activists jointly demanded the UK government strengthen its stand to stop India from its anti-Muslim policies.

Republic TV loses defamation case against British-Pakistani businessman in UK

On Sunday, British businessman of Pakistani origin Aneel Mussarat won a defamation case against the Republic Bharat, a Hindi television channel of Republic TV. The Republic TV called Mussarat an...
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Three killed in Copenhagen mall shooting, dozens injured

A gunman has killed three people and wounded others, three of them critically, at one of Denmark's biggest shopping malls in capital Copenhagen, police say.

In Afghanistan, situation for women is “not normal”, Human Rights Council hears

The situation for women is so desperate in Afghanistan that they are committing suicide at a rate of one or two every day, the Human Rights Council has heard.
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India, Pakistan exchange prisoners list: MEA urge for “immediate” consular access

Pakistan on Friday shared a list of 682 Indian prisoners detained in the country with the Indian High Commission in Islamabad under the 2008 Agreement on Consular Access provisions. India...

Road accidents claim 1.3 million lives each year worldwide: Report

Road traffic accidents claim nearly 1.3 million lives each year, cost some countries up to three per cent of their annual GDP, and are the biggest killer of five to 29-year olds globally
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“India’s bulldozer genocide”: Thousand to march to Indian High Commission in London

More than 15 Indian diaspora groups in the United Kingdom jointly called for a protest in London, demanding to end the Hindu-supremacist violence and fascist policies of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government that left the Muslims in the country on the brink of genocide.

Biden vows indefinite support for Ukraine

United States President Joe Biden says the US and its NATO allies will support Ukraine for “as long as it takes” as it faces down Moscow’s offensive.
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