21-01-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Footage and witness accounts shared with Al Jazeera reveal how Israeli forces carried out summary executions in Gaza last month. UN Women’s agency warns of “generational trauma” on Palestinians as figures show “two mothers killed every hour” in Israel’s war on Gaza. Israel raids have continued …
Read More »Anti-abortion movement stalls as US election year looms
21-01-2024 WASHINGTON: On Friday, activists assembled in Washington for the March for Life, the nation’s largest annual anti-abortion rally. The crowds were thinner than in past years, due in part to the cold temperatures and blowing snow that blanketed the capital overnight but the campaigners in attendance this year also …
Read More »Israel & Hamas reach agreement on Gaza aid
21-01-2024 DOHA/ JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Israel and Hamas have reached a deal to allow more humanitarian aid into war-ravaged Gaza, Qatari mediators say. They say that under a deal brokered by Qatar and France, medicines will be given to hostages held by Hamas. In return Israel will allow more basic …
Read More »French police sentenced for brutal search assault
21-01-2024 PARIS: Three French police officers have been given suspended jail sentences for assaulting a black man with a baton in a north-west Paris suburb. One officer received a 12-month suspended sentence and the other two received three-month sentences. Theo Luhaka was left disabled with irreversible anal injuries from a …
Read More »Key Israeli war leader challenges Netanyahu over Gaza strategy
21-01-2024 JERUSALEM: A key member of Israel’s war cabinet has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of not telling the truth about the country’s military goals in Gaza. Netanyahu has publicly rejected the US push for a future Palestinian state and insisted the offensive would continue “until complete victory” but Gadi …
Read More »Japan lands on Moon but glitch threatens mission
21-01-2024 TOKYO: A Japanese robot has successfully touched down on the Moon but problems with its solar power system mean the mission may live for just a few hours. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (Slim) put itself gently on the lunar surface near an equatorial crater. The feat made …
Read More »Iran launches air defence drill after Pakistan strikes
20-01-2024 TEHRAN: Iran said on Friday that it successfully carried out an air defence drill using drones designed to intercept hostile targets in an area stretching from its southwestern to southeastern coasts, amid heightened tensions in the region. On Thursday, Pakistan launched strikes on terrorists’ hideouts inside Iran in a …
Read More »Houthis again attack US ship as Red Sea tensions escalate
20-01-2024 LONDON/ WASHINGTON/ DAVOS: Houthis have once again targeted a US ship, intensifying the ongoing maritime conflict in a worrisome escalation of tensions in the Red Sea. The attack, claimed by the Yemeni group on Friday, follows recent retaliatory strikes by the United States against Houthi positions in response to …
Read More »Indian agents ‘threaten to kill’ Sikhs For Justice leader in Italy
20-01-2024 ROME: A leading pro-Khalistan activist in Italy has claimed that he has received a direct threat to kill from the Indian state agents asking him to stop his political activities for Khalistan or face consequences. Gurpal Singh, who is Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) coordinator in Italy and a close …
Read More »Biggest NATO drills since Cold War to start next week
20-01-2024 BRUSSELS: NATO will launch its largest exercise since the Cold War next week with about 90,000 personnel set to take part in the months-long wargames, the alliance’s top commander General Chris Cavoli has said. Cavoli said on Thursday that the drills would rehearse NATO’s execution of its regional plans, …
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