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13-03-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA CITY: The WHO chief says an aid mission managed to reach Al-Shifa Hospital in north Gaza, bringing food and medical supplies, as the Health Ministry says 2,000 medical workers in the north face famine. The US says Israel has not yet presented a plan to protect …

13-03-2024 NEW YORK: Former US President Donald Trump asked Monday to delay his hush-money trial until the Supreme Court rules on whether he has presidential immunity. Trump is currently set to face trial in New York on March 25 for his role in hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels …

12-03-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The Indian government has notified the rules for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), weeks before Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a rare third term for his Hindu nationalist government. The controversial law passed in 2019 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government allowed Indian …

12-03-2024 NICOSIA/ GAZA CITY: A ship with humanitarian aid for Gaza remains docked in Cyprus, a day after it was due to begin its journey. A charity leading the mission told media it was “a quickly evolving and fluid situation”, but it hoped the ship, Open Arms, would set sail …

12-03-2024 PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haiti is fast descending into anarchy. Over the weekend, the violence in the capital Port-au-Prince ramped up once again. Heavily armed gangs attacked the National Palace and set part of the Interior Ministry on fire with petrol bombs. It comes after a sustained attack on the international airport, …

12-03-2024 LISBON: Portugal’s centre right has claimed a narrow election victory, but has little chance of forming a majority government. Democratic Alliance leader Luis Montenegro told supporters that the Portuguese had voted for change, although the margin of victory was less than convincing. Both main parties polled about 29% of …

12-03-2024 SANA’A/ WASHINGTON: Al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch has announced the death of its leader, although the circumstances remain unclear. A video published by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) showed Khalid Batarfi’s body wrapped in a funeral shroud and the group’s banner. A statement read by a senior figure did not …

12-03-2024 KYIV: Ukraine has strongly rejected a call by Pope Francis for Kyiv to negotiate an end to its war with Russia and have “the courage to raise the white flag”. Ukraine’s foreign minister says it will “never raise any other flags” than the country’s blue and yellow colours. And …

12-03-2024 WELLINGTON: A passenger has described the moment people hit the roof of a plane travelling from Australia to New Zealand during what was described as a mid-air “technical event”. Brian Jokat said a number of people suffered head injuries after the LatAm Airlines jet dropped unexpectedly, throwing some out …

12-03-2024 AMSTERDAM: Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s presence at the opening of a Holocaust museum in Amsterdam has sparked protests over Israel’s military operations in Gaza. Activists calling for a ceasefire gathered in a square near the National Holocaust Museum, in the city’s Jewish quarter. Some people protesting were, themselves, Jewish. …