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Drone attack hits Bani Suheila in southern Gaza amid continued Israeli attacks on the enclave.Two Palestinian children have been killed in an Israeli drone attack on the town of Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, according to medics.Witnesses told media that drones dropped a bomb on a group of civilians near al-Farabi School on Saturday morning, killing two brothers, Juma and Fadi Tamer Abu Assi.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Palestine Action’s legal challenge against UK government ban beginslist 2 of 4What’s the legacy of the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation?list 3 of 4Jenin…
Major Israeli offensive has also destroyed roads, water networks and private property.Israeli forces have wounded more than 200 Palestinians in raids on the West Bank governorate of Tubas, as a major offensive on northern parts of the occupied territory that began on Wednesday continues to inflict widespread destruction.The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) told media that 78 of the people wounded in Israeli attacks on Tubas since Wednesday required treatment in hospital.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Sri Lanka seeks foreign help as Cyclone Ditwah death toll reaches 132list 2 of 3Indonesia death toll rises to 303 after…
Key dates, teams, players, format, favourites and tickets ahead of the 11th edition of the quadrennial tournament.The Arab world’s biggest football competition kicks off on Monday, as 16 teams from across the region face off in Qatar.Here’s everything you need to know about the tournament, which occurs every four years:Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Full match schedule ahead of the FIFA Arab Cup 2025 in Qatarlist 2 of 4Iran to boycott FIFA 2026 World Cup draw in US over visa disputelist 3 of 4India’s Olympic ambition in spotlight as Commonwealth Games build-up beginslist 4 of 4Real Madrid’s…
Save the Children says Palestinians are sheltering at home as Israeli raids injure dozens and lead to mass arrests.Entire Palestinian communities have been forced into lockdown in parts of the occupied West Bank, a human rights group warns, as the Israeli military continues to carry out wide-scale, deadly raids in the territory.Save the Children said on Friday that families in the northern West Bank have been forced to shelter inside their homes due to the fear of violence from the Israeli military, which launched an intensified operation earlier this week.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Amnesty warns ‘genocide…
Killing of two unarmed men highlights Israeli attitudes towards similar incidents, and lack of domestic attention.The killing of two unarmed Palestinian men as they surrendered to Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin is the latest example of a practice that, while shocking, is not extraordinary.The men, named as Al-Muntasir Billah Abdullah and Youssef Asasa, had their arms raised and their shirts lifted up to show they had no weapons. Ordered to turn back towards the building they had come out of by Israeli forces, they crawled back. They were then shot and killed at point-blank range.Recommended…
Naim Qassem calls the killing of Haytham Tabtabai as a ‘heinous crime’ saying Hezbollah has the right to respond.Hezbollah’s leader Naim Qassem says the group has the right to respond to Israel’s assassination of its top military chief in a strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs last week.In a televised speech on Friday, Qassem called the killing of Haytham Ali Tabtabai “a blatant aggression and a heinous crime”, adding that the Lebanese armed group has “the right to respond, and we will determine the timing for that.”Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3What we know about Israeli assassination of…
Advocates say killing of two Palestinians in West Bank part of Israel’s ‘systematic policy of extrajudicial killings’.Human rights groups and the United Nations have condemned the “execution” of two Palestinian men by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank this week, saying the incident highlights a “systematic policy” by Israel.A spokesperson for the UN human rights office on Friday condemned the “brazen killing” in the northern West Bank city of Jenin a day earlier, which was caught on camera, as “yet another apparent summary execution”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in Jenin as…
RSF already has control of western Sudan in war with Sudan’s army, leaving country facing potential split.Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are pushing hard to take Kordofan. In the sights of the paramilitary force – accused of committing grave human rights abuses during Sudan’s war – are the cities and towns of the vast central region, such as Babnusa and el-Obeid.The momentum is currently with the RSF, which defeated their Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) opponents in el-Fasher, in the western region of Darfur, last month, unleashing a tidal wave of violence where they killed at least 1,500 people and forced…
First American pope urges Catholic Church in Turkiye to serve the most vulnerable, including migrants and refugees.Pope Leo XIV is set to join the leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians to celebrate the historic 1,700-year milestone since one of the early Church’s most important gatherings, on the second day of his visit to Turkiye.The leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics began his day on Friday by joining a prayer service at Istanbul’s Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Spirit.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Pope Leo warns ‘future of humanity is at stake’ during Turkiye visitlist 2 of…
A court sentences suspects over charges on ‘conspiracy against state security’ and ‘belonging to a terrorist group’.Dozens of Tunisian political figures have been sentenced on appeal to up to 45 years in prison for plotting against the state, according to local media reports.Friday’s verdict, which is related to a trial rights groups have condemned as politically motivated, comes amid a European call for the release of detained dissidents.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Tunisia frees prominent lawyer and critic of President Saiedlist 2 of 4Rights groups decry Tunisia’s ‘injustice’, crackdown on activistslist 3 of 4‘Enough repression’: Thousands of…