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Approximately 200,000 people took part in the protest, bringing West Jerusalem to a standstill, local media reported.Tens of thousands of protesters have marched in Jerusalem to demand that ultra-Orthodox Jewish people remain exempt from Israeli military service.Approximately 200,000 people, mostly men clad in traditional black suits and hats carrying placards denouncing conscription, brought West Jerusalem to a standstill Thursday, clogging roads and setting fire to pieces of tarpaulin, local media reported.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israeli military kills two in new Gaza attack despite ‘resuming’ ceasefirelist 2 of 3Gaza residents fear more Israeli attacks, unable to rebuild…

Despite a fragile US-brokered ceasefire, Israel has unleashed a series of bombardments on Gaza this week.Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticised Germany over what he called its ignorance of Israel’s “genocide” and attacks on Gaza.At a joint news conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Ankara on Thursday, Erdogan noted Israel’s access to nuclear and other weapons, saying it was using them to threaten Gaza, and adding that Hamas was not as well equipped.He said Israel had once again attacked Gaza in recent days despite a ceasefire in the enclave.“We need to end the genocide and the deliberate starvation…

Aid organisations fear that far fewer people than hoped have been able to leave the besieged Darfur city.Those who have fled the western city of el-Fasher in wartorn Sudan are recounting scenes of horrific violence at the hands of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as aid workers say they fear only a fraction of the besieged city’s residents have managed to escape.The RSF has killed at least 1,500 people in el-Fasher, capital of North Darfur state, since seizing it Sunday – including at least 460 at a hospital in a widely-condemned massacre.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of…

Hezbollah welcomes the president’s announcement, made after Israeli forces kill a municipal worker during an overnight raid on a border town.Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has instructed the armed forces to confront any further Israeli incursion in the country’s south after Israeli forces crossed their shared border and killed a municipal worker during an overnight raid.The pivotal announcement was made on Thursday after days of Israeli attacks on Lebanese territory in near-daily Israeli violations of a ceasefire that went into effect in November.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4UN experts call for probe into Israeli ceasefire violations with Lebanonlist…

All to know before the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar, which will feature 48 teams for the first time. The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2025 is hosted by Qatar and will kick off on November 3, with the final on November 27. The tournament will start with two matches: South Africa vs Bolivia, and Costa Rica vs the United Arab Emirates. The U-17 World Cup final will take place at Doha’s 45,000-seat Khalifa International Stadium. All matches until the final will be played across eight pitches at the Aspire Zone complex in Al Rayyan. The U-17 World Cup…

Despite the US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Israeli attacks continue to kill Palestinians, causing them to lose faith in the truce.While the United States-brokered ceasefire reached between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas earlier this month has provided a sliver of respite, repeated Israeli violations have left Palestinians constantly fearful of renewed attacks, unable to resume the lives they lived before Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began in October 2023, let alone begin anew.On Wednesday alone, more than 100 people, mostly women and children, were killed and 253 others injured in several Israeli air strikes on southern Gaza, the…

By equating an internationally backed militia with a national army, the US establishment distorts reality and erases Sudanese agency.Ben Rhodes, a former United States deputy national security adviser under President Barack Obama, famously called Washington’s foreign policy establishment “the Blob” to describe its entrenched ecosystem of think tanks, former officials, journalists and funders that perpetuate a narrow vision of power, global order and legitimate actors. This apparatus not only sustains conservative inertia but also defines the limits of what is considered possible in policy. In Sudan’s two-and-a-half-year conflict, these self-imposed boundaries are proving fatal.A particularly insidious practice within the Blob…

UN secretary-general strongly condemns Israeli attacks in Gaza on Tuesday, which killed more than 100 Palestinians.Israel’s military has carried out another deadly attack in northern Gaza despite claiming to resume the fragile ceasefire, which was already teetering from a wave of deadly bombardment it waged the night before.Israel’s latest aerial attack on Wednesday evening occurred in Gaza’s Beit Lahiya area, killing at least two people, according to al-Shifa Hospital. Israel claimed it had targeted a site storing weapons that posed “an immediate threat” to its troops.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3What life is like in Gaza’s crowded…

Doctors Without Borders says it was told to leave by November 9 and that it hopes to find a ‘positive solution’ soon.The medical organisation Doctors Without Borders (known by its French acronym, MSF) has said it was ordered to leave Libya by November 9, with no reason given for its expulsion.MSF had already been forced to suspend its activities in the country in March, and said in a statement on Wednesday that it was told to leave in a recent letter from the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Massacre in el-Fasher: What’s happening…

Rights groups say the RSF paramilitary group committed mass atrocities as it seized the besieged city in North Darfur.Thousands of people are feared to have been murdered in the western Sudanese city of el-Fasher, capital of North Darfur state, since the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized it.El-Fasher fell on Sunday after 18 months of RSF siege, which blocked the entry of food and essentials for hundreds of thousands of people trapped inside.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Yale report finds evidence of RSF mass killings in Sudan’s el-Fasherlist 2 of 4Video evidence of atrocities emerges as Sudan’s…