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Jawhar Ben Mbarek’s sister said his health had ‘severely deteriorated’ and a ‘dangerous toxin’ was detected in his body.Jailed Tunisian opposition figure Jawhar Ben Mbarek has been hospitalised due to severe dehydration, his family has said, as his health continues to deteriorate after more than two weeks on hunger strike.Ben Mbarek, the cofounder of Tunisia’s main opposition alliance, the National Salvation Front, started his hunger strike on October 29 to protest his detention in jail since February 2023.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘I’ll go back’, say African migrants deported in campaign by Mauritanialist 2 of 3Tunisian opposition…
The British street artist has created several versions of the iconic painting across London, as well as in Palestine.A man has been sentenced to 13 months in prison by a British court for stealing a print of street artist Banksy’s iconic Girl with Balloon from a London gallery in September last year.Larry Fraser, 49, was jailed on Friday by a judge in southwest London after he pleaded guilty to the smash-and-grab burglary of the elusive artist’s painting, valued at 270,000 pounds ($355,200).Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Banksy mural of UK judge hitting protester scrubbed from London court…
Palestinians call for better tents and other supplies as Israel maintains restrictions on aid to war-ravaged Gaza Strip.Displaced Palestinians are reeling after heavy rains flooded their tents in makeshift displacement camps in Gaza City, as the United Nations warns that Israeli restrictions on aid have left hundreds of thousands of families without adequate shelter.Abdulrahman Asaliyah, a displaced Palestinian man, told media on Friday that residents’ mattresses, clothes and other belongings were soaked in the flooding.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Amputees from Israel’s Gaza war use homemade prosthetics to re-enter lifelist 2 of 3Rashida Tlaib introduces US Congress…
Loay Abu Saif, one of 153 Palestinians who left Gaza without knowing final destination, says Israel helped facilitate his group’s transfer.A resident of the Gaza Strip, who is one of 153 Palestinians that landed in South Africa without the correct paperwork this week, says the group did not know where they would end up when they left Israel.Loay Abu Saif, who fled Gaza with his wife and children, told media on Friday that the journey out of the battered and besieged enclave was a “trip of suffering”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3South Africa lets 153 Palestinians disembark…
Explosion in the Mezzeh district of Damascus injures one woman and causes material damage, according to Syrian state media.A woman has been injured in an explosion in the Mezzeh district of Damascus, according to Syrian state media.Rockets were fired at a home in Syria’s capital on Friday night, causing injury as well as material damage, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3How will the Syrian president’s visit to the White House impact the region?list 2 of 3The Meeting Between the US and Syria is “Very Symbolic”list 3 of 3Syria signs up to…
The congressional measure, backed by 21 Democratic legislators, calls for sanctions against Israel over Gaza horrors.Democratic lawmaker Rashida Tlaib has introduced a resolution in the United States Congress to recognise Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza as a genocide.While the proposal released on Friday has little chance of passing in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, it underscores the growing criticism of Israel in US politics.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3US pushes Security Council to back Gaza plan as Russia offers counter textlist 2 of 3South Africa lets 153 Palestinians disembark following 12-hour plane ordeallist 3 of 3How many…
UNIFIL says it asked Israeli army to move walls, which cross unofficial ‘Blue Line’ border between Lebanon and Israel.The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) says the Israeli military has constructed walls in Lebanese territory that cross a UN-backed, unofficial “border” between the two countries.The statement on Friday comes as Israel has carried out near-daily attacks across Lebanon – including in the south of the country, in particular – despite a ceasefire signed a year ago with Lebanese group Hezbollah.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israeli attacks on Gaza despite ceasefire follow Lebanon patternlist 2 of 3Israel…
Analysts in Israel say Israel is continuing on the same path, despite the ceasefire in Gaza.The US-imposed ceasefire of October 10 has not stopped Israel’s regular attacks on the Gaza Strip. Nor has it threatened to hold a parliament and society that largely cheered on the war, which has been deemed genocidal by multiple international bodies, accountable for their actions.Instead, fuelled by what analysts from within Israel have described as an absolute sense of impunity, anti-Palestinian violence has intensified across the country and the occupied West Bank while much of the world continues to look away, convinced that the work…
UN rights chief urges countries to ‘stand up against atrocities’ committed by paramilitary RSF in takeover of the city.The United Nations’s top human rights body has ordered a probe into abuses in Sudan’s el-Fasher, where mass killings have been reported since the city fell to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) last month.During a special session in Geneva on Friday, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution ordering the UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan to urgently investigate violations in el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Sudan medics accuse RSF…
After last month’s capture of el-Fasher, which led to hundreds of deaths, the RSF’s attention turns to el-Obeid.On the morning of October 25, as Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces stormed the town of Bara in North Kordofan state, Sadiq Ahmed thought about his two daughters and what would happen to them if he couldn’t protect them.RSF fighters began raiding homes, looking for loot, as well as women and girls, said Sadiq.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Medical experts say Africa faces worst cholera outbreak in 25 yearslist 2 of 3Trump wants to return Palestine to the British mandatelist 3…