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The strike is the latest in a string of Israeli attacks despite a ceasefire announced in November.Beirut, Lebanon – At least one person has been killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon, according to the state-run National News Agency (NNA), as near-daily attacks by Israel continue despite a November ceasefire.The attack on Monday hit an excavator in the Shamsiyah area of Sohmor in the Bekaa Valley, killing its driver. Footage on social media, verified by media, showed emergency responders carrying the victim away on a stretcher.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4White House official claims gunman in…
Netanyahu also apologises for violating Qatari sovereignty and affirms Israel will not conduct such an attack again.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has apologised to Qatar for the killing of a Qatari citizen during an unprecedented Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in Doha this month, which drew global condemnation.Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani received the apology on Monday in a joint call from United States President Donald Trump and Netanyahu during their meeting at the White House.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Video: Moldova’s president says election results show ‘Russia failed’list 2 of…
Trump’s 21-point plan is said to have Netanyahu on board, but Hamas says it’s not received any proposal yet.News of a ceasefire plan to bring Israel’s two-year-long campaign of genocide in Gaza to an end has been gaining traction, according to reports, and is expected to feature when United States President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet at the White House on Monday.Trump’s 21-point plan would end Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed at least 66,055 people and wounded 168,346 since it began in October 2023. Thousands more are believed to be dead and trapped under…
Police say nearly 200 people have been arrested as the north African nation is rocked by biggest protests in years.Hundreds of young protesters have taken to the streets across Morocco in what has been described as some of the country’s largest antigovernment demonstrations in years, seeking better government services as well as an end to corruption.Demonstrators have demanded urgent investment in public health and education and denounced what they see as misplaced national priorities.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Video: Tel Aviv beach features Trump-Netanyahu art displaylist 2 of 4Iraqi man convicted for trafficking people to fight for…
The man formed groups that were sent off to fight for money or in hopes of eventually getting to Europe.The Najaf Criminal Court has sentenced an Iraqi man to life in prison for trafficking people to Russia to fight in the war against Ukraine.“The convicted, along with other defendants, formed groups and sent them to fight in foreign countries in exchange for financial sums,” the court said in a short statement on Monday, adding that the life sentence was issued based on a 2012 law that criminalises recruiting or transporting people for exploitation.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of…
The Indian team refused to accept the trophy because it was to be presented by Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi.Tensions between India and Pakistan scorched the world of sports on Sunday when the Indian cricket team refused to accept the Asia Cup trophy after beating their neighbours by five wickets in the final in Dubai.The match was the third contest between the rivals in the tournament, four months after they fought a short but intense aerial war, triggered by a deadly April 22 attack on tourists in Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3India, Australia favourites as…
I know the horror of being besieged and bombed, but I will not leave. I reject the slow death of forced displacement.For a few weeks now, the Israeli military has been issuing forced displacement orders to residents of Gaza City, destroying towers and carpet-bombing neighbourhoods. Hundreds of thousands have fled south already, where they have found no safety.Just yesterday, we mourned with heavy hearts and deep sorrow the killing of three members of the family of my father’s cousin, Yousef. The building where they had found shelter in the south was bombed just days after they fled Gaza City. Nedaa,…
Nuseirat, Gaza – As all of Gaza suffered under Israel’s siege and food ran out, my family had to figure out ways to make small supplies of food stretch further, and compensate for ingredients that were no longer available.We experimented with new recipes, created combinations we never imagined trying, and managed to come up with some solutions that would help us a bit to endure the harsh realities of famine and survive as best we could.Turning pasta and lentils into breadWhen the wheat flour ran out, we resorted to using pasta to make our bread, like almost everyone in Gaza.Bread…
Netanyahu is keeping together an uncompromising coalition, but it is holding amid takeover of Gaza, occupied West Bank.United States President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are meeting in the White House for a fourth time this year on Monday as a plan for future governance of a Gaza decimated by Israel’s nearly two-year genocidal war circulates, and the ironclad relationship between the two countries could be tested.Trump promised “greatness in the Middle East” and “something special” in another all-caps post on his Truth Social platform on Sunday. He has made repeated statements recently that it is time…
Iran’s Mizan news agency reports that Bahman Choobiasl was accused of meeting officials from Israel’s Mossad agency.Iran has hanged a man suspected of being “one of the most important spies for Israel in Iran” in the 10th such execution following the 12-day war in June with Israel and the United States, according to Iran’s Mizan news agency.On Monday, Mizan, the judiciary’s news outlet, reported that Bahman Choobiasl was executed over his meeting with officials from the Israeli spy agency, Mossad.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Dead end’: Khamenei rules out talks with US over Iran’s nuclear programmelist 2…