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Five Shia ministers walk out of cabinet debate as Hezbollah remains adamant it will hold onto its weapons.Lebanon’s army has presented a plan to the government’s cabinet to disarm Hezbollah, saying the military will begin executing it, as some ministers staged a walkout before the session began.On Friday, Lebanon’s cabinet met for three hours, which included the plan’s presentation by army commander Rodolphe Haykal. The plan did not set a timeframe for implementation and cautioned that the army had limited capabilities.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Nothing to return to’: Israel’s destruction in Lebanon could be war crimeslist…
Volker Turk warns that the US sanctions over ICC cooperation could have a ‘chilling effect’ on civil society globally.United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk has rejected United States sanctions on Palestinian rights groups as “unacceptable”, calling for them to be revoked amid global outrage against the US move.Turk, on Friday, lauded the work of the nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) targeted by the US for their cooperation with the International Criminal Court – Al-Haq, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), and Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3US sanctions Palestinian rights groups for supporting ICC…
Sources tell US media the move aims to withdraw Adams from mayoral race to strengthen Cuomo and defeat Mamdani.Members of the Trump administration have been considering offering New York City Mayor Eric Adams the role of ambassador to Saudi Arabia, United States media have reported.The plan, according to reports by The New York Times and Politico on Friday, is aimed at convincing Adams to drop out of the mayoral race in November to help defeat left-leaning Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Did Democrat Zohran Mamdani struggle with Black and working-class voters?list 2 of 3Andrew…
The ‘gates of hell are opening’ in Gaza, says Israeli defence minister as attacks cause panic and fear among civilians.Israel’s forces have destroyed a high-rise tower in a densely populated part of Gaza City and have warned of further attacks to multi-storey buildings as it intensifies its campaign to seize control of the capital.On Friday, the Israeli military ordered people in Mushtaha Tower, a 12-storey building located on the western side of Gaza City and surrounded by hundreds of makeshift tents, to evacuate, and later struck the building, claiming it was “Hamas infrastructure” and was used to plan and carry…
Almost one million remain in the city; those who flee risk death elsewhere in enclave, with no safe place to hide from the bombs.The Israeli military’s indiscriminate bombing of Gaza City is reducing entire neighbourhoods to rubble, forcing residents to flee in panic, with nowhere safe in the enclave, which has been under unrelenting bombardment for 23 months.Israel’s round-the-clock assault on what UNICEF has dubbed the “city of fear” included an attack on a tent in the neighbourhood of Tal al-Hawa on Thursday that wiped out an entire family of five people, including three children.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist…
A new investigation finds that only a quarter of Palestinian detainees in Israel are linked to fighting groups.Israeli military intelligence believes that only a quarter of the Palestinian detainees from Gaza held by Israel are fighters, according to a joint investigation released on Thursday by the Israeli-Palestinian magazine +972, the Hebrew-language magazine Local Call, and the British newspaper The Guardian.Among those detained are thousands arrested under Israel’s 2002 Unlawful Combatants legislation, which allows authorities to seize individuals if they believe they are linked to organisations deemed ‘unlawful’, such as Hamas, even if they cannot tie the individual to a specific act.Recommended…
Al-Haq, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al-Mezan targeted for engaging with ICC, state department says.The United States has added three prominent Palestinian rights groups, Al-Haq, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights to its sanctions list.The groups were added to the Department of the Treasury’s “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List” on Thursday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Why did genocide scholars association say Israel’s war on Gaza is genocide?list 2 of 3Israeli attacks disabled 21,000 Palestinian children in Gaza war, UN sayslist 3 of 3How to stop Israel from…
Spain cruise to 3-0 win in Bulgaria while Turkiye hold off Georgia fightback as Group E of World Cup qualifiers begins.Spain kicked off their World Cup 2026 qualification campaign with an emphatic 3-0 win in Bulgaria.The Euro 2024 champions eased to a comfortable victory on Thursday at the Vasil Levski Stadium in Sofia with first-half goals from Mikel Oyarzabal, Marc Cucurella and Mikel Merino.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4All French female boxers out of world championships over genetic test rowlist 2 of 4Big dreams but no protein shake: Yemeni bodybuilder fighting to make itlist 3 of 4Who…
The bodies of 370 people have been recovered and buried after a landslide struck the remote Sudanese village of Tarasin after heavy rain.Authorities have recovered the bodies of hundreds of people killed in a landslide at a remote mountainous village over the weekend in the western Sudanese region of Darfur, which is controlled by rebels.Ibrahim Suleiman, a senior official in the civilian administration of Daramo locality, where the village of Tarasin is located, reported in a video released by the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) on Thursday that 370 bodies had been recovered and buried.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1…
Civilians trapped in el-Fasher say the RSF is targeting those trying to escape.In January 2024, Ahmed Abubakr Imam picked up a rifle to defend his community.The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had just captured four of the five provinces in Sudan’s sprawling western region of Darfur – South, East, Central and West – in a lightning attack as it advanced in its war against the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and its allies.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3At least 24 killed in RSF attack on Sudan’s el-Fasher : Doctors’ grouplist 2 of 3War in Sudan: Humanitarian, fighting, control…