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Libyan Red Crescent says it rescued 91 migrants and asylum seekers from Bangladesh, Sudan and Egypt.At least four people have been killed when two boats carrying migrants and asylum seekers capsized off Libya’s coast, according to the Libyan Red Crescent.In a statement on Saturday, the organisation said the incident occurred off the coastal city of al-Khums on Thursday night.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Trump wants to return Palestine to the British mandatelist 2 of 4Sudan’s civilians deserve more than survivallist 3 of 4Forty-two migrants presumed dead after shipwreck near Libya: UNlist 4 of 4Former French President Nicolas…
Palestinian families call for help as Israel’s two-year military assault has left hundreds of thousands vulnerable.Cold temperatures and heavy rainfall have worsened already dire conditions for hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinian families across the Gaza Strip, as Israel continues to block deliveries of tents and other critical shelter supplies to the besieged territory.Humanitarian groups have been warning for weeks that Palestinians living in tent camps and other makeshift shelters do not have what they need to withstand blistering winter conditions in the coastal enclave.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Trip of suffering’: Gaza evacuee details 24-hour journey to…
Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel’s war on Gaza.Montreal, Canada – A former United Nations special rapporteur who investigated Israeli abuses against Palestinians says he was interrogated by Canadian authorities on “national security” grounds as he travelled to Canada this week to attend a Gaza-related event.Richard Falk, an international law expert from the United States, told media that he was questioned at Toronto Pearson international airport on Thursday alongside his wife, fellow legal scholar Hilal Elver.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3How Canada’s ‘off-the-record’ arms exports end up in Israellist…
RSF is burning and burying bodies near a university, mosque, camp for the displaced people, and hospital in el-Fasher, Yale University researchers say.The government-aligned Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have recaptured two territories in the North Kordofan state from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), as the paramilitary group continues burning and burying bodies in Darfur’s el-Fasher to hide evidence of mass killings.Footage circulating online this week showed army soldiers holding assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades celebrating their takeovers of Kazqil and Um Dam Haj Ahmed in North Kordofan, the state where intense fighting is expected to rage over the coming weeks.Recommended…
Lawyers say Palestinians are being assaulted and deprived of contact with the outside world at the underground facility Rakevet.Dozens of Palestinian prisoners are being held indefinitely in an underground Israeli detention facility, deprived of sunlight and subjected to extreme violence, Palestinian lawyers say, as more reports of abuse emerge from the devastation of Israel’s war on Gaza.Lawyers for Palestinians held at Rakevet, an underground wing of the Ramla (Nitzan) prison complex in central Israel, said their clients have been assaulted, starved, and denied medical care despite serious injuries.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Displaced Palestinian families suffer as…
The agreement is not expected to immediately change things on the ground, but to move forward a larger peace process.Representatives from the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group have signed a peace deal in Qatar with the ultimate goal of putting an end to years of fighting.Qatar and the United States announced the “comprehensive” deal in Doha on Saturday, setting it up as a roadmap to stop the deadly fighting and improve the dire humanitarian situation in the Central African nation.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4DR Congo, M23…
The latest vessel confiscation comes as regional tensions remain high, months after the June war with Israel and the US.Tehran, Iran – The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has confirmed Western intelligence reports that it intercepted a Cyprus-registered tanker that transited through the Strait of Hormuz.The Marhsall Islands-flagged Talara was confiscated on Friday morning while carrying 30,000 tonnes of petrochemicals, Iran’s powerful military and political organisation said in a statement carried by state media.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4IAEA demands ‘long overdue’ inspections of Iran nuclear sites’list 2 of 4Israel is intensifying attacks on Lebanon, is it planning…
Palestinian authorities say shadowy companies and entities are working in line with Israel on human trafficking.Palestinians, especially those in the Gaza Strip, must be wary of networks that seek to remove them from their homes in line with Israeli interests, the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned.The warning came a day after 153 Palestinians, who left Gaza without knowing their final destination and without proper paperwork, arrived in South Africa on board a flight from Kenya on Friday and were held up for 12 hours as authorities investigated the issue.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4‘Trip…
Many Russian dissidents embrace liberal values while fully subscribing to a racist view of the world.In July, Uzbekistan-born, Russian-speaking Israeli writer Dina Rubina gave an interview to the Russian opposition channel Rain TV, which caused a stir in the Russophone world. During the hour-and-a-half programme, she declared that there are no “peaceful residents” in Gaza, Israel has the right to “cleanse Gaza and turn it into a parking lot”, and that Palestinians need to be “dissolved in hydrochloric acid”.Self-exiled journalist and producer Mikhail Kozyrev, who interviewed Rubina, decided to take out these bits, calling them “the most complex part” of…
Dubai’s elite golf tournament kicked off with a celebrity-packed Pro-Am that opened to public spectators for the first time, featuring champions from F1, football and tennis. DUBAI – The DP World Tour Championship launched in spectacular fashion Tuesday as sporting icons from around the world converged on Jumeirah Golf Estates for an unprecedented Pro-Am event that marked the first time fans could witness the tournament’s traditional curtain-raiser. The star-studded field featured four-time F1 champion Alain Prost, Dutch football legend Ruud Gullit, and French tennis ace Henri Leconte, who all rubbed shoulders with professional golfers in a celebration of cross-sport camaraderie. “I’ve…