Five Palestinians have been wounded in a settler attack in Huwara, where soldiers and settlers danced together celebrating Purim. Israeli soldiers have been filmed dancing with Jewish settlers on the streets of a Palestinian village where settlers attacked five members of the same family. The five Palestinians were hospitalised after …
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New mass grave unearthed in Sinjar, Northern Iraq
The process of uncovering mass graves in the Sinjar district, containing the remains of Yazidi victims brutally killed by ISIS terrorists in 2014, is ongoing. Nechirvan Hussein, spokesperson for the Investigation and Evidence Gathering Agency of the Kurdistan Regional Government, stated that “the Iraqi National Team, in collaboration with the …
Read More »What will it take to end the war in Ukraine?
Ukraine and Russia face obstacles to peace talks, but pressure to negotiate will inevitably increase. More than a year after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war appears to have reached a deadlock. Since the liberation of Kherson by Ukrainian forces last November, both sides have been engaged in positional …
Read More »World facing biggest cholera surge in 20 years – WHO
The water-borne infection can be fatal in up to 50% of untreated cases Factors including economic crises, climate change and the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic have led to the ideal circumstances for cholera to flourish in high-risk countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned after noting a sharp …
Read More »Decision on permanent troop deployment to Lithuania ‘up to NATO,’ says Germany
A decision on a permanent deployment of a German brigade to Lithuania will be “up to NATO,” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Tuesday in response to calls by Vilnius for a larger NATO presence in the country. “This not down to who wants what – or who wants to …
Read More »Japan destroys flagship rocket minutes after launch
The failure is considered to be a significant blow to Tokyo’s aerospace ambitions Japan’s ambitions to develop a cheaper alternative to SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets suffered a significant blow on Tuesday after the country’s space agency was forced to destroy its flagship H3 vehicle after its second-stage engine failed. The …
Read More »Germany’s Foreign minister began a visit to Iraq, would meet the PM.
On Tuesday, Germany’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock, arrived in Iraq on an official visit. Yesterday, The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Ahmad Al-Sahaf, explained that the top German official would meet with Iraqi officials, including Prime Minister Muhammad Shia’a Al-Sudani, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of …
Read More »Kyiv to send more troops into Bakhmut, seeing chance to break long Russian siege
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy publicly committed his troops to holding out in Bakhmut after days in which they had seemed likely to withdraw, apparently prolonging the war’s bloodiest battle in a bid to break Moscow’s force. Moscow has sent thousands of troops in human wave attacks over recent weeks to …
Read More »North Korea threatens action after US flies nuclear-capable B-52 bomber over Korean Peninsula
North Korea has threatened to take “quick, overwhelming action” after the United States flew a nuclear-capable B-52 bomber over the Korean Peninsula in an exercise with South Korean warplanes. Kim Yo Jong, the sister of dictator Kim Jong-Un, made the threat as the U.S. and South Korea continue to carry …
Read More »Iraq’s Fatah Alliance says no hesitation over US troop expulsion as Pentagon chief visits Baghdad
The Fatah (Conquest) Alliance in the Iraqi parliament says the country’s resistance and political groups agree on the need to expel all American troops, noting that this is a “definitive” and “national” decision rather than a factional one. “Efforts continue at the public and political levels to wrap up the …
Read More »Syria says Israeli strike puts Aleppo airport out of service
An Israeli air strike knocked Aleppo airport out of service on Tuesday and forced the Syrian authorities to reroute flights carrying aid for people affected by last month’s earthquake, Syrian state media reported. The Israeli military declined to comment. In the second attack on Aleppo airport in six months, Syrian …
Read More »China warns conflict is inevitable unless U.S. changes course
The United States and China are hurtling toward inevitable “confrontation and conflict” unless Washington changes course, Beijing’s new foreign minister warned Tuesday. The fiery comments from Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang underlined the deepening tensions between the world’s two largest economies in the wake of the surveillance balloon saga and …
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