April 2024
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Greece’s highest administrative court has declared an amendment that prevented an independent body overseeing government surveillance powers from informing citizens of state surveillance due to “national security” reasons unconstitutional, Human Rights Watch said in a report released this week. The conservative government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis through a March 2021 amendment removed the ability…
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Russia said on Friday that it had carried out a successful test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. The test took place at the Kapustin Yar training ground in Russia’s southern Astrakhan region near the Caspian Sea, where the missile was launched from a movable ground missile launch vehicle, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.…
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The UN on Friday expressed deep worry over the heightened tensions between Iran and Israel. “It’s something he (Secretary-General Antonio Guterres) is following very closely. We’re very worried about a potential escalation in a situation that seems to be escalating on a daily basis,” spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said at a news conference. Noting that the…
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US President Joe Biden canceled another $7.4 billion student debt for 277,000 borrowers, the White House announced Friday in a statement. The move brings the total debt relief approved by the Biden administration to $153 billion for 4.3 million Americans over the last three years. “Today’s announcement comes on top of the significant progress we’ve…
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Spain, the EU, the UK and Gibraltar achieved “significant progress” on a deal that will define the post-Brexit future of Gibraltar on Friday, according to a joint statement. In a highly anticipated meeting, UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron met with Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares in Brussels to negotiate the issue that has been…
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Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Friday urged Iran to “exercise moderation” in the Middle East, asking for safety guarantees in the Red Sea. Tajani said on X that he had a long phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian regarding the recent developments in the Middle East. “Reiterated (Italian) government’s position in favor…
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The United States believes Iran may retaliate against Israel in coming days, according to two sources familiar with intelligence on the matter. The intelligence that Iran could use drones and missiles to attack “regional assets” by Israel has been shared with U.S. lawmakers. U.S. officials believe the attacks would be done in retaliation for Israel’s airstrike in Damascus, Syria,…
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Large U.S. airlines and some of their unions are asking the Biden administration to stop approving any more flights between the United States and China because of what they call “anti-competitive” policies that China imposes on U.S. carriers. The airlines and unions said Thursday that China closed its market to U.S. carriers at the outbreak…
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Super Eagles goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali, has said that South African players, looked scared during their penalty shootout defeat to Nigeria at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Nwabali saved penalties from Teboho Mokoena and Evidence Makgopa in the semifinal that ended 1-1 after 120 minutes. Ronwen Williams, the Bafana Bafana goalkeeper was the talk of…
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A father who murdered his month-old baby son – who died after suffering a “snapped neck” – has been sentenced to life in prison. Ollie Davis was found lifeless in his crib in the bedroom he shared with his parents in Leicester in October 2017 with more than 20 broken ribs and fractures to his skull, collar…
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Israel’s war against Hamas will last so long that boys still in school can expect to fight in Gaza, Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has said. “Fighting against Hamas will take time,” he said in a statement to the media. “Boys who are now in middle school will still fight in the Gaza Strip.”…
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The Israel Defence Forces has confirmed it killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s three sons. “Earlier today, air force aircraft attacked three military operatives of the terrorist organisation Hamas on their way to carry out terrorist activities in the central area of the Gaza Strip,” a spokesman said. “The three activists who were attacked are Amir…
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The death of six members of Ismail Haniyeh’s family will not change Hamas’s belief that it is in the “driving seat” of ceasefire negotiations, says a security expert. “The assumption is that this [reported attack on Haniyeh’s family] is designed to put pressure on Hamas to agree to a new hostage deal,” he says. “What…
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As a prominent member of the movement that became Hamas in the late 1980s, Ismail Haniyeh is widely considered the group’s overall leader. He was imprisoned in 1989 as part of the Israeli response to the first Palestinian uprising and then spent time in the “no man’s land” between Israel and Lebanon in 1992. Once…
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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has accused Israel of killing three of his children in “the spirit of revenge and murder”. He told Al Jazeera satellite channel his sons “were martyred on the road to liberating Jerusalem and the al Aqsa Mosque”. “The criminal enemy is driven by the spirit of revenge and murder and does…
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Aid shipments to Gaza from Cyprus are expected to resume soon, officials said this afternoon, after they were stopped last week when Israel killed seven aid workers. Cyprus has about 1,000 tonnes of aid destined for starving or severely hungry people in Gaza stored on the island. It is being held there after a decision…
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