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Welcome back as we resume our coverage of the conflicts in the Middle East, where US secretary of state Antony Blinken is on another tour in the hopes of reigniting stuttering ceasefire talks. Mr Blinken is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia today after lengthy talks with Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday in Jerusalem. Nearly a week on…
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Russia on Friday returned to Ukraine the bodies of 501 soldiers, Ukrainian authorities said, in what appeared to be the biggest repatriation of war dead since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. Most of the soldiers were killed in action in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine, mostly around the city of Avdiivka that Russian forces captured in February…
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The U.S. military trained him in explosives and battlefield tactics. Now the Iraq War veteran and enlisted National Guard member was calling for taking up arms against police and government officials in his own country. Standing in the North Carolina woods, Chris Arthur warned about a coming civil war. Videos he posted publicly on YouTube…
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We have been reporting today that two people from UNIFIL, the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, were injured when Israel fired on them yesterday. Now, the IDF has commented on the incident and said the peacekeepers were “inadvertently hurt during IDF combat against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon”. “The IDF expresses deep concern over incidents of…
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U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday condemned the massacre of innocent people by Hamas and mourned the loss of civilian lives in Gaza in a call with Israeli President Isaac Herzog as the world marks the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas. Expressing his “deepest condolences” to the 1,200 innocent people killed…
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A 29-year-old suspected kidnapper, rapist and serial killer identified as Ogunnaike Phillips has been arrested by the operatives of the Ogun State police command. Philips, who is a member of the Aye confraternity, was arrested in connection to the death of 17-year-old Habeebah Akinsanya who was raped and macheted to death in September. The deceased…
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At least 70 people have been killed in a gang massacre in Haiti, the UN has said. Armed gunmen belonging to the Gran Grif gang passed through the town of Pont-Sonde with automatic rifles, shooting at residents on Thursday, according to the United Nations’ Human Rights Office. “We are horrified by Thursday’s gang attacks in…
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The top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) said the country would use all offensive forces, including nuclear weapons, if enemies attempt to use armed forces encroaching upon the DPRK sovereignty, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Friday. Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea…
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The children of mothers who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) are more likely to suffer from poor health outcomes, an Australian research has found. In a new study, a team of researchers led by the Menzies School of Health Research at Charles Darwin University (CDU) revealed the impact of IPV on child health. They found…
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France calls for an immediate cessation of Israeli strikes in Lebanon, the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs said on Saturday in a press release. The ministry also condemns any indiscriminate action against civilians in Lebanon. “France is opposed to any ground operation in Lebanon,” the ministry affirmed. France calls on other actors, particularly…
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Yemen’s Houthi group claimed on Saturday that it had launched a missile attack on Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv in Israel. In a statement aired by the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, the group’s military spokesman Yahya Sarea said a “ballistic missile” was fired at Ben Gurion Airport “upon the arrival” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is gravely concerned by the dramatic escalation of events in Beirut, Lebanon, in the last 24 hours, his spokesman said on Saturday. “This cycle of violence must stop now, and all sides must step back from the brink,” Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the secretary general, said in a statement. “The…
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The heads of United Nations agencies are demanding an “end to the appalling human suffering and humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza. It comes almost one year since the war between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas began. “We cannot do our jobs in the face of overwhelming need and ongoing violence,” the top UN officials said in…
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At least 100 people in Lebanon have been killed in Israeli airstrikes, its health ministry has now said. The figure has doubled from 50 given in an earlier update. This would make it the deadliest day in Lebanon since the conflict started in October. The number of people wounded has risen to 400. Israel says…
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Israel’s military has begun carrying out extensive strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon this morning, a military spokesperson said. Asked about a possible Israeli ground incursion, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Israel “will do whatever is needed” to return evacuated residents of the north to their homes. He claimed Hezbollah was preparing to fire on Israel,…
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Islamic Resistance in Iraq claims ‘drone attack on Jordan Valley’ The Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI) has said it launched a drone attack on a target in the Jordan Valley in the “occupied territories”. The IRI is an umbrella term used by a number of Iran-backed groups in Iraq. In recent months, groups under their…
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