The UN General Assembly was expected to vote on Friday to grant Palestine rights and reviving its UN membership bid [UN] The UN General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant Palestine new “rights and privileges” and called on the Security Council to favourably reconsider its request to become the 194th member […]
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Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela arrives for the opening of the exhibition “Mandela: The Official Exhibition” at Bikini Berlin shopping mall on October 18, 2019 in Berlin, Germany [Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images] The grandson of famed South African president Nelson Mandela has criticised the UK Labour Party’s shadow secretary David Lammy for stating that his grandfather would
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Blinken’s report is expected to critique Israel, but fails to say it is violating US’ weapons terms [GETTY] US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to submit a report to Congress as soon as Friday on Israel’s war on Gaza that stops short of concluding it has violated the terms for its use of US weapons, Axios said on
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During the interview with Dr Phil, Netanyahu said that Israel would continue its operations in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah [Getty] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come under fire for conducting an interview with Dr Phil while seemingly ducking interviews to the Israeli press. In the interview, Netanyahu also admitted his government failed to
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The wife of a detained Egyptian journalist has raised concerns over his condition [Getty] The wife of a detained Egyptian journalist has raised the alarm about the media worker’s life-threatening heart condition and called on Egypt’s media union to lobby for his release. Iman Mahrous, the wife of Ahmed Subai, wrote a passionate plea on
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The International Court of Justice is also known as the World Court [Getty-file photo] South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Israel to withdraw from Rafah as part of additional emergency measures over the Gaza war, the UN’s top court said on Friday. In the ongoing case brought by South
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The Biden administration’s finding comes after seven months of Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip [Ashraf Amra/Anadolu/Getty-file photo] The Biden administration said on Friday that Israel’s use of US-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law but that wartime conditions prevented US officials from determining that for certain in specific airstrikes. The finding of
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61st FIFA congress at the Zurich Hallenstadion in Zurich. [Getty] Retired Australian athlete Craig Foster is the latest figure in the football world to criticise Israel and call for its suspension, following its seven-month assault in Gaza. This comes as the world’s football body is set to meet on 17 May. Foster joined calls for
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Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said it fired Katyusha rockets at Israel on Friday in retaliation for strikes, which state media said killed two people in the south of the country. Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged near-daily cross-border fire following the start of the Gaza war in October. Hezbollah fighters fired “a salvo of Katyusha rockets” at
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Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah has dissolved parliament [YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty-archive] Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah said in a televised speech on Friday that he has dissolved parliament. The Emir also suspended some of the constitutional articles for a period not exceeding four years during which all aspects of the democratic process will be
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