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US Senator Sanders says he will force votes to block $8b in military aid to Israel Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 03/28/2025 - 16:13 Sanders said the Gaza war has been conducted almost entirely with American weapons and $18bn in US taxpayer dollars US Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during a 'Fighting Oligarchy' rally with US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in Denver, Colorado, on 21 March 2025 (Kevin...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Martinez was absent from Spain's internationals, leading Osasuna to insist he should have sat out LaLiga encounter.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:The Israeli military destroyed a building in a residential area of southern Beirut on Friday.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Renowned Palestinian poet, author cancels US tour for fear of abduction Award-winning Palestinian poet and author Mosab Abu Toha said on Friday that he has cancelled all his US speaking events because he "felt unsafe traveling, especially after watching students and university professors abducted on the street just in front of other people". Abu Toha is the founder of the Edward Said Library in Gaza and has been...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Israeli attack destroys a residential building in a Beirut suburb as France's Macron decries 'unacceptable' strike.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Twin earthquakes in Myanmar, one a 7.7 magnitude, caused extensive damage as far away as Bangkok.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Israel's Mossad asking African countries to take Palestinians from Gaza: Report Israel's foreign intelligence agency, the Mossad, has been tasked with approaching multiple African nations to ask them to take Palestinians from Gaza, Axios reported on Friday. Talks have already taken place with Somalia and South Sudan on the orders of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the report said. The move follows last month's...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:US president appeals to Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ban on his use of an obscure wartime law.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Several key leaders stayed away because of the inclusion of far-right politicians from Europe.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:US president says he and the Canadian PM 'agree on many things' and will meet after Canada's elections next month.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Israel breaking international law with latest expulsion orders in Gaza, says UN The UN Human Rights office has said Israel is violating international law by forcibly displacing Palestinians in Gaza under "mandatory evacuation orders". The Israeli army has issued ten such orders across Gaza since resuming it's war on the enclave last week. "These evacuations fail to comply with the requirements of international...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Israeli press review: 'Zionism does not fit our worldview,' says rabbi Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 03/28/2025 - 14:36 Meanwhile, northern Israeli city near Lebanon resembles βghost townβ with large malls abandoned and most residents yet to return Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men hold placards during a protest against a ruling by a top Israeli court that they must be drafted into military service, in Jerusalem on 27 March...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Jamie Gaskarth critiques Trump officialsβ disregard for intelligence and defence secrecy risks.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Two Palestinians killed in Israeli drone strike in Khan Younis Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli drone strike targeting a civilian vehicle west of Khan Younis, Wafa news agency reported on Friday. According to the report, Mahmoud Adwan and Ismail Shakshak were killed whenan Israeli drone fired at their vehicle in the al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:PRCS cancels mission to recover missing crew members' bodies The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has said it has cancelled the search for eight of its crew members who went missing following an Israeli attack in Rafah. βThe search mission for our crew members has been cancelled, and the rescue team returned without finding any bodies,β PRCS told Al Jazeera. Nine PRCS and Gaza's Civil Defence crew members went...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:The strike, which Israel said hit a Hezbollah site, occurred hours after two rockets were fired from southern Lebanon towards northern Israel.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Pro-Palestine independent wins UK local election in sign Labour still faces anger over Gaza Submitted by Imran Mulla on Fri, 03/28/2025 - 11:00 UK support for Israel remains a key political issue for some voters, particularly British Muslims Redbridge & Ilford Independents party members campaigning ahead of the election. (Screengrab/ X) Off A pro-Palestine independent candidate beat Labour in a London council...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:US issues fresh sanctions targeting Hezbollah The United States issued on Friday fresh sanctions aimed at Hezbollah that target five individuals and three entities. The State Department said in a statement that the sanctions targeted Hezbollah's finance team, "which oversees commercial projects and oil smuggling networks that generate revenue for" the group. The sanctions' targets included family members and close...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Netanyahu: Israel will continue attacking everywhere in Lebanon against any threats Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Israel would continue to attack anywhere in Lebanon to counter threats and enforce a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah, following heavy Israeli bombardment in the southern suburbs of Beirut. - Reporting by Reuters
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Tamim Iqbal was admitted to hospital on Monday after suffering chest pains while competing in a match in Bangladesh.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Myanmar's military government imposes a state of emergency after tremors cause deaths and destroy buildings.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Redi Tlhabi dissects the continuing conflict in the DRC and its potential impact on regional stability.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Is Big Tech out of control and AI beyond limits? Redi Tlhabi speaks with author and activist Cory Doctorow.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Protest have come out for three days in Gaza, people calling for an end to Israel's genocidal war on the enclave.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Prosecutors seek jail term for Italian, who has won football's Champions League title on a record five occasions.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Video captured the moment an Israeli air attack levelled a multi-storey building in Beirut.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Details of the victims have not yet been released, but two children were reported among the dead.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:At least three Palestinians killed by Israeli strike near Gaza City At least three Palestinians were killed and dozens more were wounded by an Israeli strike targeting a house in the Zeitoun neighborhood east of Gaza City, according to Al Jazeera Arabic. The strike is the latest in a deadly day for the Gaza Strip, with Israel attacking across the enclave.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that 'nothing is off the table' in retaliation to 25-percent tariffs.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Israel denies Palestinians in Hebron access to Mosque for fourth day: Report Israeli soldiers have denied Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron access to the Ibrahimi Mosque and its facilities, courtyards and gates for the fourth day, blocking a landmark Islamic place of worship during Ramadan, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. The mosque was the site of a brutal Israeli settler attack in 1994 that...
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:The LaLiga leaders move three points clear at the top of the table after sweeping to a 3-0 win against Osasuna.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Egyptian mediators in Qatar for ceasefire talks: Report Egyptian mediators are traveling to Doha, Qatar for ceasefire talks, Reuters reported on Thursday. A January ceasefire in Gaza backed by the US, Egypt and Qatar imploded in March when Israel resumed unilateral attacks on Gaza. Reuters reported that Egypt received "positive indications" from Israel over a new ceasefire proposal that would include a transitional...
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Judge James Boasberg issued a temporary restraining order against deleting any messages in the controversial chat.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Another 39 people were rescued after the vessel sank in the Red Sea on Thursday morning.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Israeli strike kills World Central Kitchen volunteer An Israeli strike killed a volunteer of the World Central Kitchen and wounded several other people in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the charity group said. "Our hearts are heavy today as we mourn the loss of one of our volunteers in Gaza. Israeli strikes hit near one of our WCK-supported community kitchens just as meals were being distributed. Jalal was tragically...
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