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About 800 children affected by school closures in occupied West Bank, UN says The head of the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) said that 800 boys and girls will most probably lose their school year as they are directly impacted by the closure of six schools in the occupied West Bank. “UNRWA schools are protected by the privileges and immunities of the United Nations,” Philippe Lazzarini wrote in a post on...
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Antonio Guterres has rejected Israel's bid to control aid deliveries, calls Gaza a 'killing field' as blockade persists.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:US 'aware' of Israel’s killing of Palestinian-American teen A US State Department spokesperson said the US is aware of the killing of the Palestinian-American teenager Omar Mohammad Rabea in the occupied West Bank by Israeli forces on Sunday. The US is seeking more information about the nature of the killing, according to the spokesperson. "We are certainly aware of that dynamic," he said. "There is an investigation...
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country’s military captured two Chinese soldiers fighting alongside Russia inside Ukraine.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Palestinians in Gaza are mourning the death of journalist Ahmad Mansour who was filmed burning alive.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Israeli forces conduct several raids in occupied West Bank Several Israeli raids have been reported in different areas in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to the Wafa news agency. Israeli forces have stormed the city of Qalqilya, located in the northwest of the occupied West Bank, as well as the area of Khallet al-Amoud located east of Nablus. Israel has been carrying out a military operation in the West...
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Sotheby’s unveiled a newly discovered 10.03-carat fancy vivid blue diamond at an Abu Dhabi exhibit.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Israel ‘determined to eliminate Hamas’, says Netanyahu Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his talks with US president Donald Trump included “working constantly to free the hostages” and that his government is “determined to eliminate Hamas”. He added that he discussed Trump’s “vision” for Gaza during his visit to the White House which ended on Monday. Trump had again proposed taking "the Palestinians and...
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Top US trade official suggests Beijing has not sought talks with Washington as deadline for additional tariffs looms.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Facing ‘wall of mistrust’ and ‘doubting sincerity’, officials suspect US really wants to end Iran's influence in region.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:The Justice Department says it will instead pursue cartels and criminal networks that use digital currencies.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:At least 27 people have now been confirmed dead from a roof collapse at a popular Dominican Republic nightclub.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Gaza is a killing field, UN chief says UN secretary general Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that the Gaza Strip has been abandoned without “a drop of aid” for more than a month, and the situation is proving dire for Palestinian residents in the enclave. “More than an entire month has passed without a drop of aid into Gaza. No food. No fuel. No medicine. No commercial supplies,” he told reporters in New York. He added:...
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:President Zelenskyy said Kyiv is demanding a response from Beijing after Chinese fighters found in the Donetsk region.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:The past three weeks since the ceasefire ended have been an endless horror story.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Israeli soldiers detail orders to 'annihilate' Gaza land for buffer zone Submitted by Mera Aladam on Tue, 04/08/2025 - 15:01 New Breaking the Silence report reveals that Israeli army has systematically destroyed civilian infrastructure and killed anyone entering buffer zones Israeli troops conducting operations in Gaza's Tel Al-Sultan, Rafah in an army handout released on 2 April 2025 (Reuters/Israeli Army) Off Israeli...
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Israeli troops detonate Palestinian house in Jenin A Palestinian home in the Jenin refugee camp was blown up by Israeli troops, according to the Wafa news agency on Tuesday. Israeli troops have been carrying out raids for more than two months as part of an ongoing military operation in occupied Jenin, destroying more than 600 homes there. Wafa agency reported that Israeli soldiers have fired tear gas in the Wadi Burqin...
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Israel in talks with countries to discuss 'resettlement' of Palestinians in Gaza The Israeli media outlet Haaretz is reporting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding talks with countries to discuss “the option of absorbing many Gazan residents”. His statements come after his recent visit to the US on Tuesday, where he met with US president Donald Trump. Netanyahu said they discussed Trump's "vision"...
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Israel ‘reviews’ wedding hall incident in occupied West Bank The Israeli army has denounced an incident in which a wedding hall was set ablaze on Tuesday and sabotaged with graffiti written in Hebrew in the occupied West Bank, stating that an investigation will be launched. “A report was received regarding Israeli civilians setting fire to a Palestinian event hall overnight in the area of Biddya… Upon receiving the...
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:The next German government, likely to be led by the centre-right CDU, is expected to be tougher on migration.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Israeli Supreme Court sets aside law to allow for prosecution of war Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Tue, 04/08/2025 - 14:02 Court's dismissal of petition calling for restoration of aid to Gaza reinforces its role as 'a defender of Israel' The Israeli Supreme Court, pictured in September 2023 (AFP) Off At the end of March, the Israeli Supreme Court voted unanimously to dismiss a petition filed by several human rights...
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Algeria's Sahel neighbours withdraw ambassadors after shooting down of Malian drone Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 04/08/2025 - 15:31 Algiers reciprocated by withdrawing its own emissaries from Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, marking a significant increase in long-standing tensions Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, with counterparts from Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso at a joint press conference in Moscow on 3 April...
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Dutch foreign minister summons Israeli ambassador over Gaza Dutch Foreign Affairs minister Caspar Veldkamp has summoned the Israeli ambassador in the Netherlands over the situation in Gaza, the government said in a statement on Tuesday. It added that a meeting will be held on Wednesday.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Israel's genocide aims to revive the old Zionist dream of Gaza without Palestinians Submitted by Victoria Brittain on Tue, 04/08/2025 - 04:21 As a new history of Palestinians in Jordan reveals, western powers are reviving colonial patterns of erasure rooted in Britain's imperial violence and ongoing complicity A man rushes a wounded Palestinian child to the Ahli Arab Hospital after an Israeli strike hit a school in the...
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Iran's foreign minister confirms indirect talks with the US via Oman, questions sincerity of Washington's approach.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Organisation of American Historians votes to condemn Israeli 'scholasticide' in Gaza The largest professional society for the teaching and study ofAmericanhistory has overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemningIsrael's"scholasticide" in Gaza. The prestigiousOrganisation of American Historians(OAH), which publishes theJournal of American History, passed the resolution on Saturday 8 April atan OAH business meeting in...
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Organization of American Historians votes to condemn Israeli 'scholasticide' in Gaza Submitted by Imran Mulla on Tue, 04/08/2025 - 10:57 The largest professional society for the teaching and study of American history passed the resolution last weekend The Organization of American Historians plenary session in Chicago on 3 May. (Screengrab/ X) Off The largest professional society for the teaching and study of American...
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:But Amnesty International also says only 15 countries carried out the death penalty, the lowest on record
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Smotrich says 'not even a grain of wheat' will enter Gaza Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vowed on Monday that he will continue the total blockade of aid entering the Gaza Strip. “Not even a grain of wheat will enter Gaza,” he said, speaking at Israeli outlet Yedioth Ahronoth’s People of Israel Conference. On 2 March, weeks before breaking the ceasefire in Gaza, Israel shut down all the Palestinian...
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Indictment comes amid an uptick in targeted attacks on Ukrainian officials and public figures.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Hundreds of people have been moved to emergency shelters after flooding in DR Congo’s capital, Kinshasa.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Report comes as US uses claims of Chinese meddling to push for control over strategic waterway.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:The tragedy in Kocani cannot be explained away as another case of local corruption.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Barely inhabited islands, countries the US enjoys a trade surplus with, and a tariff formula that isn't about tariffs.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:China seems prepared for a showdown even as other countries scramble to re-negotiate new tariffs with Washington.
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