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Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Attempt to block Israel weapons sales fails in US Senate An attempt to force a vote to block US weapons transfers to Israel failed in the Senate on Thursday. Independent Senator Bernie Sanders attempted to bring forward two joint resolutions of disapproval (JRD) to block $8.8bn worth of offensive weapons sales to Israel that were already approved by the Trump administration. Only 15 senators, including former vice...
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Israel is a 'racist' and 'strategic destabiliser', Turkey says In a strongly-worded statement released late on Thursday, the Turkish foreign ministry called Israel "racist" and a "strategic destabiliser" that "fuels chaos and fosters terrorism". The statement is understood to be a response to Israeli officials who indicated that Israeli air strikes on Syria are intended to convey a message to Turkey not to establish a...
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:US to warn Lebanon to get tougher on Hezbollah to unlock Gulf cash, sources say Submitted by Sean Mathews on Thu, 04/03/2025 - 18:33 Lebanon's hopes for a Gulf cash infusion with a new government are fading fast, as US embraces a 'squeeze into confrontation' approach US deputy special envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus speaks during a press conference after meeting with the Lebanese president in Baabda, east of...
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Palestinian authorities say children were among the dead, while Israel says it hit a Hamas command-and-control centre.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Nicaragua withdraws from ICJ genocide case against Israel The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced on Thursday that as of 1 April, Nicaragua had withdrawn its application to join South Africa's "genocide" case against Israel.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:There are angry reactions from world leaders as the US announces tariffs on all imports.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:UN envoy for Syria slams βrepeatedβ military attacks by Israel in Syria, warning of violations of international law.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:At least 18 children among those killed in Gaza City at three schools-turned-shelters for families.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:The move is announced hours after Israel's PM, who is sought under an ICC arrest warrant, arrives in Budapest for a state visit.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:This is the moment an airbase in Hama, Syria, was targeted by an Israeli airstrike, nearly destroying the facility.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:At least 112 Palestinians killed since dawn on Thursday: Gaza health ministry The Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Thursday that 112 Palestinians were killed by Israeli air strikes since dawn, with at least 70 of those deaths taking place in Gaza City, in the north of the Strip. The figure makes Thursday the deadliest single day for Palestinians since Israel resumed its war on Gaza on 18 March.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:US bombings kill 92 in Yemen since 15 March The Yemeni health ministry on Thursday said that US air strikes have killed 92 people since they began on 15 March. The bombings take place on a nightly basis via US naval assets and aircraft. At least 165 others have been wounded, the ministry said.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Sudanese civilians in North Darfur are starving as they fear an RSF invasion. Many are calling on the army for help.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Trump tariffs unlikely to hurt Turkish economy and could boost EU ties Submitted by Ragip Soylu on Thu, 04/03/2025 - 16:16 Experts acknowledge that trade wars could put Ankara in a peculiar position, but it got the best possible outcome Donald Trump's tariffs have hit every country in the world (Reuters/Dado Ruvic/illustration) Off US President Donald Trumpβs sweeping tariffs are not expected to have a major impact on...
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Trumpβs new global tariffs have shocked both allies and adversaries alike.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Qatar 'not an enemy', Netanyahu says amid new corruption probe Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said that Qatar is "not an enemy country, and many praise it", amid a probe into allegations his aides received money from the Gulf state for public relations work. The Times of Israel reported that two aides to Netanyahu, identified as Jonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein, aresuspectedof being paid to spread...
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Israel says it 'eliminated more than 250 terrorists' since resuming war on Gaza A spokesperson for the Israeli forces on Thursday said that since Israel's resumption of the war on Gaza on 18 March, it has "attacked more than 600 terrorist targets... and eliminated more than 250 terrorists, including 12 senior terrorists in Hamas and its ruling arm". The Hamas members in question were not identified. "In recent days, we...
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Sadiq Khan's office hits back against Israeli embassy attack over Eid message Submitted by Imran Mulla on Thu, 04/03/2025 - 14:29 Israel accused mayor of London of 'spouting Hamas propaganda' in lengthy statement London mayor Sadiq Khan leaves a meeting of regional mayors at 10 Downing Street in London on 9 July 2024 (AFP) Off The Israeli embassy in the UK has launched an unexpected attack on the mayor of London over...
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:The losers and worse losers of Trumpβs tariffs on the Middle East and North Africa Submitted by Rayhan Uddin on Thu, 04/03/2025 - 14:32 Algeria, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Syria and Tunisia are hit hardest by Washington's sweeping imposition of duties based on trade deficit formula US President Donald Trump holds a chart as he delivers remarks on reciprocal tariffs during an event in the Rose Garden at the White...
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Russia says it is open to economic cooperation with the West in the Arctic.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Over 39,000 children have lost one or both parents in Gaza, new report by the Palestinian statistics agency says.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:'Torn up body parts': Israeli dawn shelling kills dozens of Palestinians Submitted by Ahmed Aziz on Thu, 04/03/2025 - 08:18 Air strike pummel Rafah, Khan Younis and Gaza City, killing at least 40 people A Palestinian child in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, looks on at the site of an Israeli strike on a tent site housing displaced people on 3 April, 2025 (Reuters/Hatem Khaled) Off Israeli fighter jets poundedshelters...
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Canada, China and the EU are expected to hit back, as other Asian nations and the UK seek deals.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Land reform is not a threat, but a demand for justice. The global community must treat it as such.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:The Israeli army faced backlash for joining an online trend of using AI anime-style images to portray its forces.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:The move deals a harsh blow to the small, impoverished state, which Trump mocked as a place 'nobody has heard of'.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Armed gangs control about 85 percent of the capital, Port-au-Prince, according to the UN.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Hungary announced it will end its membership of the ICC as it staged a red-carpet welcome for Benjamin Netanyahu.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:US President Donald Trump brandished a chart as he announced sweeping new tariffs on goods coming to America.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:A look at what different countries said should be done in Gaza β and what they actually did.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Airbases and other military sites were hit, amid reports of Turkey moving to station jets in Syria.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:But Congress can still step in to save them, and the US economy.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:A multi-year strategy will include balance of US and European weapons, marking a transition towards greater EU autonomy.
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:101 East investigates the significance of the escalating skirmishes between Beijing and Manila in the South China Sea.
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