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Israel intensifies bombardment of Gaza and southern Lebanon ahead of Oct. 7 anniversary
Israel intensifies bombardment of Gaza and southern Lebanon ahead of Oct. 7 anniversary
Iran seems to have weaponized the pharmaceutical fentanyl. It may have given these chemical weapons to Hamas and Hezbollah to use against Israel.
A notorious Russian general known for torturing his own men has been killed by a Ukrainian drone while riding his motorbike.
Qatar agreed in recent weeks to kick Hamas out of its country following a request from the US to do so, capping off months of failed attempts to try to get the militant group – whose top leaders reside in the Qatari capital of Doha – to accept a ceasefire and hostage release deal in the Israel-Hamas war, US and Qatari sources told CNN.
Thousands of people take to streets to protest threats to reproductive rights and pledges of mass deportations
Israel launched deadly strikes on Gaza and Lebanon Sunday, rescuers and authorities said, ahead of a US deadline for improved aid delivery to the Palestinian territory.Israel's main military backer the United States on October 15 warned that it could withhold some of its billions of dollars in military assistance unless Israel improves aid delivery to the Gaza Strip within 30 days -- a deadline that expires on Wednesday.
A strike carried out by Israeli military helicopter targeted makeshift tents for displaced people inside a hospital compound in central Gaza, according to several journalists at the scene and Gaza officials.At least two people were killed and 26 were injured in the strike outside al-Aqsa Martyr’s Hospital in Deir al Balah, according to reports from local journalist Nahed Hajjaj and the Government Media Office in Gaza. Two journalists were among the wounded, the reports said.Footage filmed by journalist Yosef Basam al-Saifi shows smoke billowing from burning tents as civil defense workers and other people rush to the scene.Other videos from the area showed a helicopter flying overhead moments before an explosion and bloodied people being rushed away for medical treatment.The Government Media Office in Gaza said it was ninth time the Israel Defense Forces had struck tents outside the hospital since the beginning of the year.The most recent strike on October 14 garnered international news coverage after graphic footage showed a teenager being burned alive as a tent was engulfed in flames. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said they had targeted Hamas militants at the hospital.The IDF had not commented on the November 9 strike at the time of publication. Credit: Yosef Basam al-Saifi via Storyful
Israeli protesters expressed concern for hostages in Gaza Saturday, after Qatar said it was pulling back as a key mediator for a ceasefire that would help bring the captives home.Protester Ruti Lior said she was unsure how much sway Qatar had, but was still "very, very worried" by their decision to pull back from negotiations.
UN peacekeepers on Friday accused the Israeli army of damaging one of their south Lebanon positions in a "deliberate and direct" action against their forces.It "is not a matter of peacekeepers getting caught in the crossfire, but of deliberate and direct actions by the" Israeli army, it said.
A bombing claimed by Pakistani separatists killed 26 people including 14 soldiers at a railway station in the southwestern Balochistan province, a hospital spokesman said Saturday.At the hospital, Mohammed Irfan had to identify two of his relatives killed in the bombing.
Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli strike on Sunday killed 20 people including three children in the village of Almat, north of the capital Beirut."The Israeli enemy strike on Almat in the Jbeil district killed 20 people including three children and injured six, in an updated toll," the health ministry said in a statement.
Israel is evacuating citizens from Amsterdam following hit-and-run scooter attacks on Israeli fans in the city following a soccer game, which authorities have condemned as antisemitic. Five people were treated in hospitals, with another 20 to 30 suffering light injuries, and at least 62 suspects were arrested, Dutch authorities told The Associated Press. Ten suspects…
STORY: :: A suspected suicide bombing at a Pakistan railway station has killed dozens and injured over 40 people:: Quetta, Pakistan:: November 9, 2024:: Abdul Jabbar, Injured man“I was going inside the station after buying a train ticket. After two minutes, as I reached inside, this blast occurred. Two more people, who were with me, got injured. There were more people with me. God knows better what happened to them.”Inspector general of police for Balochistan, Mouzzam Jah Ansari, said 24 people have died so far from the blast at the railway station, which is usually busy early in the day."The target was army personnel from the Infantry School," he said, with many of the injured in critical condition.The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a separatist militant group, claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement emailed to Reuters.The BLA seeks independence for Balochistan, a province of about 15 million people that borders Afghanistan to the north and Iran to the west. The BLA is the biggest of several ethnic insurgent groups battling the government, saying it unfairly exploits the province's rich gas and mineral resources.Senior superintendent of police operations, Muhammad Baloch, said the blast seemed to be a suicide bomb and that investigations were underway.
TWO separate Israeli strikes have killed at least 13 people including women and children in Gaza, Palestinian medical officials said ...
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A suicide bombing at a train station in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday killed at least 25 people, according to a senior local government official.
Qatar is suspending its role as a mediator in talks between Israel and Hamas after concluding that the two sides are no longer negotiating in good faith, its foreign ministry said Saturday.
UN Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Muhannad Hadi just returned from northern Gaza. It was his first trip since Israel renewed military operations in the North last month.
A Hindu temple in Brampton has reinstated one of its priests, who was recently suspended in the wake of violent clashes between protesters at Hindu and Sikh places of worship earlier this week. A statement from Hindu Sabha Mandir Thursday said the priest was suspended for his activities in the altercation "based on preliminary input," but had been reinstated to his duties "as a result of further review." The statement did not elaborate on the priest's actions, or the decision to reinstate him.Hi
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a train station in troubled Baluchistan province on Saturday, killing at least 26 people, officials said.View on euronews
Afghan Taliban officials will attend a major United Nations climate conference that starts next week, the Afghan Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, the first time they have attended since the former insurgents took power in 2021. The COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan's capital Baku will be among the highest-profile multilateral events attended by Taliban administration officials since they took control in Kabul after 20 years of fighting NATO-backed forces. The U.N. has not allowed the Taliban to take up Afghanistan's seat at the General Assembly, and Afghanistan's government is not formally recognised by U.N. member states, largely due to the Taliban's restrictions on women's education and freedom of movement.