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Netanyahu mulls plan to empty northern Gaza of civilians and cut off aid to those left inside
Netanyahu mulls plan to empty northern Gaza of civilians and cut off aid to those left inside
A notorious Russian general known for torturing his own men has been killed by a Ukrainian drone while riding his motorbike.
Farmers are planning a breakaway inheritance tax protest after the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) declined to back a mass demonstration.
War in Ukraine could end easily if the U.S. administration under Donald Trump takes a solution-based approach, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Friday. He added in an in-flight interview with reporters on his way back from Budapest that efforts by Western countries, led by the United States, to end war in Ukraine would accelerate a solution to the conflict.
The US carried out a series of strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen late Saturday evening, according to a US defense official, targeting numerous weapons storage facilities across at least three locations.
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.
Two French officials were arrested by Israeli security forces at a holy site in Jerusalem, sparking a diplomatic incident between the countries.
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.
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
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 ...
Thousands of people take to streets to protest threats to reproductive rights and pledges of mass deportations
Protesters are calling for the resignation of Valencia's regional leader Carlos Mazón.View on euronews
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant officially stepped down Friday in a ceremony that replaced him with Israel Katz, the former foreign minister, just three days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Gallant, sparking protests. Many in Israel view Gallant as the sole moderate voice in a far-right government, and see his removal as a sign that Netanyahu has lost interest in returning hostages still held in Gaza.
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.
Victims of the 2017 terror attack are taking legal action against the security services
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.
STORY: [EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS STORY HAS BEEN REFED TO CORRECT A PRONUNCIATION OF 'BALOCHISTAN']A security camera captured the moment a deadly blast went off at a busy train station in southwest Pakistan on Saturday (November 9).It killed at least two dozen people and injured more than 40, many of them critically. That's according to police, who said they suspect it was a suicide bombing.This eyewitness described people running around in chaos. "Some people were injured, some with blown up legs, some with blown up arms and hands," he said. A separatist militant group, the Baloch Liberation Army, claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement emailed to Reuters.The group wants independence for Balochistan, a province of about 15 million people that borders Afghanistan to the north and Iran to the west. It's the biggest of several ethnic insurgent groups battling the government, saying it unfairly exploits the province's rich gas and mineral resources.Balochistan's inspector general of police said the attack on the train station in the provincial capital Quetta was targeting army personnel. :: August 26, 2024Pakistan is grappling with a surge in strikes by separatist groups in Balochistan.In August, at least 73 people were killed after militants attacked police stations, railway lines and highways.
Protesters and police clashed in the streets of Valencia in eastern Spain on Saturday, as tens of thousands of people marched to demand the regional president resign over his response to floods that killed more than 220 people.