AFP About 20,000 people with alleged links to IS are held in al-Hol camp Syria’s government has announced a new ceasefire with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), after the militia alliance withdrew from a camp holding thousands of people with alleged links to the jihadist group Islamic State (IS). The SDF said its forces…
Palestine warned, on Tuesday, that Gaza is enduring relentless bombardment, coupled with a deprivation of basic necessities, accusing Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war against civilians, Anadolu Agency reports. “There is no shortage of bombs falling on Gaza, but there is an imposed shortage of everything else; starvation as a weapon of…
Guy Hedgecoein Adamuz, southern Spain Reuters Spain’s King Felipe (far right) visited the crash site with Queen Letizia on Tuesday Sunday’s high-speed train crash in southern Spain, the worst in over a decade, has been a devastating tragedy for the country, with the loss of at least 42 lives. And amid the grief, many are…
Gaza’s Government Media Office yesterday accused the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) of “double standards” regarding the handover of the bodies of deceased Israelis and Palestinians, Anadolu reported. “While the Red Cross holds solemn official ceremonies when receiving the bodies of Israeli hostages, it delivers the bodies of Palestinian martyrs in blue bags…
Jonathan Josephs,Business reporterand Nick Edser,Business reporter Bloomberg via Getty Images The European Parliament is planning to suspend approval of the US tariffs deal agreed in July, according to sources close to its international trade committee. The suspension is set to be announced in Strasbourg, France on Wednesday. The move would mark another escalation in tensions…
The Palestinian resistance factions in the Gaza Strip said on Saturday that they targeted several Israeli military targets, Anadolu Agency reports. The Al-Quds Brigades, the military arm of the Islamic Jihad Movement, claimed on Telegram that they targeted an Israeli military vehicle with two shells, injuring several soldiers west of Gaza City. The Al-Qassam Brigades,…
The term “moonbat” is a pejorative political epithet originating in the 19th century and used widely in the US. It is normally used to insult those on the political left, but I think it is eminently suitable to describe Tom Cotton, the Republican US Senator for the state of Arkansas. Cotton, 47, was incandescent with…
Getty Images The UK government has defended a deal to give the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back a key military base, following criticism from US President Donald Trump over its handling. In a post on social media, Trump labelled the move as an “act of great stupidity” and “total weakness”, months after he…
The government’s move to assert control over areas under Kurdish rule is a major test for President Ahmed al-Sharaa as fresh clashes erupted. Source link
Police in northern Nigeria say reports that worshippers were abducted on Sunday from churches in Kaduna state were false. In a joint statement with local government officials on Monday, Kaduna state police commissioner Alhaji Muhammad Rabiu described the information as “mere falsehood which is being peddled by conflict entrepreneurs who want to cause chaos”. Earlier,…