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100 dead as Israel launches fresh Gaza offensive
AFP, Published on 17/05/2025
» JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said Saturday it had launched "extensive strikes" as part of a fresh offensive in Gaza, after rescuers reported 100 people killed in the besieged Palestinian territory.
Aid cuts could affect US itself
News, Dave Kendall, Published on 02/05/2025
» "Armageddon" is the word veteran human rights campaigner Phil Robertson uses to describe the sudden shutdown of most of the US' aid programmes around the world.
Sudan's hell of devastation and despair
Oped, Published on 24/04/2025
» The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are stalking Sudan: brutal civil conflict, widespread devastation, humanitarian disasters, and the displacement of millions of refugees. Now add the Fifth Horseman, the darkness of global indifference.
15 potential successors to Pope Francis
AFP, Published on 21/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - The April 21 death of Pope Francis triggered a period of mourning in the Catholic Church, but also kick-started the race for his successor.
Earthquake shakes Myanmar military regime
Oped, Published on 03/04/2025
» Two powerful earthquakes jolted and devastated Myanmar, causing widespread death and destruction for a country already reeling from the effects of ongoing civil conflict. The M7.7 quakes created stunning devastation in central Myanmar as well as in neighbouring Thailand, killing more than 2,000 people and damaging the storied city of Mandalay.
'People will die': Trump aid cuts threaten refugees’ survival
New York Times, Published on 15/03/2025
» COX'S BAZAR — More than 1 million people in the world's largest refugee camp could soon be left with too little food for survival.
Bodies of youngest hostages coming home to Israel
Published on 20/02/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israel braced on Thursday for the return of the bodies of infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the two youngest captives taken by Hamas in their Oct 7, 2023 attack and among the most potent symbols of the trauma inflicted that day.
Trump reaffirms interest in Gaza ownership
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/02/2025
» WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump backed off his threat to withhold aid for Jordan after King Abdullah II agreed during a White House meeting to accept 2,000 ill children from Gaza.
Global jitters
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/02/2025
» Re: "Trade war will test govt", (Editorial, Feb 3).
Israel orders army to plan to let Palestinians leave Gaza
AFP, Published on 06/02/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israel's defence minister ordered the army on Thursday to start making preparations to allow for "voluntary" departures from the Gaza Strip, after US President Donald Trump floated a proposal to move Palestinians out of the territory.