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Gaza rescuers say 44 killed as Israel steps up offensive
AFP, Published on 20/05/2025
» GAZA CITY — Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 44 people on Tuesday across the war-ravaged Palestinian territory, where Israel has intensified a military offensive aimed at crushing Hamas.
Israel strikes Gaza after 'basic' food aid pledge
AFP, Published on 19/05/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israeli strikes killed at least 22 people in Gaza on Monday, rescuers said, after Israel pledged to let a "basic amount" of food into the territory to avert a hunger crisis.
Global acute hunger hits new high, 2025 outlook 'bleak'
AFP, Published on 16/05/2025
» PARIS - More than 295 million people faced acute hunger last year, a new high driven by conflict along with other crises -- and the outlook is "bleak" for 2025 as humanitarian aid falters, a United Nations-backed report said Friday.
Gaza rescuers say 80 killed in Israeli strikes amid hostage release talks
AFP, Published on 15/05/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Gaza rescuers said at least 80 people were killed in Israeli bombardment across the Palestinian territory on Wednesday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to US envoy Steve Witkoff about the release of hostages.
Conflict in Gaza and Kashmir on a parallel track
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 12/05/2025
» There is a striking parallel between the 20-month war in the Gaza Strip and the week-old not-yet-war between India and Pakistan. Both confrontations were set off by horrendously cruel mass murders by terrorists whose goal was obviously to start a war that drew the attention of the world back to their own goals and grievances.
End citizenship delay now
Editorial, Published on 11/05/2025
» They were granted Thai nationality decades ago. Yet for nearly 40 years, they have lived as second-class citizens -- invisible, powerless, and stripped of basic rights -- all because of government red tape.
Hamas says no point in further Gaza truce talks
AFP, Published on 06/05/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) — A senior Hamas official said Tuesday the group was no longer interested in truce talks with Israel and urged the international community to halt Israel's "hunger war" against Gaza.
Drone strikes rock Port Sudan in third day of attacks
AFP, Published on 06/05/2025
» PORT SUDAN — Drones struck the airport and targeted an army base in Port Sudan on Tuesday, officials said, the third straight day the Sudanese army-aligned government's seat of power has come under attack.
South Asian nuclear war would hit globe
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 01/05/2025
» India and Pakistan have had several shooting matches since they carried out a total of nine underground nuclear weapons tests in 1998. However, they don't make Putin-style thinly veiled threats to use their nukes (around 170 nuclear warheads each at the moment), and they do understand that escalation from smaller, "conventional" wars is the real danger.
All UN food stocks in Gaza depleted as Israel blocks aid
AFP, Published on 25/04/2025
» GAZA CITY - The UN’s World Food Programme said Friday it had depleted its food stocks in war-ravaged Gaza where Israel has blocked all aid for more than seven weeks.