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UN assembly urges Palestine membership after vote

12-05-2024 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations General Assembly has enhanced Palestine’s rights within the organization and called for it to be accepted as a member. Palestine has had non-member observer state status since 2012, which allows some rights short of a full member. Membership can only be decided upon by …

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US criticizes Israel for failure to protect civilians in Gaza

12-05-2024 WASHINGTON: The Biden administration believes that Israel has most likely violated international standards in failing to protect civilians in Gaza but has not found specific instances that would justify the withholding of military aid, the State Department told Congress on Friday. In the administration’s most detailed assessment of Israel’s …

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BJP will win in South India: MRM

Hyderabad, May 11 (PMI): National conveners Muslim Rashtriya Manch”Abubaker Naqui Ilyas Ahmed today said in the June 4 Lok Sabha elections results, the BJP was going to win majority number of MP seats in Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala States of South India. Addressing media persons, he said in …

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Philippines calls for expelling Chinese diplomats

11-05-2024 MANILA: The Philippines’ national security adviser called on Friday for Chinese diplomats to be expelled over an alleged leak of a phone conversation with a Filipino admiral in a significant escalation of a bitter row over the South China Sea. China’s embassy in Manila had orchestrated “repeated acts of …

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Nigeria proposes death penalty for drug trafficking

11-05-2024 ABUJA: Nigeria’s Senate on Thursday proposed significantly toughening penalties for drug trafficking, making the death penalty the new maximum sentence through a law amendment. The amendment, which is not yet law, replaces life imprisonment, which was previously the harshest punishment. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country of more than 200 …

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Israeli police raid studio linked to Al Jazeera

11-05-2024 JERUSALEM: Israel says it has raided a studio being used by Al Jazeera in Nazareth, in the latest clash between the country and broadcaster. Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi linked the media company to Hamas and said equipment was being confiscated in the northern Israeli city on Thursday morning. Al …

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