12-11-2023 KHARTOUM: Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) besieged a camp for displaced people on November 2 after attacking a nearby army base in West Darfur. Over the next three days, the paramilitary group committed what may amount to the single largest mass killing since the civil war erupted in April. …
Read More »NYT denies viral claim that they knew Hamas would attack
11-11-2023 NEW YORK: Two international news agencies and The New York Times have denied claims in a viral report alleging that photojournalists may have had prior knowledge of Hamas’ attacks in Israel last month and even possibly “coordinated” with the militant group in order to document the carnage. An article …
Read More »Americans still believed to be in clutches of Hamas
11-11-2023 WASHINGTON: Officials around the globe are scrambling to find and rescue the hundreds of men, women, and children abducted by Hamas terrorists a month after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. As of now, 10 Americans are still believed to be held hostage in Gaza where thousands of civilians …
Read More »Iran warns of ‘inevitable expansion’ of Israel-Gaza war
11-11-2023 TEHRAN: Iran has warned the scale of civilian suffering caused by Israel’s war on Hamas will inevitably lead to an expansion of the conflict, as officials in Gaza report Israeli air strikes on or near several hospitals in the Palestinian enclave. The comments from Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian …
Read More »Israeli diplomat busted spreading blatant disinfo about Palestinians
11-11-2023 JERUSALEM: The Israeli diplomat Ofir Gendelman was flamed on Thursday after he tried to pass off behind-the-scenes footage from a Lebanese short film as proof that Palestinians were faking injuries sustained in Israel’s month-long barrage of airstrikes in Gaza. Gendelman, a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, posted …
Read More »India’s BJP seeks Muslim ‘friends’ for 2024 election
11-11-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s website states that secularism in India has become “minority appeasement … at the cost of majority”. Some analysts say the party has politicized fault-lines between Hindus and Muslims to such an extent that Modi’s cabinet doesn’t have a …
Read More »Israeli attacks hit children’s hospital in Gaza
11-11-2023 GAZA CITY: The White House says Israel has agreed to suspend fighting for four hours on a daily basis to allow for Palestinian civilians to flee from northern Gaza. Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in Gaza City attacked twice on Thursday, according to the director, forcing the hospital to almost fully …
Read More »Israeli attacks across Gaza, death toll above 10,500
10-11-2023 GAZA CITY: Al-Qassam Brigades says it is confronting Israeli forces as they try to advance deeper into Gaza City. Dozens of Palestinians were killed in intense overnight Israeli bombardments in the Jabalia refugee camp in the north and Sabra in western Gaza. Thousands of Palestinians walking long distances to …
Read More »Hazardous air quality forces school closures in India & Pakistan
10-11-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: India’s capital has shut down schools for an extended period while neighboring Pakistan has declared a four-day school holiday as the two nations see pollution levels rising to an alarming level. The New Delhi government on Wednesday ordered the closure of all schools for …
Read More »Washington Post deletes editorial cartoon criticized as racist
10-11-2023 WASHINGTON: The Washington Post took down an editorial cartoon Wednesday that depicted a Hamas leader using civilians as human shields, after the drawing was criticized as racist and dehumanizing toward Palestinians. In a note to readers, David Shipley, editorial page editor of The Post, said the cartoon was initially …
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