18-12-2023 TEL AVIV/ GAZA CITY: Demonstrations have taken place in Tel Aviv with calls for the Israeli government to do more to bring home hostages from Gaza The protests were sparked by the Israeli military mistakenly killing three hostages in Gaza – Yotam Haim, Samer Talalka and Alon Shamriz after …
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18-12-2023 VATICAN CITY: A Vatican court has sentenced Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, a former adviser to Pope Francis, to five-and-a-half years in jail for financial crimes. Becciu, 75, was the most senior Vatican official ever to face such charges and once seen as a papal contender himself. The trial centred …
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18-12-2023 CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA: SpaceX has said it has earmarked December 28 for the launch of the United States military’s X-37B robot space plane on its seventh mission to orbit. “Now targeting no earlier than Thursday, December 28 for the Falcon Heavy to launch USSF-52 to orbit from Florida,” SpaceX …
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18-12-2023 SANA’A/ TEHRAN: Yemen’s Houthi rebels have warned Israel, the United States and other Western allies that any hostile move from foreign forces against the country will have dire consequences and come at great cost. The Iran-aligned Houthis, who control much of Yemen but are not recognized internationally, have escalated …
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18-12-2023 GAZA CITY: Dozens of people martyred in Israeli strikes on central and southern Gaza. Palestinian health officials call for “urgent probe” as witnesses say Israeli bulldozers crushed Palestinians in the yard of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza. One of the three Israeli captives killed in Gaza by Israeli …
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17-12-2023 TRIPOLI: More than 60 migrants are believed to have drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. Citing survivors, the UN agency said on Saturday the vessel left the city of Zuwara with around 86 people on board. It said high …
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17-12-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ TEHRAN: Pakistan’s foreign office on Sunday condemned an attack on a police station in Iran this week that killed 11 people, stressing the need to tackle “terrorism” through bilateral and regional cooperation. At least 11 Iranian security personnel were killed …
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17-12-2023 GAZA CITY: Two homes in northern Gaza were struck by an Israeli attack, resulting in the deaths of 14 people and injuring others. A funeral attended by dozens of mourners has been held for Al Jazeera cameraman Samer Abudaqa in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis The Palestinian representative …
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17-12-2023 HOUSTON: The number of people without permanent housing has reached an all-time high in the United States, according to a recent government report that details a disturbing rise in homelessness nationwide. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development released a study that found out that over 653,100 people …
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17-12-2023 WASHINGTON/ PHILADELPHIA: A Jewish group demanding a ceasefire in Israel’s war in Gaza held protests on Thursday in eight US cities on the eighth night of Hanukkah, blocking rush hour traffic on busy streets and bridges in Washington and Philadelphia. In Washington, the group Jewish Voice for Peace said …
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