Israel condemned by 25 nations over “inhumane killing” of Gaza civilians and “drip feeding of aid” as war expands

Israel condemned by 25 nations over “inhumane killing” of Gaza civilians and “drip feeding of aid” as war expands

Twenty-five nations, including Britain, Canada and Japan, issued a joint statement on Monday with “a simple, urgent message: the war in Gaza must end now.” The statement by the U.S. allies and partners across the globe and published online by the U.K. government condemns Israel’s tightly-controlled aid distribution method, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s U.S.-backed…

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Russia monitoring Western weapons deliveries to Ukraine, Kremlin says | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia monitoring Western weapons deliveries to Ukraine, Kremlin says | Russia-Ukraine war News

Moscow is closely monitoring the West’s supply of weapons to Ukraine, the Kremlin’s spokesperson says shortly after United States President Donald Trump announced the resumption of arms deliveries to Kyiv. Dmitry Peskov also noted on Wednesday that a new phone call between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin was not currently planned but could quickly…

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Africa: Op-Ed – Three Years of Somalia’s ‘Total War’: How Mogadishu’s Al-Shabaab Offensive Unraveled

Africa: Op-Ed – Three Years of Somalia’s ‘Total War’: How Mogadishu’s Al-Shabaab Offensive Unraveled

Addis Abeba — In August 2022, President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud announced that his administration would launch a “total war” against the Al-Qaida-linked militant group Al-Shabaab. The declaration came in the aftermath of a deadly hotel siege in Mogadishu, which left at least 21 people dead and more than 100 wounded. In his address,…

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Sudan’s RSF kills about 300 people in North Kordofan, rights group says | Sudan war News

Sudan’s RSF kills about 300 people in North Kordofan, rights group says | Sudan war News

Emergency Lawyers says paramilitary force set fire to villages, killing dozens, including children and pregnant women. A group of human rights lawyers in Sudan have accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of raiding and setting fire to villages in the state of North Kordofan and killing nearly 300 people, including children and pregnant women….

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Israel-Hamas war rages after Trump-Netanyahu meetings, as 15 civilians reportedly killed at Gaza health clinic

Israel-Hamas war rages after Trump-Netanyahu meetings, as 15 civilians reportedly killed at Gaza health clinic

Tel Aviv — After five days of negotiations in Qatar and two meetings in Washington between Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump, there was still no ceasefire agreement for Gaza on Thursday, as Netanyahu prepared to leave Washington to fly back home. At the start of the week, the Trump administration sounded optimistic that a…

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