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The Palestinian death toll in Gaza kept climbing Sunday, with at least 90 Palestinians killed and 177 others injured in Israeli atrocities in the last 24 hours, the territory’s Health Ministry confirmed. A child stands amid the ruins of a building destroyed in Israeli attacks, Deir el-Balah Gaza, Palestine, March 3, 2024. (AA Photo) “The […]

Thousands of mourners gathered in Moscow on Friday to say goodbye to the late opposition figure Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin’s most prominent critic. “I glanced back and found myself unable to see where the crowd ended — it seemed to stretch on forever,” said Vadim, who attended the funeral ceremony. Mourners gather outside the cemetery […]

The United States and Belgium are planning to airdrop humanitarian aid to the civilian population in the Gaza Strip, as Israel continues to impose a crippling blockade that has left over a million people without food, water and access to healthcare and other vital services. Hmanitarian aid is air-dropped by a Jordanian aircraft into the […]

Four people – including a child – have died in two shootings in northern Germany today, with one soldier arrested in connection with the attack. It is not clear if the shootings are related at this time. Several police officers were called to a home in Westervesede, in the Scheessel municipality, in the early hours […]

Israeli troops in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire on Palestinians scrambling for food aid on Thursday, killing more than 100 people, according to the territory’s health ministry. Palestinians transport casualties following Israeli fire on people waiting for aid, in Gaza City, in this still picture taken from a video February 29, 2024. (Reuters) The Gaza health […]

Israeli attack kills people waiting for aid Israeli troops fired on a crowd of Palestinians waiting for aid in Gaza City on Thursday, witnesses said. More than 100 people were killed, bringing the death toll since the start of the Israel-Hamas war to more than 30,000, according to health officials. Hospital officials initially reported an […]

The Palestinian death toll in Israel’s war on Gaza crossed the grim 30,000 milestone with no end in sight to atrocities. Children sit in a destroyed car in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, Feb. 28, 2024. (AFP Photo) The Gazan Health Ministry confirmed Thursday the number of people killed nearly five months into […]

US President Joe Biden says Israel would be willing to halt its war with Hamas in Gaza during the upcoming Muslim fasting month of Ramadan if a deal is reached to release some of the hostages held by the militants Ramadan is due to start around 10 March. Negotiators from the US, Egypt and Qatar […]

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has accused Ethiopia of trying to annex part of his country’s territory by signing a sea access deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland. President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, centre, attends the 37th African Union (AU) summitin Addis Ababa [Michele Spatari/AFP] Speaking at the African Union summit in Ethiopia’s […]

Israel ignored a growing international outctry to threaten an invasion of southern Gaza’s Rafah by March if Hamas did not return the remaining Israeli captives. Displaced Palestinian children stand in front of a tent in Raf  southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 18, 2024. (AFP Photo) The planned offensive, which now looks even more likely, will coincide […]