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Staff, teachers fear they are ‘a target’ in Gaza
A senior UN official said Saturday that teachers and other UN staff working in Gaza fear they are now targets after an Israeli air strike hit a school-turned-shelter in the territory this week.
Wednesday's strike on the UN-run Al-Jawni…
Trump safe after new assassination attempt, suspect arrested
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was safe on Sunday after the Secret Service foiled what the FBI called an apparent assassination attempt while he was golfing on his course in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Secret Service…
US must intervene to stop Gaza carnage
UN chief Antonio Guterres, in an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, said that the US must put more pressure on Israel to end its war on Gaza as the violence on the ground raged on today.
The message conveyed by Guterres to the US…
Israeli air strikes hit house, school
An Israeli air strike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City yesterday, with Palestinian rescuers reporting five dead and the Israeli military saying it had targeted Hamas fighters.
Thousands of Palestinians displaced by the war,…
Trump pledges to deport Haitians in Ohio city if elected
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged on Friday to conduct mass deportations of Haitian immigrants from the Ohio city of Springfield, even though the majority of them are in the United States legally.
The city for…
Support for Trump, questions for Harris in pro-fracking Pennsylvania
For Pennsylvania farmer George Wherry, 85, fracking for natural gas under his otherwise bucolic fields means greater economic "freedom" -- one of the many reasons he'll be voting for Donald Trump in November.
Hydraulic fracturing is…
Malaysian police rescue 400 minors from suspected sexual abuse at Islamic charity homes
Malaysian authorities rescued more than 400 children on Wednesday suspected of being sexually abused at charity homes run by a prominent Islamic business organisation with links to a banned religious sect, the top police official said.…
Gaza rescuers say Israeli strike on school killed 18
An Israeli air strike hit a school in central Gaza on Wednesday, with the Hamas-run territory's civil defence agency reporting that 18 people were killed, including UN staffers, and the military saying it had targeted Palestine fighters.…
Xi to attend BRICS
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the BRICS summit in Russia next month, China's foreign minister announced yesterday.
The summit of emerging economies will be held from October 22 to 24 in the southwestern Russian city of Kazan,…
Ghosts of the deposed dictator spreading confusions: Tarique
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman today said the ghosts of the deposed dictator are spreading confusions and engaging in various unethical activities using the name of BNP.
"The dictator has been ousted. But the ghosts of the dictator…