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Defying UNSC, Israel steps up assault on Gaza
Israeli forces yesterday stepped up assault on Gaza defying a ceasefire demand by UN Security Council.
The forces also fought Hamas fighters around several hospitals in the besieged Palestinian territory as US Defence Secretary Lloyd…
Trump in court, Biden in the kitchen: 2024 is a campaign like no other
Though the candidates are the same as last time, the 2024 US presidential election promises to be unique in other ways -- pitting two men facing challenges unprecedented in the 235-year history of US democracy.
Joe Biden was already…
UN expert accuses Israel of ‘genocide’ in Gaza
A UN rights expert on Monday said there were "reasonable grounds" to determine that Israel has committed several acts of "genocide" in its offensive in Gaza, also warning of "ethnic cleansing".
Francesca Albanese, the UN special…
Trump faces gag order in New York hush money criminal case
Donald Trump was issued a judge's gag order on Tuesday barring him from publicly commenting about witnesses and court staff ahead of his April 15 criminal trial involving hush money paid to a porn star.
Justice Juan Merchan granted a…
Barred from North Gaza aid deliveries: UNRWA
The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees has said that Israel had definitively barred it from making aid deliveries in northern Gaza, where the threat of famine is highest.
"Despite the tragedy unfolding under our watch,…
Biden, Netanyahu on collision course after Gaza UN vote
Relations between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sank to a wartime low on Monday with the US allowing passage of a Gaza ceasefire resolution at the United Nations and drawing a sharp rebuke from the Israeli…
Four Moscow attack suspects charged with terrorism
Four men accused of involvement in the Moscow concert hall attack that killed at least 137 people were charged with terrorism Sunday and ordered to be detained pending trial.
All four risk a life sentence in prison, a statement from…
Trump faces double legal dramas in New York
Donald Trump faces twin legal crises on Monday in New York, where he could see the possible seizure of his storied properties over a massive fine as he separately fights to delay a criminal trial even further.
The 77-year-old real…
Five Rohingya found dead after Indonesia boat capsize: UN
The bodies of at least five Rohingya refugees have been recovered off Indonesia's westernmost coast after their boat believed to be carrying around 150 people capsized last week, United Nations officials said Monday.
The mostly…
The Prince and Princess of Wales are “enormously touched by the kind messages”
The Prince and Princess of Wales are "enormously touched by the kind messages" they have received following Catherine's cancer diagnosis, a Kensington Palace spokesman has said.
Saturday's statement also added they were "grateful"…