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UN humanitarians reiterated their resolve on Tuesday to help the people of Gaza, where increasing numbers of children are on “the brink of death” from acute hunger, caused by five months of intense Israeli bombardment and constant aid access denials. © UNICEF/Eyad El BabaOn 5 March 2024, UNICEF and partners delivered 23 incubators to hospitals […]

Indian naval forces including special commandos have seized a cargo vessel that had been hijacked by Somali pirates and rescued 17 crew members, a spokesperson for the navy said. The December hijacking of the ship was the first time since 2017 that any cargo vessel had been successfully boarded by Somali pirates [SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) via […]

Putin said he would consider the request if it was a serious move to build ‘peaceful, neighbourly relations’. Russia’s newly re-elected president has said he is open to French President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to propose a ceasefire during this summer’s Paris Olympics. Macron said in an interview from Paris shown on Ukrainian television on Saturday that Russia would be […]

Israel has massacred over 13,000 innocent Palestinian children in its monthlong war on the Gaza Strip while pushing thousands of others into severe malnutrition, the U.N. children’s agency has found. Displaced Palestinian children stand in front of makeshift tents at a roadside camp in Rafah, southern Gaza, Palestine, March 13, 2024. (AFP Photo) “Thousands more […]

U.S. President Joe Biden has criticized Benjamin Netanyahu’s war strategy in Gaza as “hurting Israel more than helping.” President Joe Biden speaks during an event in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, U.S., March 08, 2024. (AFP Photom) The comment came in an interview aired Saturday as the U.S. leader’s impatience with his Israeli counterpart grows increasingly visible. With Gaza’s […]

Ukraine stepped up attacks behind Russian lines on Wednesday with the apparent killing of a Russian election official in a car bomb and a drone assault on a metals plant. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.president.gov.ua Deadly Russian strikes also rocked the Ukrainian port city of Odesa during a visit by […]

The health ministry in Gaza said Wednesday at least 30,717 people have been killed in the territory during nearly five months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants. The latest toll includes 86 deaths over the past 24 hours, a ministry statement said, while 72,156 people have been wounded in Gaza since the war erupted […]

The Gaza cease-fire talks involving Palestinian resistance group Hamas and mediator ended Tuesday without making headway with the Islamic holy month of Ramadan knocking at the door. Children sit in the rubble of the al-Faqawi family home destroyed in Israeli air strike, in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, March 5, 2024. (AFP Photo) Senior Hamas […]

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are poised to move much closer to winning their party’s nominations during the biggest day of the primary campaign on Tuesday, setting up a historic rematch that many voters would rather not endure. While much of the focus is on the presidential race, there are also important […]

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 […]