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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 […]

A member of Israel’s War Cabinet has vowed to invade Rafah if remaining Israeli hostages are not freed by the upcoming Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Announced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this month, Israel’s plan to invade the border city have sparked concern around the world, even from some of the country’s staunchest […]

At least 28,473 Palestinians have now been confirmed killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, the Health Ministry in Gaza said Tuesday. Palestinian children sit among the rubble of a building destroyed in Israeli attacks on Gaza, Palestine, Feb. 13, 2024. (AA Photo) The ministry released a statement as Israel’s deadly […]

“We should not undermine the credibility of NATO’s deterrence,” Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday, issuing a public rebuke to Donald Trump. “Deterrence is in the mind of our adversaries. We should not leave (any) room of miscalculation or misunderstanding in Moscow about our readiness, our commitment and our resolve to protect all allies,” the Secretary […]