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People hold up signs during a demonstration calling for a ceasefire in Gaza near the Capitol in Washington on on October 18, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Egypt to open Gaza border to allow in 20 trucks with aid U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday said Egypt’s president has agreed to open a border crossing…
Biden Egypt agreed to open up the Rafah gate to allow up to 20 trucks of humanitarian aid into Gaza. Washington: Israel has been badly victimised, but it should explore the opportunity to relieve the suffering of people in Gaza who have nowhere to go, US President Joe Biden said following his trip to Israel….
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. | Photo Credit: Reuters British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will travel to Israel on Thursday before heading to other countries in the region in an effort to deescalate the Israel-Gaza conflict, his office has said. “The attack on Al Ahli Hospital should be a watershed moment for leaders in the…
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Sounds of explosions rang out in the province of Quneitra after an Israeli strike against a Syrian army. Beirut: The Israeli government carried out a raid on a Syrian government position in the war-torn country’s south, a war monitoring NGO said on Wednesday. “Sounds of explosions rang out in the province of Quneitra after an…
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Members of the U.S. Jewish community protest against the Israeli military operation in Gaza inside the Cannon building in the US Capitol in Washington, DC on October 18, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP U.S. President Joe Biden will give a primetime speech on Thursday about the conflict between Israel and Hamas and the Russian invasion…
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Rishi Sunak will also travel to Egypt, Turkey and Qatar over the next three days to discuss the conflict. London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will arrive in Israel on Thursday and meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog, before travelling on to other regional capitals, his office said. Sunak will share…
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the press onboard of Air Force One en route from Israel, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on October 18, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday said Egypt’s president has agreed to open a border crossing into…
Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe. | Photo Credit: Reuters The escalating tensions in Gaza have come under sharp focus in Sri Lanka, an island nation that is struggling to get out of its own devastating civil war, nearly 15 years after it ended. While President Ranil Wickremesinghe recently called for a “four-state” solution involving Israel,…
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Jim Jordan is the chairman of the powerful Judiciary Committee. (File) Washington: US lawmakers rejected hard-line conservative Jim Jordan’s bid for speaker of the US House of Representatives for a second time on Wednesday, as the leadership vacuum paralysing Washington entered a 15th day with no clear resolution in sight. The lower chamber of Congress…
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The protest was organised by Fossil Free London. Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has been charged with a public order offence after a climate protest in central London, CNN reported. The 20-year-old was one of 26 people charged after protesters gathered outside the luxury InterContinental Hotel during the Energy Intelligence Forum. The protesters chanted ”oily money…
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