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The U.S. and U.K. struck 18 Houthi targets in Yemen on February 24, answering a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, including a missile strike this past week that set fire to a cargo vessel. According to U.S. officials, American and British…
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki and Palestinian U.N. envoy Riyad Mansour attend a public hearing held by The International Court of Justice to allow parties to give their views on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories before eventually issuing a non-binding legal opinion in The Hague, Netherlands on February 19, 2024….
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The strikes came following weeks of unrelenting attacks on Red Sea (File photo) Washington: American and British forces carried out a fresh wave of strikes Saturday against 18 Huthi targets in Yemen, a joint statement said, following weeks of unrelenting attacks on Red Sea shipping by the Iran-backed rebels. The strikes “specifically targeted 18 Huthi…
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers a speech at the African National Congress Election Manifesto launch in Durban, South Africa, on February 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Polls suggest South Africa will face a historic turning point in a national election in May as the ruling African National Congress could lose its majority for…
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February 25, 2024 12:17 am | Updated 12:17 am IST – COLUMBIA, S.C. A South Carolina man was found guilty on February 23 of killing a Black transgender woman after the exposure of their secret sexual relationship in the U.S.’ first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity. After deliberating for roughly…
Alexei Navalny died in an Arctic prison last week Rome: Leaders of the G7 nations on Saturday called on Russia to “fully clarify” how Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny came to die in prison last week. Their statement came hours after a spokesperson for Navalny’s team said the Russian authorities had finally handed over his…
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“Two years ago, here, we met enemy landing forces with fire; two years later, we meet our friends and our partners here,” Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said at the airport just outside of Kyiv February 24, 2024 11:04 pm | Updated 11:05 pm IST – KYIV (Left to right) Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau, Italy’s PM…
“It was made possible by American ingenuity, innovation, and curiosity,” he said (File) Washington: President Joe Biden on Saturday hailed the landing of a US spacecraft on the Moon as a historic achievement in space research led by the United States. The uncrewed Odysseus lander, built by a private company and funded by NASA, landed…
Anderson will now sit as an independent lawmaker in parliament London: Britain’s ruling Conservatives on Saturday suspended their former deputy chairman from the parliamentary party, after he refused to apologise for saying London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan was controlled by Islamists. Pressure had been growing on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Tories to act following lawmaker…
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Alexei Navalny was a staunch critic of Vladimir Putin (File) Moscow: The body of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed to his mother, more than a week after he died in an Arctic prison colony, his spokesperson said on Saturday. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critic, died on February 16 in…
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