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Russia’s Dagestan Airport Shut After Anti-Israeli Protesters Create Chaos

October 29, 2023 admin

The protesters aimed to check the cars leaving the airport (Representational) Dagestan, Russia: A mob looking for Israelis and Jews overran an airport in Russia’s Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Sunday, after rumours spread that a flight was arriving from Israel. In 🇷🇺 Makhachkala, locals storm the airport after a plane from Tel-Aviv arrives. They…

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Israel Summons Russian Ambassador To Protest At Moscow’s Hosting Of Hamas

October 29, 2023 admin

Israel described the summons as a protest rather than a reprimand (Representational) Jerusalem: Israel summoned the Russian ambassador on Sunday to lodge a protest at Moscow’s hosting last week of a delegation from Hamas, the Palestinian group whose October 7 attack on Israel killed at least 1,400 people and led to the war in Gaza….

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Bangladesh Opposition chief held after anti-PM protests

October 29, 2023 admin

Bangladesh’s main Opposition leader was detained for questioning on Sunday, as clashes raged for a second day between the police and protesters demonstrating against the Prime Minister ahead of upcoming elections. The police also made a series of raids on the homes of senior Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders, party spokesman Zahir Uddin Swapan said,…

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U.S. says burden on Israel to distinguish between Hamas, Gaza civilians

October 29, 2023 admin

U.S. President Joe Biden with White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel must protect innocent Gaza residents by distinguishing between Hamas militants and civilians in the Palestinian territory, the White House warned on Sunday ahead of a call between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel’s military has…

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Iran’s Raisi says Israeli actions ‘may force everyone’ to act

October 29, 2023 admin

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during an interview with the Qatari state-owned news television network Al-Jazeera in Tehran on October 28, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday said Israel’s ongoing bombardment of Gaza “may force everyone” to act in the latest warning issued by the Islamic republic since the start of…

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12 People Including An Infant Killed In Plane Crash In Brazil

October 29, 2023 admin

The causes of the crash will now be investigated. (Representational) Brasilia: Twelve people including a baby died Sunday in a small plane crash in the Brazilian Amazon, officials said. The plane, a single engine Cessna Caravan, came down near the airport of Rio Branco shortly after takeoff, the government of the northwestern state of Acre…

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Engaged In “Heavy Fighting” With Israeli Forces In Gaza: Hamas

October 29, 2023 admin

Heavy fighting with machine-guns going on in Gaza, says Hamas. (Representational) Hamas’s armed wing said Sunday its fighters were engaged in “heavy fighting” with Israeli forces in Gaza after Israeli military deployed more ground forces across the Palestinian territory. “Our fighters are currently engaged in heavy fighting with machine-guns and anti-tank weapons with the invading…

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US Man Missing For 2 Weeks At Sea Found Alive, Ate Salmon To Survive

October 29, 2023 admin

The man was taken to a hospital in Tofino, British Columbia In an astonishing turn of events, a fisherman who was missing for two weeks has been found alive floating in a life raft about 110 km off the west coast of the US. The US Coast Guard said the search for the missing fishermen…

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UK PM Rishi Sunak, France’s Emmanuel Macron Stress Need For Urgent Humanitarian Aid In Gaza

October 29, 2023 admin

The health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip says more than 8,000 Palestinians have been killed. London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday underlined the importance of shipping urgent humanitarian support into war-torn Gaza, the UK government said. They spoke by telephone following the expansion of Israel’s military operation…

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Netanyahu in a rare apology says he was wrong in criticising security apparatus

October 29, 2023 admin

Faced with sharp criticism from allies and opposition alike, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on October 29 apologized for an earlier statement in which he blamed the security services for failing to prevent the Hamas attack on October 7. “I was wrong. The things I said following the press conference should not have been said…

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