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A Singapore court on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) acquitted three women, including one of Indian-origin, of organising a pro-Palestine procession around the presidential palace, after finding they were unaware of the route being prohibited under the Public Order Act. Indian-origin Annamalai Kokila Parvathi, 37, and two other Singaporean women, each contested one charge under the…
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance arrived in Israel on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) to shore up the fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza that has teetered over the past few days following a burst of deadly violence and questions over how to move forward with the plan for cementing a long-term peace. Also Tuesday (October 21),…
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The fragile ceasefire in Gaza faced its first major test on Sunday (October 19, 2025) as an Israeli security official said the transfer of aid into the territory was halted “until further notice” after a Hamas ceasefire violation, and Israeli forces launched a wave of strikes. The official spoke on condition of anonymity pending a…
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President Donald Trump holds a signed document during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal. File | Photo Credit: AP Hamas rejected a statement from the U.S. State Department in which it cited “credible reports” indicating the Palestinian militant group would imminently violate the…
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Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen after the global hunger monitor, Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), said that Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine that will likely spread, in Gaza City, on August 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters The United Nations cautioned on Friday (October 17,…
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Israel said on Thursday (October 16, 2025) it was preparing for the reopening of Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt to let Palestinians in and out, but set no date as it traded blame with Hamas over violations of the U.S.-mediated ceasefire. A row over the return of bodies of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza…
Union Minister of State for Environment Kirti Vardhan Singh during the opening ceremony of the 19th Mid-Term Ministerial of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) hosted by Uganda. | Photo Credit: PTI India has reaffirmed its longstanding commitment to a negotiated two-state solution to the Palestine issue, calling it the “only viable path” to achieve lasting peace…
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France’s President Emmanuel Macron. File | Photo Credit: Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Egypt on Monday (October 13, 2025) for talks on implementing a peace plan presented by U.S. President Donald Trump to end the war in Gaza, the Elysee Palace said on Saturday (October 11, 2025). The plan, brokered by Trump…
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Pakistani policemen gather in front of a burning road tax collection point after it was set on fire by activists of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party, in Lahore on October 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Two people were killed and dozens injured, including policemen, when supporters of a radical Islamist party on Friday (October…
Palestinian pupils assemble in the yard of a school set up by the Mayasem Association for Culture with UNICEF support, before class at a displacement camp in the al-Qarara area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP The U.N. children’s charity UNICEF called on Friday (October…
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