UN Report Accuses 63 Nations of Complicity in Gaza ‘Genocide’ A damning new United Nations report has accused 63 countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany of complicity, in what it calls Israel’s “two year genocide” in Gaza. The report, authored by Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of […]
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Man Assaults Five People, Sends Them to Hospital, Vienna Police SWAT Team Called In VIENNA: A violent rampage in Vienna’s Donaustadt district Tuesday evening left five people injured including two police officers after a 30-year old man attacked anyone in his way, forcing residents to barricade themselves inside an apartment until a special police unit […]
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Divided Voices in Islamabad Deepen Rift With Kabul as Peace Talks Collapse ISLAMABAD/KABUL — Pakistan’s leadership is struggling to present a united front on Afghanistan after the latest round of peace talks in Istanbul collapsed, exposing both diplomatic contradictions in Islamabad and deepening hostility with Kabul, according to Afghan and Pakistan’s media reports. On one […]
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Israeli Strikes Kill Over 100 in Gaza as Ceasefire Trembles Under Strain CAIRO/JERUSALEM — Israel’s military vowed on Wednesday to honor a fragile ceasefire in Gaza even as its warplanes pounded the enclave overnight, killing 104 people, according to Gaza’s health ministry, according to “Arab News”. Both sides traded accusations of violating the U.S.-backed truce, […]
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Kabul-Islamabad Peace Talks Collapse Amid Bitter Rhetoric and Accusations Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan collapsed dramatically in Istanbul this week, giving way to a cascade of accusations, threats, and recriminations that have deepened mistrust between the two uneasy neighbors, according to AFP. Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif launched into a blistering tirade against Kabul, […]
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GAZA CITY / JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to launch “powerful and immediate” strikes on the Gaza Strip, accusing Hamas of violating the fragile ceasefire brokered earlier this month, according to Al Jazeera News. Netanyahu’s office said the directive followed what he called a “clear violation” of the truce […]
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WASHINGTON — Half of all U.S. states have sued the Trump administration over its decision to withhold emergency funds for the nation’s food stamp program, a move that could deprive more than 40 million low-income Americans of essential aid, according to BBC News. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by Democratic attorneys general from 25 states and […]
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TRIPOLI — At least 18 people were killed and dozens rescued after a wooden boat carrying migrants capsized off the Libyan coast on Tuesday, the United Nations migration agency said. Among the 64 survivors were 12 Pakistanis, according to AFP. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the vessel went down only hours after […]
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VIENNA — Austria’s capital is preparing for a controversial welfare change that could leave thousands of residents without key financial support. Starting January 1, people in Vienna who hold subsidiary protection status will lose access to the country’s minimum income benefit, known as Mindestsicherung, and will instead be shifted into the more restrictive basic care […]
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ISLAMABAD — The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has distanced itself from the opposition alliance’s no-confidence motion against the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) prime minister and the subsequent process to elect a new premier, calling the effort a “political game” designed to weaken public representation, according to “The Express Tribune”. At a high-level meeting held at […]
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