Turkey and Malaysia have already backed the application, which the US has deemed ‘meritless, counterproductive and completely without any basis in fact whatsoever’

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The announcement comes as Moscow has unleashed repeated barrages of deadly missile and drone strikes against Ukraine in recent days

Local authorities have put the death toll at 30, but the number is expected to increase

Heavy bombardment, and a ground invasion launched three weeks into the war, have reduced vast areas of Gaza to a ruined wasteland and killed at least 21,822 people, mostly women and children, according to the health ministry

Israeli forces heavily bombed the besieged Gaza Strip on Thursday as the centre of fierce combat moves steadily south where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are sheltering

This marks as a win for the US who didn’t have to use its veto again

US tech giants have survived unscathed for years against accusations of wielding illegal monopoly power

While Kissinger’s intellectual gifts were begrudgingly acknowledged, he remains deeply controversial for his ruthless philosophy of realpolitik

Attention has turned to whether the truce will be extended before its scheduled end early on Tuesday morning

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China’s National Health Commission said last week that the spread was due to the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions and the circulation of known pathogens

In the first major diplomatic breakthrough in the war, Palestinian militants will release during a four-day truce 50 women and children kidnapped during their October 7 raids

The chain of 1,192 tiny islands is on the frontlines of the climate crisis and battling for survival.

The billionaire has cut more than 80% of the platform’s workforce, including moderators tasked with stamping out abusive content

Israeli troops and Hamas fighters engaged in house-to-house combat in densely populated Gaza, where the war has sent 1.5 million people fleeing to other parts of the territory in a desperate search for cover

Oxfam International says ‘starvation is being used as a weapon of war against Gaza civilians’.

Families of Israeli hostages want Israel to accept Hamas’s proposal of exchanging Palestinian prisoners for the hostages, but Israel’s president made no commitment.

Nearly 200  000 people have fled their homes since the beginning of this month as clashes between militia and government loyalist groups intensify

The United Nations estimates Gaza needs about 100 trucks a day to meet the needs of its 2.4 million residents

The US Secretary of Defence ordered the activation of air defence systems and notified additional forces that they may be deployed soon

A Hamas spokesman said ‘even dozens’ of such convoys could not meet Gaza’s needs, especially as no fuel was being allowed in to help distribute supplies

The president said South Africa could relate to the plight of Palestine