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Black Lawyers Society Demands Immediate Ceasefire in Palestine-Israel Conflict
In the face of the escalating crisis in Gaza, the Society of Black Lawyers UK (SBL) expresses deep sorrow for all innocent victims of violence, regardless of their ethnicity or nationality. The term "war" is not the appropriate term and…
Sri Lanka President To Visit China
Sri Lankan President, Ranil Wickremesinghe will visit China next week as the crisis-hit country makes progress on debt restructuring talks with its biggest lender, officials say.
Wickremesinghe took office in July last year, after a…
Israel-Hamas war: International Press Calls For Journalists’ Safety
The International Press Institute (IPI), global network has called on all parties involved in the ongoing hostilities in Israel and Gaza to ensure all measures are taken to protect the safety of journalists.
IPI is deeply alarmed by…
Reuters Videographer Killed In Southern Lebanon
A Reuters news videographer has been killed while working in Southern Lebanon, Reuters said in a statement on Friday.
"We are deeply saddened to learn that our videographer, Issam Abdallah, has been killed," the statement said.
Issam was…
Israeli Military Says Troops Make First Ground Raids In Gaza
Israel has said its infantry and tanks had carried out raids inside the Gaza Strip on Friday, its first announcement of a shift from an air war to ground operations to root out Hamas fighters a week after their deadly rampage in southern…
Ukraine Hit Russian Vessels In Drone Attacks
Ukraine struck a Russian missile carrier and a patrol ship in separate attacks this week involving sea-borne drones carrying experimental weapons, a Ukrainian intelligence source has said on Friday.
The source gave no details of the damage…
Human Rights Says Israel Used White Phosphorus In Gaza, Lebanon
Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of using white phosphorus munitions in its military operations in Gaza and Lebanon, saying the use of such weapons puts civilians at risk of serious and long-term injury.
Asked for comment on the…
Over 400,000 People Displaced In Gaza, UN Says
The U.N. Humanitarian Office (OCHA) has said early on Friday that more than 400,000 people had fled their homes in the Gaza Strip and 23 aid workers had been killed since the start of Israeli retaliatory strikes in response to a deadly…
China Expelled ‘Large Number’ of N Korean Defectors – S Korea
South Korea says China has forcibly repatriated a "large number" of North Korean defectors.
This follows recent reports from human rights groups claiming that as many as 600 North Koreans have been sent back.
Seoul said on Friday that the…
Prominent Journalist Fined For Insulting Italian PM Meloni
A prominent Italian journalist has been found guilty of libel after insulting Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in a television interview.
Roberto Saviano used a swear word to describe Ms Meloni while attacking her stance on migration in…