A careful campaign of deception ensured Israel was caught off guard when the Palestinian group Hamas launched its devastating attack, enabling a force using bulldozers, hang gliders and motorbikes to take on the Middle East’s most powerful army, Reuters reports. Saturday’s assault, the worst breach in Israel’s defences since Arab armies waged war in 1973, Continue Reading
Others
More than 123,000 people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip since the outbreak of the conflict between Hamas and Israel, the United Nations said on Monday. “Over 123,538 people, have been internally displaced in Gaza, mostly due to fear, protection concerns and the destruction of their homes,” said the UN’s humanitarian agency, OCHA. More […]Continue Reading
Imprisoned Iranian women’s rights advocate Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a rebuke to Tehran’s theocratic leaders and boost for anti-government protesters, prompting the Islamic Republic’s condemnation, Reuters reports. The award-making committee said the prize honoured those behind recent unprecedented demonstrations in Iran and Continue Reading
Dr Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, advisor to the Royal Court and general supervisor of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief), said that Saudi Arabia has hosted more than 260,000 Rohingya refugees ever since the beginning of the conflict in Myanmar, Saudi Gazette reports. “The Kingdom has so far spent $2.25 billion to render them […]Continue Reading
A group of senior Gabonese military officers appeared on national television in the early hours of Wednesday and said they had taken power, after the state election body announced President Ali Bongo had won a third term, Reuters reports. Appearing on television channel Gabon 24, the officers said they represented all security and defence forces in the […]Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia and Iran are making progress on mending ties, Iran’s foreign minister said after meeting with his counterpart in Riyadh on Thursday, as two regional heavyweights seek to overcome past hostility and boost cooperation, Reuters reports. “Relations between Tehran and Saudi are on the right track and we are witnessing progress,” Hossein Continue Reading
Smartphones should be banned from schools to tackle classroom disruption, improve learning and help protect children from cyberbullying, a UN report has recommended, The Guardian reports. Unesco, the UN’s education, science and culture agency, said there was evidence that excessive mobile phone use was linked to reduced educational performance and that high levels of Continue Reading
It is the responsibility of all countries to take in more Rohingya refugees to be resettled in their respective countries following the crisis in Myanmar, says Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, reports Bernama. He said that Malaysia has accepted nearly 200,000 Rohingya refugees on humanitarian grounds, although the country is not a […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Queen Elizabeth, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and the nation’s figurehead for seven decades, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday, Reuters reports. “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” it said in a statement. “The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Pakistan’s police have charged the country’s former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, under anti-terror laws, BBC reports. Their investigation comes after he accused the police and judiciary of detaining and torturing a close aide. Mr Khan’s supporters gathered outside his house vowing to “take over” if he was arrested. However, he has now Continue Reading
