The Supreme Court in military-ruled Myanmar has rejected appeals against six corruption convictions for the jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according to media reports, Reuters reports. Suu Kyi, in detention since the military toppled her government in a 2021 coup, faces 27 years in prison. She is appealing dozens of convictions for crimes […]Continue Reading
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Two Israeli tourists and their Egyptian guide were shot dead on Sunday in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, Israeli foreign ministry said, Reuters reports. A policeman alleged to have carried out the shooting in the Sawari district of Alexandria was in custody, two Egyptian security sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity. One Egyptian was […]Continue Reading
Israel battered Gaza on Sunday after suffering its bloodiest attack in decades, as Hamas fighters rampaged through Israeli towns killing 600 and abducting dozens more, global news agencies report. Israeli air strikes hit housing blocks, tunnels, a mosque and homes of Hamas officials in Gaza, killing more than 370 people, including 20 children. Gaza was […]Continue Reading
Israel battered Gaza on Sunday, a day after suffering its bloodiest attack in decades when Hamas fighters rampaged through Israeli towns, killing hundreds and abducting an unknown number of others, threatening a major new war in the Middle East, global news agencies report. In a sign the conflict could spread beyond Gaza, Israel and Lebanon’s […]Continue Reading
A surprise attack by Hamas on Israel, which combined gunmen breaching security barriers with a barrage of rockets fired from Gaza, was launched at dawn today during the Jewish high holiday of Simchat Torah, AFP reports. The attack came 50 years and a day after Egyptian and Syrian forces launched an assault during the Jewish […]Continue Reading
With its surprise attack against Israel, Hamas has violently shifted the world’s eyes back to the Palestinians and dealt a severe blow to momentum to secure a landmark US-brokered deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia, AFP reports. The Iranian-backed Islamist militants who run the impoverished, blockaded Gaza Strip on Saturday fired thousands of rockets and […]Continue Reading
Palestinian Islamist group Hamas took Israel by surprise today (Oct 7) with the biggest attack for decades, a sudden assault by gunmen who crossed into Israeli villages, killed dozens of people and brought hostages back into the Gaza Strip, global news agencies report. Israel responded with massive air strikes deep inside the coastal enclave, killing […]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
Myanmar’s cash-starved military regime is again preying on householders and businesses in a desperate bid to prop up its coffers, The Irrawaddy reports. In its latest moves, the regime has increased utility bills while announcing that license fees for jade and gems dealers will be hiked sixfold next year. The state-owned Myanmar Gems Enterprise issued […]Continue Reading
The ethnic Rakhine armed group, the Arakan Army (AA), has been searching Muslim villages near the Bangladesh border in Rakhine State, searching for Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) alleged criminals, The Irrawaddy reports. Large numbers of AA troops have been searching at least nine Muslim villages in northern Buthidaung Township since last week, said residents. […]Continue Reading