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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 704 | Russia-Ukraine war News
As the war enters its 704th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Monday, January 29, 2024. Fighting The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia launched drone and missile attacks across the country hitting both civilian and critical infrastructure. The air force said Moscow attacked the central Poltava region with two Iskander missiles. It also launched three…
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‘Thrown like animals’: Georgians identify victims in Stalin’s mass graves | Human Rights
Batumi, Georgia – Natalia Kuznetsova stares tight-lipped at the abandoned house her grandfather Hasan Dishli Oglu built in the 1930s. Her father was just a toddler in 1937 when Hasan, then 33, was arrested by the Soviet secret police. He was never heard from again. “When my father was dying, in his final days, he kept talking about my grandfather, asking…
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Week in pictures: From wildfires in Colombia to the Venice Carnival
A photo roundup of some of last week’s events. Source link
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Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso announce withdrawal from ECOWAS | Military News
The three nations, led by military governments, accused the regional bloc of becoming a threat to member states. Three military-led West African nations have announced their immediate withdrawal from regional bloc ECOWAS, accusing the body of becoming a threat to its members. Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso “decide in complete sovereignty on the immediate withdrawal” from the Economic Community of…
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Why, as a Palestinian American journalist, I had to leave the news industry | Israel War on Gaza
I was listening to a lecture at my local mosque when it suddenly felt like the imam was speaking directly to me. He was interpreting a few verses from the Quran. As he approached the sixth verse in the chapter and began to explain its meaning, my heart began to beat fast. “O believers, if an evildoer brings you any…
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Why is Benjamin Netanyahu lashing out at Egypt, Jordan and Qatar? | Israel War on Gaza
The Israeli prime minister has criticised regional players since start of the war on Gaza. Since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza in early October, its relations with countries in the region have come under increasing strain. Israel has accused Egypt of blocking aid deliveries to Gaza and criticised Qatar’s role in mediating the release of Israeli captives. Israel…
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Three US service members killed in Jordan drone attack, Biden says | Israel War on Gaza News
The US military says three killed, at least 25 others injured in the attack on US forces in northeastern Jordan. Three US service members have been killed and at least 25 others wounded in a drone attack in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border, the United States military has said. “While we are still gathering the facts of this attack,…
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UK says it thwarted Houthis’ drone attack in the Red Sea | Houthis News
UK says Houthis attacked British military vessel in the Red Sea resulting in no damage and no injuries. A UK vessel shot down a Houthi drone in the Red Sea, the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence has said, as tensions in the Middle East soar amid the ongoing war in Gaza. “Yesterday HMS Diamond successfully repelled a drone attack from…
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Israeli forces kill two brothers along Gaza evacuation route | Gaza
NewsFeed Two brothers were shot dead in front of their family on an evacuation route in Gaza as they were heeding Israeli instructions to flee their home in Khan Younis. The parents say they thought a white flag would keep them safe. Published On 28 Jan 202428 Jan 2024 Source link
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Finns head to the polls to pick new president | Elections News
The Nordic country’s new president will lead Finland as a NATO member amid tensions with Russia. People in Finland are heading to the polls to elect a new president to lead the country in its new role within NATO after it broke with decades of non-alignment to join the Western defence alliance in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.…
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