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EU launches legal action against Hungary’s ‘sovereignty’ law | Government News
The legislation is viewed as a threat to political opponents, media and civil society. The European Commission has launched legal action against Hungary for its recent enactment of laws on “protecting national sovereignty”. The European Union executive said on Wednesday that it has sent a formal notice to Budapest informing it that the legislation violates the bloc’s democratic values and…
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Palestinian boy drinks from puddle amid Gaza water crisis | Israel War on Gaza
NewsFeed A video of a Palestinian boy drinking from a puddle in Gaza has helped to show the extent of the water crisis created by Israel’s war and blockade of the territory. Published On 7 Feb 20247 Feb 2024 Source link
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Looking for a penny’s worth of hope amid the genocide in Gaza | Israel War on Gaza
In October 1973 – 40 years before the events of October 7, 2023 – war broke out in the Middle East. The Egyptian army launched Operation Badr, crossing the Suez Canal and capturing the Bar Lev Line, a fortified sand wall on the east bank of the canal. Palestinian refugees were full of hope that their land would soon be…
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Aliyev poised to win as Azerbaijan votes in snap presidential election | Elections News
President Aliyev widely expected to win another term after takeover of Nagorno-Karabakh breakaway enclave. Voters in Azerbaijan are casting their ballots in an election widely expected to give President Ilham Aliyev another seven-year term after a military offensive last year brought the Armenian separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh under his government’s control. A fifth term for Aliyev is seen as a…
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Blinken in Israel to try to seal Gaza truce deal | Gaza News
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel as he seeks to seal a truce deal to bring the war in Gaza to a halt. Following meetings the previous day in Egypt and Qatar, both mediating between Hamas and Israel, Blinken landed in Jerusalem on Wednesday on his fifth tour of the tense region since October last…
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‘India Out’ campaigns simmer in Bangladesh amid election fallout | Business and Economy News
Dhaka, Bangladesh – Amid allegations of Indian interference in national elections, there’s a call to boycott Indian goods in Bangladesh. Last week, a supplier for the Indian consumer goods giant Marico faced a chilly reception in Dhaka’s Panthapath area. Grocery shops, usually eager to stock their shelves with its hair oil, cooking oil, body lotion and other products, refused to take…
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US Republican-led Israel-only bill fails; Ukraine-Israel-border bill shaky | Politics News
The United States House of Representatives has rejected a Republican-led bill to provide $17.6bn in assistance to Israel as a wider bipartisan bill that would also help Ukraine and ensure more money for border security looked to be in trouble as well. The Tuesday vote on the Israel bill, which needed a two-thirds majority to advance, was largely along party…
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Pakistan elections 2024: How the voting works | Elections News
EXPLAINER Pakistan will vote on February 8 for national and state legislatures amid political fluidity and steep economic challenges. On Thursday, 128 million Pakistanis will get to elect their country’s next government, and also the legislatures of the nation’s four provinces. These are Pakistan’s 12th general elections — and the country’s latest attempt to deepen democratic roots. Pakistan’s powerful military establishment…
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New Zealand calls on Papua rebels to release pilot kidnapped a year ago | Politics News
Phillip Mehrtens, a commercial pilot with Susi Air, was taken captive from an airstrip in the troubled Indonesian province. New Zealand has called for the immediate release of pilot Phillip Mehrtens who was taken captive by fighters in Indonesia’s troubled Papua province a year ago. Mehrtens, who was flying a single-propeller plane for Indonesia’s Susi Air, was snatched from his…
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 714 | Russia-Ukraine war News
As the war enters its 714th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Wednesday, February 7, 2024. Fighting Vadym Filashkin, the governor of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, said Russia was firing between 1,500 and 2,500 shells and rockets at the area every day and targeting critical infrastructure. Filashkin told the Reuters news agency that Russia had…
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