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United States President-elect Donald Trump has picked Fox News host and military veteran Pete Hegseth, a pro-Israel and Iran hawk, to serve as his defence secretary, lauding him as “tough, smart and a true believer in America First”. The 44-year-old’s nomination to lead the world’s most powerful military has come in for criticism from the […]
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has promised to stop the war in Gaza, ending over a year of fighting that has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians, devastated the region, and spread to Lebanon, Yemen, and other countries nearby. Even if Trump is serious about keeping his promise, the chances of ending Israel’s war with Hamas in […]
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has deteriorated further over the past month, according to an assessment by aid groups, despite demands made by the Biden administration that Israel take specific steps to improve the situation within 30 days or risk jeopardizing the ongoing supply of U.S. arms. A scorecard issued by eight aid organizations—including Mercy […]
Deputy foreign minister Mohamad Alamin told the Dewan Rakyat that over 5,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid from Malaysia have been sent to Gaza through the Rafah border since October last year. (Bernama pic) KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has channelled donations and humanitarian aid amounting to RM45 million to Palestinians in Gaza since the war erupted on […]
Heading into the third international break of the 2024-25 football schedule, 18 member nations of the AFC are fighting it out for six automatic spots at the 2026 World Cup. Battling through the first and second rounds of qualifying, the remaining countries find themselves in three groups of six, with the top two in each […]
The recent announcement of age restrictions for social media use raises questions regarding the Government’s true motives, writes Davey Heller. THE ALBANESE LABOR Government and the Australian state premiers have come together in a rare moment of unity, to announce they will ban all young people and children under 16 from social media. Albanese declared: […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — There is a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in parts of northern Gaza, where Israeli forces are conducting a major offensive, hunger experts warned Friday. An alert issued by the four experts called the humanitarian situation throughout the war-torn Gaza Strip “extremely grave and rapidly deteriorating” and worst in the […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament passed a law early Thursday that would allow it to deport family members of Palestinian attackers, including the country’s own citizens, to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip or other locations. The law, which was championed by members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and his far-right allies, passed with a […]
Israeli football hooligans tore down Palestine flags as they marched through Amsterdam in a Wednesday night of chaos ahead of Maccabi Tel Aviv‘s visit to Ajax. Videos show dozens of hooded figures dressed fully in black cheering and cnahting ‘f*** you Palestine’ and ‘ole’ as one climbed halfway up the front of a building and removed […]
20 Days In Mariupol, the Oscar-winning Frontline/PBS and Associated Press documentary, was one of the big victors at the UK’s prestigious Grierson Awards on Wednesday. 20 Days In Mariupol won Best Current Affairs Documentary and Best Cinema Documentary at the event staged at London’s Roundhouse (full winners below). Other winners included Me and the Voice […]