Thursday, May 22, 2025

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immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Live blog: US Vice President Harris calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Israel's war on Gaza — now in its 150th day — has killed at least 30,410 Palestinians, mostly children and women, and wounded 71,700...
Gaza truce talks

Live blog: Gaza truce talks set to resume in Cairo as heavy fighting rages

Israel's war on Gaza — now in its 149th day — has killed at least 30,320 Palestinians, mostly children and women, and wounded 71,533 others.
Mawlavi Amir Khan Muttaqi

Acting Foreign Minister Engages in Constructive Dialogue with Turkmenistan’s National Leader

Mawlavi Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, recently held a meeting with Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the Chairman of the People’s Council of Turkmenistan, in Ashgabat.
Palestinian citizens of Israel

Netanyahu to restrict entry of Arab-Israelis to Al-Aqsa in Ramadan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to restrict Palestinian citizens of Israel from accessing Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan, Channel 13 reported yesterday.
malnourished women and children

WFP announces aid for 6 million malnourished women and children in Afghanistan

The World Food Programme has announced that to reduce malnutrition in Afghanistan, they have distributed food to approximately 6 million women and children suffering from malnutrition.
election results

Hard to ‘move on’

THE caretaker prime minister recently asserted that the nation has “accepted” the election results and that we must, therefore, “move on”. With all due respect, this seems like an overly optimistic take on a terribly messy situation.
erasing Palestinian heritage

Israel pursuing cultural genocide by erasing Palestinian heritage — Altun

Invasions, massacres, and genocidal actions cannot break the souls of the Palestinian people who have been living under occupation for a long time, Türkiye's communications director says.
Pakistan election

As early results come in, could Pakistan election spring a surprise?

When I stepped out on a cool Thursday morning to cover Pakistan’s 12th general election, there was an air of inevitability about the whole exercise. Most respectable analysts had already expressed predictions that the ground was set for the return of three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to power.
Panic in hemmed-in Rafah

Panic in hemmed-in Rafah as Israel PM orders troops to prepare ground entry

Panic is growing in Rafah over an imminent ground invasion after Israel’s prime minister ordered his military to prepare to enter the city in the southern Gaza Strip that is sheltering 1.2 million people with nowhere else to go as he rejected Hamas’s truce plan and rebuffed US efforts to reach a deal.
ground attack on Rafah

Israel plans ground attack on Rafah, ‘last refuge’ for Gaza’s displaced

The Israeli military plans to expand its ground assault into Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, where most Palestinians in the besieged enclave have been forced to seek shelter amid heavy bombardment of the rest of the enclave.

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