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US school shooting leaves behind 'multiple gunshot victims'
Jan 05, 2024 05:14A shooting at a high school in Perry, Iowa has left "multiple gunshot victims," on the first day back in classes after their annual winter break, but without confirming if anyone had been killed, according to local authorities.
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Rivalry in South China Sea: US, China hold separate drills amid tensions
Jan 05, 2024 05:06With the long-running strategic rivalry in place, China and the United States have held separate military drills in the hotly contested waters of the South China Sea.
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UN 'very disturbed' by Israeli ministers’ calls for Palestinians to migrate from Gaza
Jan 05, 2024 05:01The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has said that he was "very disturbed" by Israeli calls for Palestinians to leave the besieged Gaza Strip, stressing that international law prohibits their forcible transfer.
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Israel picks purported American rapist as defense lawyer at ICJ in Gaza case
Jan 05, 2024 04:43A purported rapist lawyer will likely defend the Israeli regime at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague against allegations of genocide in the besieged Gaza Strip.
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Harvard's Black president resigns after targeted by smear campaign
Jan 04, 2024 11:46Harvard University's Black president has resigned stating that she became a target of a sustained campaign of lies and personal insults.
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Israeli family of key case in NY Times report refutes story of alleged rape by Hamas fighters
Jan 04, 2024 11:41The Israeli family of a key case in the New York Times report on alleged sexual violence by Hamas fighters on October 7 renounces the published story, saying reporters have manipulated them.
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Top UN court to consider genocide case against Israel over Gaza war next week
Jan 04, 2024 11:34Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague will hear a case on Israel’s “genocidal” acts in the besieged Gaza Strip next week, as a horrible nightmare of bloodshed in the Palestinian territory is unfolding due to the occupying regime’s incessant bombing.
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US official resigns over Washington’s support for Israel’s ‘genocidal’ war on Gaza
Jan 04, 2024 10:44A senior US Department of Education official has resigned over the Biden administration’s continued support for Israel’s “genocidal” war on the Gaza Strip, saying Washington dehumanizes Palestinians and enables their ethnic cleansing.
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Muslims around major India temple fearful ahead of its opening
Jan 04, 2024 11:58A grand Hindu temple, promised by the ruling BJP for decades, is all set for inauguration on January 22 in the northern Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. However, some Muslim residents fear the event could spark violence in the city, which has a history of communal tensions.
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Pakistan seminar calls for Muslim action to stop Israeli onslaught on Gaza
Jan 04, 2024 11:55In the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, a high-level seminar has been held on the ongoing situation in Gaza and the responsibility of Muslim nations towards the oppressed Gazans. Participants called for concrete action by Muslim countries to push for a ceasefire.