More than 70 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air raids on southern Gaza, where Israel previously ordered civilians to seek refuge ahead of a looming ground offensive, according to officials in the besieged enclave. The attacks early on Tuesday hit homes west and southeast of Khan Younis and west of Rafah, according to local […]
Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images LGBTQ activists attend a pride parade in Kolkata on June 25, 2023. CNN — In a landmark decision, India’s top court has ruled in favor of upholding the rights of the LGBTQ community, but stopped short of legally recognizing same-sex unions. The ruling is a partial victory for LGBTQ Indians who have
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A Canadian plane surveilling North Korea was approached by a Chinese jet in international airspace off the coast of China A Chinese fighter jet flew within five metres (16 feet) of a Canadian military plane over international waters near the coast of China, Canada’s defence minister has said. The Canadian plane was taking part in
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Jerusalem — Israel’s government denied reports Monday that it had agreed to a cease-fire in at least part of the Gaza Strip to allow humanitarian aid in and people with international passports to escape into Egypt, as the Israeli military continued hammering the Hamas-controlled enclave with missiles. “There is currently no cease-fire,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office
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The Balfour Declaration opened the door to the founding of Israel, and its impact is still felt across the Middle East today. In November 1917, Britain’s Balfour Declaration opened the door to the founding of Israel 30 years later. And it has had a major impact on the Middle East. The British government issued a
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“This war in Gaza is one of the most brutal wars I’ve ever experienced. It’s the first time I feel so terrified,” says Muhammad Qndeel, a Palestinian photojournalist from Gaza. For the last week, Close Up has been filming the Palestinian photojournalist as he documents the impact of Israel’s assault on Gaza. “They’re bombing houses,
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The Israeli army says it is ready for the next stage of its war on the besieged Gaza Strip. Israel has gathered hundreds of thousands of troops ahead of its ground invasion of Gaza. But Hamas is likely to be ready for them. Tens of thousands of fighters have had time to prepare traps and
The United Nations said that its headquarters in southern Lebanon had been hit Sunday by a rocket amid an unnerving increase in attacks along the Israel-Lebanon border. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, which is meant to help keep peace along the Israel-Lebanon border, said its base on the Mediterranean Sea had been hit
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The western province of Herat in Afghanistan has been hit with a magnitude 6.3 earthquake – its third since powerful quakes on October 7 killed more than 2,000 people. The series of quakes has levelled whole villages, burying families and leaving thousands homeless as winter approaches. Residents in Herat, the capital of an Afghan province by
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