Washington, DC – Prominent progressive organisations in the United States are joining together to push back against the political and electoral influence of the country’s most powerful pro-Israel lobby group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). More than 20 advocacy groups launched on Monday a formal coalition dubbed “Reject AIPAC” to organise[…]
Israel was checking, on Monday, whether Hamas’s deputy military leader had been killed in an airstrike in Gaza, Israeli media said, as prospects faded of talks securing a ceasefire to coincide with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Reuters reports. If his death is confirmed, Marwan Issa will be the highest-ranking official from the Hamas movement killed by Israel[…]
By Kouthar Sambo Amid the ongoing aggression in Gaza, Palestinians are graced with the blessed month of Ramadaan as they underwent their first Taraweeh (Ramadaan prayer) last night. Speaking to VOC News, the President of the National Association of Human Rights Defenders on Al Khalil and Ibrahimi Mosque, Badee Dwaik,[…]
Hunger has spread all across the Gaza Strip amid a deadly Israeli offensive on the enclave, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said Sunday, Anadolu news agency reported. The UN agency said humanitarian conditions are tragic in the Palestinian strip as the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan is set to start[…]
Nearly 12,000 trainee doctors from 100 hospitals have walked out over government reform plans. South Korea has said it will deploy military physicians and doctors from public health centres to hospitals hit by a weeks-long walkout by trainee doctors over government reform plans. Some 20 military surgeons along with 138[…]
There would be no truce in Sudan in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan unless the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group leaves the homes and sites of civilians, senior Sudanese armed forces General Yasser al-Atta said on Sunday, Reuters reports. The statement follows an appeal by the United Nations Security Council for[…]
Hunger has spread all across the Gaza Strip amid a deadly Israeli offensive on the enclave, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said Sunday, Anadolu news agency reported. The UN agency said humanitarian conditions are tragic in the Palestinian strip as the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan is set to start[…]
Several Palestinians were killed and many others injured Saturday as the Israeli army again targeted hundreds of people who were waiting for aid trucks east and west of Gaza City, Anadolu Agency reports. “A number of dead and wounded arrived at the Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City after being targeted[…]
The head of the African Union Commission (AUC), on Friday, called for a ceasefire in conflict-torn Sudan during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Anadolu Agency reports. “Moussa Faki Mahamat calls upon the Sudanese parties to observe a total ceasefire across the whole national territory throughout the holy month of Ramadan,” the[…]
A UN expert, on Friday, criticised US efforts to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza, such as plans for a temporary port and recent air drops, which he said were “absurd” and “cynical” methods, so long as military aid to Israel continues, Reuters reports. Amid warnings of looming famine five months into Israel’s campaign[…]
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