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Pro-Palestinian activists in London hold ‘emergency protest’ against Israel attacks
London: Pro-Palestinian activists held an “emergency protest” outside the Israeli embassy in the UK capital, London, demanding sanctions on Israel for its latest violence against Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa mosque. Israeli police clashed with Palestinians inside Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque on Wednesday, with Israel bombarding both
British royals gather for first Easter of King Charles’ reign
London: King Charles and senior British royals gathered at Windsor Castle for their traditional Easter service on Sunday, the first of the new monarch's reign. Charles was joined by his wife Camilla, the queen consort, and his extended family including son and heir Prince William, his
King Charles III supports probe into monarchy’s slave ties
London: King Charles III for the first time has signaled support for research into the British monarchy’s ties to slavery after a document showed an ancestor with shares in a slave-trading company, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said. Charles takes the issue “profoundly seriously” and academics will
China deeply concerned over escalation of Palestine-Israel conflict
Beijing: China expressed deep concerns over Israeli police clashes with Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and called on all parties, Israel in particular, to show calm and restraint and immediately stop all words and deeds that might heighten tensions, in order to prevent
Pro-democracy protesters rally in Sudan as army deal stalls
Khartoum: Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Sudan’s capital, as talks with the country’s army rulers to bring in a civilian government hit a roadblock. Security forces met the demonstrations in Khartoum with tear gas and stun grenades, protester Waleed Adam told The Associated
Saudi Arabia to discuss Yemen ceasefire with Houthis in Sanaa
Riyadh: After the foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia met two days ago as a result of a major Chinese-mediated deal, official representatives from Saudi Arabia and Oman are planning to visit Yemen next week to hold talks regarding a permanent ceasefire with Iranian-backed
North Korea tests another nuclear-capable underwater drone
Seoul: North Korea conducted another test of a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone, state media said on Saturday, the latest in a show of force against the U.S. and South Korea. The country tested another kind of a nuclear-capable unmanned underwater attack weapon called "Haeil-2", over a
Thousands of migrants stranded in scorching desert in Mali
Assamaka: A long line of people appears in silhouette, walking along the flat desert in northern Niger. The strong walkers are at the front. The weakest at the rear. Every week hundreds more migrants thrown out of Algeria end up here in Assamaka, the first village on
Climate change: Scientists puzzled by rising levels of banned ozone-depleting gases
New York: Scientists have detected rapidly rising levels of five ozone-damaging chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, in the atmosphere. These are harmful chemicals have been banned globally since 2010 because of the threat they pose to the environment. In a study published this week in Nature Geoscience, a