Hamas deputy leader, Saleh al-Arouri, has been killed in an attack on Hamas office in Beirut. Hamas’ Al Aqsa Radio and Lebanon’s pro-Iranian Mayadeen TV confirmed word from security sources that Arouri, a member of the Palestinian Islamist movement’s politburo based abroad and a co-founder of Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, was kill...
•Claudine Gay The President of Harvard University resigned yesterday after she faced criticism over allegations of plagiarism and her handling of anti-Semitism on campus, the prestigious US school’s student newspaper reported. Claudine Gay was criticized in recent months after reports surfaced alleging that she did not properly cite scholarly ...
•Italian MP Emanuele Pozzolo A member of Parliament from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s party was at the centre of a political storm today after taking a gun to a New Year’s Eve party where someone was shot with it. Emanuele Pozzolo, a lawmaker for Meloni’s far-right Brothers of Italy party, has admitted owning the […]
•The burning passenger plane A Japan Airlines plane was in flames as it landed on a runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport yesterday evening. It had collided with a coast guard aircraft, reports AFP. Meanwhile, according to BBC, footage on broadcaster NHK showed flames coming out of the windows of the aircraft. Also, beneath the Japan […]
•Japan earthquake Japan has issued a major tsunami warning after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the central region. Residents in the coastal Noto area in Ishikawa prefecture were asked to “evacuate immediately to higher ground,” national broadcaster NHK said. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning along the coastal regions...
The Israeli military has said it expects the conflict in Gaza to continue throughout 2024. In a New Year’s message, Israel Defence Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari said troop deployments were being adjusted to prepare for “prolonged fighting”. He said some troops – especially reservists – would be withdrawn to allow them to regroup, reports AFP....
•Evariste Ndayishimiye Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye launched a virulent anti-gay tirade yesterday, saying same-sex couples should be publicly stoned to death. He also lashed out at Western countries that press other nations to allow gay rights or risk losing aid, reports AFP. Homosexuality in Burundi, a conservative Christian coun...
•President Emmanuel Macron The French government said today it will deploy more than 95,000 police and military personnel for New Year Eve’s celebrations, adding that a heightened “terrorist threat” required tight security. Paris alone, where up to one million revellers are expected on the Champs-Elysees Sunday night — twice as many as last ye...
•Geoffrey Onyeama A former Nigerian Ambassador to Namibia, Ms Lilian Onoh, has lodged a libel suit at the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas against Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama. Also joined in the case is Mr Gabriel Aduda, who was a Permanent Secretary at the ministry, reports Channels […]
• Donald Trump The US state of Maine yesterday blocked former president Donald Trump from its Republican presidential primary ballot, the second state to disqualify him over his role in the January 2021 assault on the US Capitol. Maine’s top election official, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, decided in favor of the citizens who had [&hellip...
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