EXPLAINER Israel’s renewed attacks kill dozens of Palestinians in Gaza amid mediating efforts led by Qatar to re-establish the truce. Here’s what is to know about the situation on Saturday, December 2, 2023: The fighting More than 180 Palestinians have been killed and about 600 injured in the first day of Israel’s renewed attacks on Gaza,…
Baqaa, Jordan – Rain pours down in torrents on Jordan’s Baqa’a camp, turning the streets into rivers. The November storm’s harsh winds rattle the tin doors of thousands of homes in the largest Palestinian refugee camp in the country. But despite the heavy downpour and bone-chilling cold outside, it is warm inside the Nashwan family’s…
The Australian Senate is currently considering legislation that would allow government ministers to ask judges to consider removing a person’s citizenship as punishment in certain cases of “serious crimes”. Australia’s centre-left Labor government introduced the proposed legislation this week after Australia’s High Court recently ruled that previous legislation giving the Minister for Home Affairs the…
ISLAMABAD: Barrister Gohar Ali Khan was elected unopposed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) new chairman, replacing incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan, ARY News reported. PTI intra-party polls were held today (Saturday) on orders of the Election Commission of Pakistan. Voters exercised their right to vote through an online app. Barrister Gohar Ali Khan was nominated by…
KARACHI: The retest of the National Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) exam also became controversial after the question paper leaked on social media, ARY News reported on Saturday. The Health Minister Saad Khalid dismissed the reports of the MDCAT question paper leak, meanwhile, just 12 hours before the admission test, the paper was…
Satellite launch comes as Seoul seeks to bolster its ability to monitor nuclear-armed North Korea. South Korea has launched its first spy satellite using a rocket operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The launch on Saturday came less than two weeks after rival North Korea announced it had successfully launched its own reconnaissance satellite, underscoring the…
LAHORE: The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday said it has arrested 14 suspected terrorists linked to banned outfits during operations carried out in different cities of the province, ARY News reported. In a statement issued today, the CTD said it conducted 147 intelligence-based operations in Sahiwal, Lahore, Gujrat, Gujrawala, Faisalabad and “foiled a…
Seoul, South Korea – Most mornings, Eun Seo-Ran begins her day at around 7am by brewing tea for herself and her adopted daughter Lee Eo-Rie*. After a cup of black or herbal tea the two work in separate rooms – Seo-Ran as an essayist, while Eo-Rie studies for an exam. Around noon, they cook lunch,…
Washington, DC – Inexplicable. That is how advocates are describing the actions of some Democratic officials who seem to be not only alienating but actively antagonising members of their own party over differing views on the war in Gaza. Many prominent Democrats, including United States President Joe Biden, have voiced “unwavering” support for Israel’s military offensive…
Former gang member John Turscak charged with attempted murder and other charges following attack. A prison inmate in the United States has been charged with attempted murder in the stabbing of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd. Chauvin was attacked last month in the law library of the Federal Correctional…