Author: Aidan
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Bolivian court rules that former president Morales cannot seek re-election
He won that vote but was forced to resign amid deadly protests over alleged election fraud, and fled the country. He returned after his then ally Luis Arce won the presidency in October 2020. Morales has since fallen out with Arce. Saturday’s announcement from the court reversed a ruling it had made in 2017 which…
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Taliban say security forces killed dozens of Tajiks, Pakistanis involved in attacks in Afghanistan
Security forces in Afghanistan killed a number of Tajik and Pakistani nationals and arrested scores others involved in attacks against religious clerics, the public, and mosques, a senior Taliban official said Sunday. Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid, Taliban’s appointed defense minister, during a press conference in the capital, Kabul, said dozens of Tajiks and more than 20…
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More than 4,360 dead in Syria war in 2023
More than 4,360 people, including combatants and civilians, were killed in Syria’s civil war in 2023, in the thirteenth year since fighting began, a war monitor said on Sunday. The figure was an increase on 2022, when 3,825 people were killed. That was the lowest annual death toll since the conflict began in 2011 with…
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Missile hits Red Sea container ship, US destroyers shoot down two more
The Houthis have targeted vessels in the vital Red Sea shipping lane with strikes they say are in support of Palestinians in Gaza, where Israel is waging war to root out the militant group Hamas. Several shipping lines have suspended operations through the Red Sea in response to the attacks, instead taking the longer journey…
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Netanyahu thanks US for weapons sales, vows Hamas war will continue
Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that Israel’s war against Hamas will continue for “many more months,” amid mounting civilian deaths, hunger and mass displacement in Gaza. Israel’s prime minister thanked the Biden administration for its continued backing, including approval of emergency weapons sales – the second this month. He also praised Washington’s veto of a…
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Biden administration approves “emergency” sale of howitzer shells to Israel amid intensification of ethnic cleansing in Gaza Strip
A further warning from the World Health Organisation illustrates how Israel is also using disease to implement its genocidal policy. WHO president Tedros Ghibreyesus stated that records show almost 180,000 cases of upper respiratory infections, 136,400 cases of diarrhea, half of which are in children under the age of 5, and 55,400 cases of lice…
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Majority of Israeli Jews ‘support the removal of Palestinians from Gaza’
“Israeli-Jewish society has been radicalised,” Loewenstein said. “There was a poll just this week that found 70-80 percent of Israeli Jews support the idea of finding somewhere else for Palestinians in Gaza to be removed. Israel claims that this is somehow voluntary, which is nonsense. “Gaza is being made uninhabitable deliberately and therefore there are…
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China cracks down on negativity over economy in bid to boost confidence
China is cracking down on negative commentary about the financial market and other sectors as the authorities seek to boost public confidence despite challenging economic headwinds. China’s ministry of state security published an article on 12 December saying there was a need to “sing the bright theory of China’s economy”. Topics that are considered increasingly…