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New York, USA | Xinhua | Robert Card, the suspect accused of killing 18 people in Lewiston, the U.S. state of Maine, was found dead Friday night from “an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound,” police said on social media. Card, 40, a member of the U.S. Army Reserves, is alleged to …

Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua | Israeli tanks and infantry raided the northern Gaza Strip in a predawn attack Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement. The military said that forces conducted “a targeted raid” using tanks in the northern Gaza Strip. According to the statement, the raid …

New York, USA | Xinhua | The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Wednesday that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached an unprecedented point. The UN Agency for Palestine Refugees, or UNRWA, which is by far the largest humanitarian provider in Gaza, warned that the …

New York, US | Xinhua | “A peaceful relationship, a cooperative relationship between the U.S. and China is essential for peace and progress of the world,” said former U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Henry A. Kissinger on Tuesday. “I’m confident all of you here agree that peace and progress between …

Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua | The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) released two elderly Israeli women held hostage in Gaza on Monday, as more planes carrying humanitarian aid landed at Egypt’s al-Arish Airport in North Sinai, waiting to be sent into war-torn Gaza. As Israel’s airstrikes on Gaza and its …

Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua |  Israel was stepping up its attacks on the Gaza Strip ahead of an anticipated ground invasion of the Palestinian enclave, said the Israeli military on Sunday, amid escalating tensions also on the country’s northern front and in the occupied West Bank. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) …

They handed to the Jewish people land they confiscated from Palestinians and violently repressed their nationalism COMMENT | SAURAV SARKAR | Israeli flags are flying over all government buildings in the United Kingdom currently, but this isn’t the first time the former imperial hegemon has put its weight behind Zionism. In …

Canberra, Australia | Xinhua | Indigenous Australian leaders have identified “deep-seated racism” as a factor in the defeat of the Indigenous Voice referendum. In a joint statement issued on Saturday, three of the four powerful land councils in the Northern Territory (NT) described the victory of the “no” vote in …

Rafah, Egypt | Xinhua |  Twenty trucks loaded with humanitarian aid entered Gaza on Saturday through the Rafah crossing, the only border crossing between the besieged coastal enclave and Egypt, after a two-week blockade. The trucks were loaded with medical aid donated by Egypt’s institutions of the National Alliance for …

Washington, US | Xinhua |  U.S. House Republicans on Friday dropped right-wing figure Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, as the Republican nominee for House speaker, after he failed to garner enough support from his own party in three rounds of full-chamber voting. In a closed-door session Friday …