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Kulgam, Indian-administered Kashmir — When Showkat Ahmad’s body was found, it had sores and a bloodied eye. His hair was falling out, and the skin on the 18-year-old’s hands and legs was peeling off, recalled his father, Mohamad Sadiq. That was March 16, three days after Sadiq had learned that his elder son, Riyaz, 25, … Read more
Palestinian officials identified the 14-year-old US citizen as Omar Mohammed Rabea. A Palestinian-American teenager has been shot and killed by an Israeli Jewish settler in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian authorities have said. Palestinian officials identified the 14-year-old as Omar Mohammed Rabea and said he was near a settlement in Turmus Aya when the settler … Read more
There are growing warnings that food supplies in Gaza will soon run out. The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is getting worse by the day. The United Nations World Food Programme has warned it only has food stocks to last a few days. With limited supplies and no fuel, all bakeries have already closed across the … Read more
US President Donald Trump’s widest-ranging tariffs to date have come into effect – a move that may trigger retaliation and escalate trade tensions, upsetting the global economy. The initial 10 percent “baseline” tariff took effect at United States seaports, airports and customs warehouses at 12:01am ET (04:01am GMT) on Saturday, ushering in Trump’s full rejection … Read more
Civilians in Sudan’s North Darfur’s capital, el-Fasher, and surrounding towns are starving. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have imposed a siege on them for about a year, yet they managed to forestall an invasion thanks to the Joint Forces – an array of local armed factions backed by the army. The besieged civilians are … Read more
More journalists killed in Gaza than in both world wars, Vietnam, Yugoslavia and Afghanistan combined, says Costs of War project. Israel’s war on Gaza has killed 232 journalists – an average of 13 per week – making it the deadliest conflict for media workers ever recorded, according to a report by the Watson Institute for … Read more
The bodies of emergency workers who were killed by Israeli forces whilst saving other Palestinians in Gaza were found. Source link
Defending champions Real Madrid come from behind to beat relegation-threatened Leganes 3-2 in LaLiga. Kylian Mbappe scored twice to help Real Madrid outgun a feisty Leganes 3-2 and pull level with Barcelona at the top of LaLiga, while Atletico Madrid fell further behind in the title race. The match between the defending champions and a … Read more
The deaths came in a gun battle in the forested area of the southern Jammu region. At least four police officers and two suspected rebels have been killed during a gun battle in the India-administered territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian army’s Rising Star Corps said on social media on Saturday morning that “relentless … Read more
Al Jazeera reporter Tony Cheng and his crew were filming in Myanmar when one of two powerful earthquakes hit. Source link