It posted a statement on X supporting the Israeli bombardment of Gaza on 20 November. Its plea for engagement after losing followers was met with a lesson on how to practise what you preach.
For the moment, Israel's conflict in Gaza provides enough legitimacy to deploy substantial peacekeeping forces through the Red Sea, but the model is unsustainable.
While ‘responsibility to protect’ strictly applies to regimes carrying out genocide against its own population, it's time to ask if it can't be applied in Gaza too, where Israel is bombing and forcibly evacuating people.
Fighting reported throughout Sunday morning. Casualties are mounting on both sides, with Israel's published combat losses now at 154 since the war began in October.
Israel’s chief military spokesperson said that its forces had achieved almost complete operational control of northern Gaza, and would move the offensive to the south soon.
Neither the militant Hamas nor the autocratic Palestinian Authority under Mahmoud Abbas inspire much confidence among Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, two recent surveys show.
Diplomats said fate of draft resolution hinges on final negotiations between Israel ally and council veto power, the United States, and the UAE, which has drafted the text.
The Palestinian academic, who taught English at Islamic University of Gaza, chose to stay back despite his family's pleas and chronicled daily life in Shujaiya amid Israeli onslaught.
US national security adviser Jake Sullivan will hold discussions with Israelis on the need to be more precise with their strikes against Hamas targets, says spokesperson John Kirby.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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