Update Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut suburbs after unclaimed rocket attacks

Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut suburbs after unclaimed rocket attacks

  • The evacuation directive sent residents of the area into a panic
  • Netanyahu said on Friday Israel would continue to attack anywhere in Lebanon to counter threats and enforce the ceasefire accord
By NAJIA HOUSSARI ·

Israeli military admits to shooting at ambulances

Israeli military admits to shooting at ambulances

  • Hamas spokesman Basem Naim accused Israel of carrying out “a deliberate and brutal massacre against Civil Defense and Palestinian Red Crescent teams in the city of Rafah”
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Turkiye opposition calls mass rally in Istanbul

Turkiye opposition calls mass rally in Istanbul

  • Imamoglu’s detention on March 19 has prompted a repressive government response that has been sharply condemned by rights groups and drawn criticism from abroad.
  • The protests over his arrest quickly spread across Turkiye, with vast crowds joining mass nightly rallies outside Istanbul City Hall
By AFP ·

Turkiye opposition calls mass rally in Istanbul

Turkiye opposition calls mass rally in Istanbul

  • Imamoglu’s detention on March 19 has prompted a repressive government response that has been sharply condemned by rights groups and drawn criticism from abroad.
  • The protests over his arrest quickly spread across Turkiye, with vast crowds joining mass nightly rallies outside Istanbul City Hall
By AFP ·

‘We need aid’: rescuers in quake-hit Myanmar city plead for help

‘We need aid’: rescuers in quake-hit Myanmar city plead for help

  • Exhausted, overwhelmed rescuers in Myanmar’s second-biggest city pleaded for help Saturday as they struggled to free hundreds of people trapped in buildings destroyed by a devastating earthquake
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Academy apologizes after stars say it ‘failed to defend’ Palestinian filmmaker

Academy apologizes after stars say it ‘failed to defend’ Palestinian filmmaker

  • Hamdan Ballal was assaulted this week by settlers and detained at gunpoint by soldiers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank
  • “No Other Land” chronicles the forced displacement of Palestinians by Israeli troops and settlers in Masafer Yatta in the West Bank
By AFP ·

Academy apologizes after stars say it ‘failed to defend’ Palestinian filmmaker

Academy apologizes after stars say it ‘failed to defend’ Palestinian filmmaker

  • Hamdan Ballal was assaulted this week by settlers and detained at gunpoint by soldiers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank
  • “No Other Land” chronicles the forced displacement of Palestinians by Israeli troops and settlers in Masafer Yatta in the West Bank
By AFP ·