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EXPLAINERIsrael confirms flooding tunnels with seawater, the UN rallies to resume UNRWA funding.Here’s how things stand on Wednesday, January 31, 2024: Latest updates The Israeli army confirmed on Tuesday that it has been flooding tunnels in Gaza with seawater for several weeks. A Hamas official told Reuters news agency on Tuesday that the group is studying a new proposal for a three-stage truce with Israel. At least half of the buildings across the Gaza Strip have been destroyed since October 7, according to analysis verified by the BBC on Tuesday. Israel has repeated new evacuation orders for neighbourhoods in western…
Bi-2 members, held for performing without permits, have criticised Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin.Members of a dissident Russian-Belarusian rock band critical of Moscow’s war in Ukraine have been jailed in Thailand, with growing calls to not deport them to Russia. Progressive rock group Bi-2’s members remained locked up on Wednesday after being detained for performing without work permits in Thailand. The group has spoken out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The group was detained last week after it played a gig in Phuket, a southern Thai island popular with foreign tourists including…
Follow our live build-up and commentary from the AFC Asian Cup 2023 round-of-16 tie in Qatar at 11:30 GMT. Source link
In a widely expected move, South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) party suspended former President Jacob Zuma on Monday, just months ahead of the presidential election. In a statement on X, the ANC accused Zuma of insubordination and said his suspension was justified because of “exceptional circumstances”. The move follows months of turbulence between Zuma and current President Cyril Ramaphosa that has blighted the image of the party that has governed South Africa since the end of white minority rule three decades ago. Zuma, who still commands widespread popular support, poses a threat to the party, which has been…
Iraqi-based group seeking to de-escalate as Washington mulls response to deadly Jordan strike.Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah has announced the suspension of hostile operations against US troops, as Washington ponders its response to a deadly drone attack that left three of its soldiers dead. The group’s attempt to de-escalate late on Tuesday, which it said was motivated by a desire not to “embarrass” the Iraqi government, was met with some scepticism in the US. The Pentagon alleges that there have been three further attacks since the attack in Jordan on January 28. However, the White House has indicated that it is pondering…
New Delhi, India – Demand for India’s Basmati, the long-grain aromatic rice, from traditional buyers in the Middle East, the US and Europe has dropped as it has become costly. The reason is the escalating tensions in the Red Sea, the shortest and most efficient trade route for ships moving from Asia to Europe. Attacks by Iranian-backed Houthis from Yemen on commercial vessels passing through the Red Sea have forced shippers to avoid one of the world’s most crucial trade routes. The alternative longer route around the Cape of Good Hope on the southern tip of Africa has added more…
Back-to-back verdicts against the country’s popular politician were handed down just a week before general elections. Source link
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to 14 years in jail in a case related to illegal selling of state gifts. The sentencing by an anti-graft court in Islamabad on Wednesday comes a day after Khan was handed a 10-year jail term in another case in which he was convicted of revealing state secrets, and a week before national elections. Khan was also handed a three-year prison sentence in August by another court for selling gifts worth more than 140 million rupees ($501,000) in state possession and received during his 2018-2022 premiership.…
Myanmar’s anti-coup forces say they are moving closer to victory over the generals who seized power in a coup three years ago, energised by the successes of a major offensive that began at the end of October. Speaking from an undisclosed location inside Myanmar at an online forum, NUG Acting President Duwa Lashi La said anti-coup forces had made “stunning gains” since the start of Operation 1027, which was launched late last year by an alliance of ethnic armed groups and resistance fighters. “After three years, the Spring Revolution is stronger than ever,” Duwa Lashi La said on Tuesday. “With…
New Delhi, India – The website of Hindutva Watch, a United States-based independent research project that documents hate crimes against religious minorities in India, is no longer accessible in India, days after government officials warned its founder that they might block it. The website of India Hate Lab, another initiative dedicated to exclusively tracking hate speech in the country, can also no longer be accessed in India even though both platforms are available outside the country. “We received communication from MEITY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) under the IT Act last week regarding the potential blocking of India Hate…