Category Archives: political

Netanyahu revives push to shut down Al Jazeera in Israel

foreign news networks

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revived a push to close down Al Jazeera in Israel. The Israeli leader demanded on Monday that his coalition government pass legislation in the Knesset that would allow senior ministers to shut down foreign news networks deemed a security risk.

PM Shehbaz conveys to Biden Pakistan’s willingness to work with US for int’l peace, regional prosperity

peace and regional security

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday responded to US President Joe Biden’s letter and said Pakistan was willing to work with the United States on the shared targets of international peace and regional security.

Live blog: Palestinian resistance groups oppose foreign forces in Gaza

foreign forces in Gaza

Israel’s war on besieged Gaza — now in its 176th day — has killed at least 32,705 Palestinians and wounded 75,190 as Biden reportedly approves transfer of new bombs, warplanes to Israel.

What the data on Gaza says: Large-scale hunger deaths, deadly epidemic

Large-scale hunger deaths

A Rome-based food security organisation operating in over 30 countries has scraped together compelling data on Gaza’s hunger crisis, concluding that the besieged enclave has hit the catastrophe-phase 5 mark.

Meta’s oversight board urges Facebook, Instagram to lift ban on ‘shaheed’

ban on ‘shaheed’

The oversight board of Meta, the social media giant which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has ruled that a ban on the use of the word “shaheed” – “martyr” in Arabic – should be lifted. Meta has acknowledged that the term “shaheed” accounts for more content removals under the company’s content moderation policy than any other single word or phrase on its platforms.

Islamic Emirate Aims to Build Commercial Road Between Afghanistan and Iran

commercial road

The Islamic Emirate is currently working on constructing a commercial road between Afghanistan and Iran to improve the accessibility for commercial caravans. The road is being developed on the border of Nimruz province in Afghanistan, adjacent to Iran.

Live blog: US seeks probe into video of Israeli army burying people alive

burying people alive

Israel’s war on besieged Palestinians of Gaza — now in its 175th day — has killed at least 32,552 people and wounded 74,980 as World Court orders Israel to stop Gaza starvation crisis.