Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire Begins After Year of Conflict
A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has come into effect in Lebanon after more than a year of fighting. It began at 04:00 AM local time today, putting an at-least temporary end to nearly 14 months of conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group. The deal was announced on Tuesday evening by Israel, France […]
G7 Endorses Gaza Peace Deal, calls on Hamas to Accept
The G7 group of developed countries have said it stood behind a Gaza peace deal endorsed by US President Joe Biden, and called on Hamas to accept it. In a statement, the Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), which are the United States, Canada, Japan, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, said it fully endorse […]
U.S. rapper Macklemore has released a song about pro-Palestinian protests
He also announced that he would donate all proceeds from the song to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). In the song, the 40-year-old singer from Seattle, said he was not voting for U.S. President Joe Biden in November’s presidential election, saying in the song lyrics […]
Mass arrests made as protests over War in Gaza spread across US universities
Protests over the war in Gaza have taken hold in some prominent universities in the US, as security officials make prompt arrests to defuse the demonstrations. Police moved to break up an encampment at New York University (NYU) on Monday night, making a number of arrests; Dozens of students were arrested at Yale earlier in […]
