Archives for January, 2024

Ali Rahmani, left, reading a speech Narges Mohammadi managed to smuggle out of her cell

Jailed Iranian Nobel winner hit with new sentence: family

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Smoke is seen billowing over Khan Yunis during Israeli bombardment, amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas, southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 15, 2024.

Gaza 100 days: humanitarian crisis worsens as death toll surpasses 24,000

Meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis continues to deteriorate with no hopes for a cease-fire any time soon.

Antalyaspor's Israeli forward Jehezkel displayed a bandage on the Gaza war after scoring a goal

Israeli footballer leaves Turkey after being detained for Gaza message

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Fighting has ravaged the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023

Israel says war to wind down in southern Gaza as UN demands ceasefire

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Sagiv Yekhezkel displays a message in support of Hamas-held hostages during a match in Turkey.

Breaking | Last Updated: January 15, 2024, 3:29 am

Turkey detains Israeli soccer player over Gaza war message during match

The player wrote a message referencing the "100 days" that Israel captives have been held by Hamas since their Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel.

People take part in a protest in the streets of the Yemeni Red Sea city of Hudeida, to condemn US and British strikes on Huthi rebel-held cities, on January 12, 2024

US denies Houthi reports of fresh strikes in Yemen

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Football fans unfurl a giant Palestinian flag emblazoned with the slogan 'Free Palestine'in the stands during the Qatar 2023 AFC Asian Cup Group C football match between Iran and Palestine

Palestine-Iran Asian Cup clash overshadowed by Gaza war

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Sudanese soldiers and enrolled personnel in Gedaref city, eastern Sudan

Seven killed by strike in Sudan's White Nile State: activists

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Nur Shams camp shows the scars of Israeli raids

West Bank Palestinians decry Israel's raids as 'revenge'

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People gathered in Tel Aviv to mark the 100th day after an unprecedented attack by Hamas fighters on Israel that was followed by a war between Israel and the Palestinian militant movement

Israelis dance, sing, pray for Gaza hostages on 100th day of war

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Palestinian Liga Jabr, 89, remembers well how conflict uprooted her family when she was just 13

Some Palestinians displaced in 1948 say Gaza war is 'harder'

The majority of Gaza's 2.4 million inhabitants are descendents of some of the 760,000 Palestinians driven out during that war.

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Peace protesters rally outside the Royal Air Force Akrotiri base near the Cypriot coastal city of Limassol

Hundreds of peace protesters rally outside British base in Cyprus

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Tunisians protest to mark the anniversary of the 2011 uprising

Tunisians protest on Arab Spring uprising anniversary

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Italian coach Roberto Mancini is now in charge of Saudi Arabia

Ronaldo effect? Saudi spending spree fuels Asian Cup hopes

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Syrian farmer Omar Abdel-Fattah was forced to abandon agriculture to make ends meet

Syrian farmers abandon the land for steadier jobs

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Demonstrators protesting Israel's bombardment of Gaza rallied in Washington during a global 'day of action' on January 13, 2024

Thousands march in Washington, London for Gaza 'day of action'

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