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Which bombs has the United States stopped shipping to Israel? 2024-05-09
Al Jazeera

The United States has halted the shipment of some types of heavy bombs to Israel and US President Joe Biden has also pledged to halt the supply of some offensive weapons and artillery shells to the country if it goes ahead with its assault on Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah. Here’s what we know so...

photo: AP / Tsafrir Abayov

Sudan’s paramilitary RSF accused of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in West Darfur 2024-05-09
Al Jazeera

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias killed “at least thousands of people” in West Darfur state, an international rights group has said, in what it called apparent “crimes against humanity” and “genocide”. In a report published on Thursday, Human Rights Watch (HRW)...

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South Korea’s birthrate is so low, the president wants to create a ministry to tackle it 2024-05-09
CNN

South Korea’s leader on Thursday said he plans to create a new government ministry to tackle the “national emergency” of the country’s infamously low birth rate as it grapples with a deepening demographic crisis. In a televised address, President Yoon Suk Yeol said he would ask for parliament’s...

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The situation is dire. Rishi Sunak must suspend all arms sales to Israel 2024-05-09
Metro UK

Continuing the same policy of implicit support for the actions of the Israeli Government is immoral (Picture: Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg via Getty Images) This week millions of people across the country are watching the deteriorating situation in Rafah, southern Gaza, in both horror and disbelief. Not...

photo: AP / Kin Cheung

US emboldening Philippines to square off with China at sea 2024-05-09
Asiatimes

US Marines joined Filipino counterparts on May 5, 2024, for a mock battle at a telling location: a small, remote territory just 100 miles off the southern tip of the contested island of Taiwan. The combat drill is part of the weekslong Exercise Balikatan that has brought together naval, air and...

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Iran warns it will change nuclear doctrine if ‘existence threatened’ 2024-05-09
Al Jazeera

Iran could be pushed into building a nuclear weapon if Israel threatens its existence, an adviser to the country’s supreme leader has warned. “We have no decision to build a nuclear bomb but should Iran’s existence be threatened, there will be no choice but to change our military doctrine,” said...

photo: AP / Vahid Salemi

Germany calls for preventing further escalation of Gaza war 2024-05-09
Anadolu Agency

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius called Wednesday for preventing a further escalation of the Gaza war after a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York. Pistorius said he agreed with Guterres that everything must be done to alleviate or end the humanitarian misery of the...

photo: UN / Manuel Elías

That '70s Show: Is Biden Taking America Back to the Age of Jimmy Carter? 2024-05-09
Hot Air

Everything that is happening in our fractured nation today seems so worrisomely reminiscent of America's last lost decade -- the 1970s. Advertisement For those who don't remember, the late 1970s under part-time President Gerald Ford and then...

photo: AP / Charles Rex Arbogast

Thailand’s prime minister wants to outlaw cannabis, 2 years after it was decriminalized 2024-05-08
Wtop

BANGKOK (AP) — The prime minister of Thailand, the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis two years ago, said Wednesday that he wants to outlaw the drug again amid concerns that the lack of regulation had made it available to...

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Italy’s premier meets NATO head to prepare for next summit, address key issues 2024-05-08
Anadolu Agency

NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Wednesday to discuss preparations for July’s summit in Washington DC, including ways to further strengthen the alliance, achieve...

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