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Palestinians excluded from Israeli coronavirus vaccine rollout : Rights groups/UN experts

NEW YORK, : As Israel presses ahead with its coronavirus vaccination programme, a number of human rights groups and United Nations rights experts have called on the Jewish state to also provide doses to Palestinians in the occupied territories of West Bank and Gaza. Amnesty […]

US likely to name Saudi embassy street after Khashoggi

A member of the Washington, DC City Council introduced a legislation on Thursday that proposes to name a street in the US capital after the slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto, the youngest in the district’s history, introduced the “Jamal Khashoggi Way […]

Biden unveils $1.9tr emergency economic plan to tackle COVID

Joe Biden’s new emergency economic relief plan comes as the United States registered another gloomy record of coronavirus-related casualties, with Thursday’s toll marking more than 4,200 deaths. While delivering remarks from Wilmington, Delaware, US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday announced a new $1.9 trillion economic […]

Earthquake rattles Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province, killing 4

At least four people are dead and more than 600 others injured after a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Majene City in Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province in the early hours of Friday, according to the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD). The BNPB Operations Control Center said around 637 […]

Trump says Capitol rioters will be brought to justice

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that those involved in the deadly Capitol riot last week will face justice. In a video issued shortly after being impeached by the House of Representatives, the outgoing president said he “unequivocally” condemned the violence and “no true supporter of […]

Snapchat reportedly permanently bans Trump’s account

Most social media platforms have banned or restricted Donald Trump’s accounts and the accounts of Trump supporters, including QAnon believers and ‘Stop the Steal’ followers, in the wake of the deadly January 6 riots at the US Capitol. On Wednesday, American photo-sharing app Snapchat permanently deleted […]

Trump becomes first US President to be impeached twice

Trump has now been impeached twice, the first US president in history to be so censured, after being accused of “inciting insurrection” during the deadly riots that rocked the Capitol Hill in Washington DC last week. The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved an […]

US House to vote on impeaching Trump over Capitol Hill ‘insurrection’

The Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives is expected to vote on Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump over last week’s violence on Capitol Hill, although chances are likely slim the Senate will decide to convict and remove him from office. Insurrection charges While overall proceedings […]

US military confirms Biden as 46th commander-in-chief

The US Joint Chiefs of Staff issued a message Tuesday to the military saying a “violent riot” at the Capitol building was a “direct assault” on Congress and the Constitution and confirming President-elect Joe Biden will become the country’s 46th commander-in-chief. In the memo, signed […]

YouTube suspends Trump’s channel

Trump’s accounts were previously banned on Twitter and Facebook, following the Capitol Hill riot on 6 January, as the social media platforms accused the US president of inciting violence. YouTube is suspending President suspends Trump’s Channel for at least a week because it received a strike […]

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