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BREAKING NEWS - Electrical fire kills over 40 in Egyptian church

An electrical fire swept through an Egyptian Coptic Christian church during Mass on Sunday, causing a stampede and killing at least 41 people, most of them children, security sources said. The blaze started just before 9 a.m. in the Abu Sifin church in the city of Giza where 5,000 people had gathered. The fire blocked […]

AMERICANS RARELY SEE THE TRUE FACE OF ISRAEL’S BOMBING OF GAZA

By shying away from graphic images of death, news organizations sanitize the violence of Israeli aggression against Palestinians. By Elise Swain, Alice Speri WHEN A CEASEFIRE on Sunday night ended a three-day Israeli offensive in the Gaza strip, over 350 Palestinians were wounded and 46 were dead, including 16 children, according to Palestinian officials. Media coverage in […]

Gazan children killed as Israel targets residential areas

Israeli jets again pounded the Gaza Strip on Saturday, flattening multiple residential buildings and killing more Palestinians in its second day of airstrikes. Preliminary reports estimate as many as 15 people have been killed, including a 5-year-old girl, and another 125 Palestinians injured. Israel has reported no deaths and two injured soldiers, as well as three civilians […]

BREAKING NEWS - Russian airstrike on Ukraine maternity hospital

A Russian airstrike devastated a maternity hospital Wednesday in the besieged port city of Mariupol and wounded at least 17 people, Ukrainian officials said, amid growing warnings from the West that Moscow’s invasion is about to take a more brutal and indiscriminate turn. The ground shook more than a mile away when a series of […]

Erdogan wants pro-family TV from now on

Turkey’s president has ordered that steps be taken against media like TV programs that are deemed contrary to Turkey’s “fundamental values.” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a circular posted Saturday on the Official Gazette, said the decision aims to eliminate the harmful effects of television programs with foreign content that have been adapted in […]

US, UNICEF sent million dollars worth of medical supplies to Lebanon

Through funding from the U.S. Government, UNICEF said it has delivered 97 tons of lifesaving medical supplies valued at over one million U.S. dollars to the Ministry of Public Health, in response to severe shortages of supplies and medicines affecting health facilities across Lebanon. The humanitarian shipment arrived Tuesday to the Beirut international airport through […]

US military concealed truth of airstrikes that killed Syrian civilians

The U.S. military covered up airstrikes in 2019 in Syria that killed up to 64 women and children, a possible war crime, during the fight against Islamic State, the New York Times reported Saturday. The two back-to-back airstrikes near the city of Baghuz were reportedly ordered by a classified U.S. special operations unit tasked with […]

UNRWA faces budget crisis

The UN agency helping Palestinian refugees is facing an “existential” budget crisis and appealing for urgent funding of $120 million to keep essential education, health care and other services running, the agency’s chief said. “We keep struggling, running after cash,” Philippe Lazzarini said. “The financial situation is a real existential threat on the organization, and […]

AP goes after Israel as Sky News falls victim to same censorship

The Associated Press’ top editor is calling for an independent investigation into the Israeli airstrike that targeted and destroyed a Gaza City building housing the AP, broadcaster Al-Jazeera and other media, saying the public deserves to know the facts. Separately, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders asked the International Criminal Court to investigate Israel’s bombing of […]

Louvre Abu Dhabi promotes tolerance among children

Today, Louvre Abu Dhabi’s Children’s Museum launched A Costume Adventure, an interactive adventure game inspired by the clothing portrayed in artworks from the museum’s permanent galleries. The adventure includes multiple stages, each presenting a unique challenge for children aged 4 - 10 to complete through interactive digital displays. Open from 9th July 2019 through 31st […]

UAE celebrates World Reguee Day with call to arms

World Refugee Day, which falls on 20th June, is an annual reminder of pressing questions dealing with the reality and future of the 68 million people who have fled their homes to escape war, prosecution or terror. Every minute of every day, the staggering number continues to grow. This international observance day brings the spotlight […]

Dear Makhmalbaf! There Is Iranian Cinema Even In India

By Gouthama Siddarthan* Is there paucity of stories in India? When I was buying fruit juice at a roadside shop, I happened on a lad stretching out arms. Handing the juice over to him, I was just watching what he was doing. He crossed the road and sat on a parapet, after spreading a newspaper […]

Dubai Cares distributes school bag kits for Syrian children

Dubai Cares has started distributing 50,000 school bags — packed during its volunteering initiative in Ramadan — to Syrian crisis-affected children in Jordan, in partnership with Save the Children. The charity organisation had launched the ‘Back to School’ edition of its ‘Volunteer Emirates’ initiative in May, to support refugee children affected by the Syrian crisis. […]

UAE exempts children of tourists under the age of 18 from visa fee

Children of tourists, under the age of 18 visiting UAE will be exempted from visa fee, during the summer season from July 15th to September 15th of each year UAE cabinet announced on Sunday The new law came in support of family tourism and to reduce the cost on visitors in the holiday season. The […]

WATCH: Far-Right Israeli Protesters Celebrate Palestinian Baby Burned to Death

On Tuesday, two dozen far-right protesters celebrated the death of an 18-month-old Palestinian child murdered in July 2015 as the toddler’s remaining family members walked out of the Central District Court in Lod, Israel. In July 2015, 18-month year-old Ali Saad Dawabsha was killed in an arson attack by Jewish right-wing terrorists on his Palestinian family's home in Duma, […]

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