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DUP councillor suspended for comments linking LGBTQ+ community with Hamas support
12+ hour, 36+ min ago (329+ words) During a hearing held on Friday, 24 April, Ards and North Down DUP councillor Colin Kennedy was suspended for three months after his public claims linking the LGBTQ+ community with support for Hamas. The claim, which he shared in a long…...
Turkey says COP31 will push for more global action under its presidency
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (521+ words) ANTALYA, Turkey, April 20 (Reuters) - This year's U. N. climate summit will seek to turn past decisions into action, with financing the main focus, Turkey's Environment and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum told Reuters, as the "country prepares to host and chair COP31 in…...
Turkey's opposition under pressure as Istanbul mayor trial drags on
2+ week, 3+ day ago (423+ words) The corruption trial of Istanbul's jailed opposition mayor entered its second month Thursday, in a case widely seen as a major setback for Turkey's opposition. Jailed since March last year, Ekrem Imamoglu of the main opposition CHP party is accused…...
Breathtaking moment hundreds of storks arrive in central Turkey
2+ week, 4+ day ago (65+ words) Yahoo News UK This is the moment hundreds of storks were filmed arriving in the Ilgin district of Konya, central T'rkiye on April 8, as their annual spring migration gets underway. Drone footage shows large flocks of the birds resting in…...
UNRWA head seeks investigation into killing of staff in Gaza war
3+ week, 6+ day ago (373+ words) GENEVA, March 31 (Reuters) - Discussions are under way for a U. N. investigation into the killing of more than 390 employees in the two-year "Gaza war, the head of the U. N. Palestinian refugee agency said on Tuesday, "making it the deadliest conflict in the global…...
Israel to establish buffer zone in south Lebanon up to Litani River, defence minister says
3+ week, 6+ day ago (177+ words) JERUSALEM, March 31 (Reuters) - Israel will establish a buffer zone inside southern Lebanon "and maintain control over the entire "area up to the Litani River once the conflict "with Hezbollah militants ends, Israel's defence minister said on Tuesday. "At the end…...
Video shows Iranian attack on Bahrain, not US bank's office in UAE
4+ week, 21+ hour ago (491+ words) The Gulf has borne the brunt of Iran's retaliation to US-Israeli attacks initiated on February 28, but a video circulating on social media does not show an American bank's offices being struck in the UAE as claimed. The footage in fact…...
Watch: Drone strikes hit Kuwait Airport as blaze breaks out
4+ week, 1+ day ago (108+ words) Kuwait International Airport was hit by multiple drone strikes on Saturday (28 March), causing major damage to its radar system, the country's Civil Aviation Authority said. Spokesperson Abdullah Al-Rajhi told the Kuwait News Agency that no casualties were reported. Video footage…...
French foreign minister condemns killing of journalists in Lebanon
4+ week, 1+ day ago (609+ words) "If it is indeed confirmed that the journalists in question were deliberately targeted by the Israeli army, then this is extremely serious and a blatant violation of international law," Jean-Noel Barrot told public broadcaster France 3. He said journalists in war…...
Rescuers Extinguish Fires Burning Cars in Tel Aviv After Latest Iranian Missile Attack
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (155+ words) Rescuers were extinguishing fires burning cars in Tel Aviv after an Iranian missile attack on Thursday, March 26, the organization United Hatzalah of Israel said. United Hatzalah said its emergency medical teams were dispatched to multiple locations in Tel Aviv and…...