Several NGOs suspend work in Afghanistan following Taliban order banning female employees
The Taliban also banned women from attending universities and higher educational institutes last week, inviting widespread protests and condemnation
Israeli attacks continue for tenth day, death toll close to 230
The airstrikes on Gaza along with the Israeli military’s violence in the occupied West Bank have so for killed 227 Palestinians and injured over 1,500 others, while also internally displacing 72,000 people
US to remove terrorist tag for Houthis
The Biden administration reversed the decision of its predecessor to declare the Yemeni group Ansar Allah as part of its list of foreign terrorist organizations and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
Human rights groups urge new US administration to reverse Houthi ‘terrorist’ tag
The groups warn that the decision could have serious negative consequences, such as affecting the import and supply of humanitarian goods, medicines, fuel, and other essential items to Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen
Palestine’s children bear the brunt of Israeli occupation
Last month’s murder of 15-year-old Ali Ayman Abu Aliya in the village of Al-Mughayyir was yet another instance of the brutality shown by Israeli occupation forces towards the children of Palestine
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- Israel kills 31 people in Lebanon on the eve of Eid al-Adha
- Israel carries out sixth consecutive Eid massacre in Gaza
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- With peace deal nearly final, US launches fresh attacks on Iran
