Yearly Archives: 2024

What’s Mawasi, the Israel-designated Gaza ‘safe zone’ it bombed overnight?

Palestinian women stand helplessly amid the destruction left by 2,00-pound bombs dropped by Israel on the tents of a displacement camp in al-Mawasi Khan Younis in Gaza on September 10, 2024 [Bashar Taleb/AFP] Israel has killed at least 19 people in an attack on a tent encampment within the so-called humanitarian, or “safe”, zone in al-Mawasi, Gaza. About 65 more …

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Zahira Veterans Tour Bangkok on 11th September For TOTO CUP BKK 2024

COLOMBO – The Zahira Veterans Football Team , is to embark on their maiden tour of Bangkok to play invitation match “ TOTO CUP BKK 2024 “ between Zahira Veterans team vs Yothinburana Alumni team matches to take place in Ministry of Health Grounds, BKK, Thailand  on 13th September.   The team will be led by Jawfer-us Sadik with the team captain Abdur Rahuman, …

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Flooding kills more than 20 people in Morocco and Algeria

Women walk past floods caused by heavy rainfall in Tagounite, Zagora, southern Morocco, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP) Meteorologists had predicted that a rare deluge could strike North Africa’s Sahara Desert, where many areas receive less than an inch of rain a year RABAT, Morocco: Torrential downpours hit North Africa’s normally arid mountains and deserts over the weekend, causing flooding …

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Apple embraces the AI craze with its newly unleashed iPhone 16 lineup

Apple iPhone 16 models are displayed following Apple’s “It’s Glowtime” event in Cupertino, California, September 9, 2024. (AFP)   Apple’s AI features are designed to turn its often-blundering virtual assistant Siri into a smarter and more versatile sidekick CUPERTINO, California: Apple on Monday charged into the artificial intelligence craze with a new iPhone lineup that marks the company’s latest attempt …

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Palestinians’ UN proposal demands Israel leave Gaza and the West Bank in 6 months

A general view shows voting results during a UN General Assembly meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on October 12, 2022. (AFP)   UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told The Associated Press on Monday that International Court of Justice rulings “should be accepted and should be implemented” In the sweeping condemnation of Israel’s rule over the lands …

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Malaysia : No need for Muslim-owned eateries to get halal cert as they are bound by Islamic rules on halal and ‘haram’

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 — Umno’s ulama council today said that it is unnecessary for Muslim-owned eateries to be required to obtain halal certification from the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) as they are already bound by Islamic rules concerning halal and haram. In a Facebook post, the council’s deputy president, Datuk Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali, stated that Muslim-owned businesses should …

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