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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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 …
Read More »Gaza war in its 12th month with truce hopes slim
A Palestinian civil defence member stands near a building on fire that was hit by Israeli bombardment in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in the north of Gaza City on September 3, 2024. (AFP) The chances of a truce that would swap Palestinian prisoners jailed by Israel for hostages held by Hamas appeared slim, with both sides sticking doggedly to …
Read More »“Oddamavadi” – Reveals Sri Lankan Muslims’ plight amid pandemic
The documentary film takes the audience on a poignant journey through an untold story of the Sri Lankan Muslim community’s struggle during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting their ordeal with forced cremations of loved ones who succumbed to the virus. The COVID-19 pandemic, which emerged in late 2019, had a devastating impact on Sri Lanka, claiming nearly 17,000 lives. As families …
Read More »Saudi-built 500 tsunami houses become the topic at the presidential polls
COLOMBO :During this week’s election campaign, presidential candidate and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa told the voters in the Eastern Province that he, if elected, would take early action to distribute the 500 houses to tsunami victims of the. Island. At least, Sajith realized the plight of those tsunami victims who were rendered homeless in this tragedy. The tsunami that hit …
Read More »Hezbollah leader’s body found in rubble following airstrike
This pictured shows the aftermath of an Israeli military strike on a building in Beirut’s southern suberbs on July 31, 2024. (AFP) Lebanon urges international community to act to halt further escalation BEIRUT: Hezbollah civil defense teams on Wednesday found the body of senior commander Fouad Shukr, who was killed in an Israeli drone strike the previous night in the southern …
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