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Investigate Arakan Army’s filmed execution of prisoners of war: ICC

Shawdesh Desk: The International Criminal Court (ICC) should investigate war crimes committed by the Arakan Army in Rakhine State, Myanmar, said Fortify Rights on Thursday. New leaked video footage shows

2,00,000 int’l troops needed to secure any Ukraine peace: Zelensky

Shawdesh Desk: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said any peace deal agreed with Russia would require at least 200,000 European peacekeepers to oversee it, according to comments published on Wednesday. US

Israel launches major Jenin offensive after Gaza ceasefire

Shawdesh desk: Israel said on Tuesday it had launched a “large-scale military operation” in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin to “eradicate terrorism” in the area, the same day an Trump

Turkey ski resort fire kills 66

Shawdesh Desk: The number of dead after a fire that engulfed a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday rose to 66, the interior minister said. Witnesses

‘That’s not our war’, Trump on Israel’s war on Gaza

Shawdesh desk: US President Donald Trump said Monday he was not confident a ceasefire deal in Gaza would hold, despite trumpeting his diplomacy to secure it ahead of his inauguration.

Hamas, Israel free hostages, prisoners

Shawdesh Desk: A fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was holding Monday, following the dramatic exchange of three hostages for 90 Palestinian prisoners in an agreement aimed at ending more

WHO says needs full Gaza access during Israel-Hamas truce

Shawdesh Desk: The World Health Organisation said Sunday it was ready to pour much-needed aid into Gaza during the Israel-Hamas truce, but that it would need ‘systematic access’ across the

Mounted police comb fire-charred Los Angeles for bodies

Shawdesh dEsk: Sheriff’s deputies on horseback fanned out through charred brush on Friday, hunting for the remains of people who perished when huge wildfires raced through Los Angeles. At least