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Amnesty accuses Israel of ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Shawdesh Desk: Amnesty International on Thursday accused Israel of “committing genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza since the start of the war last year, saying its new report was a “wake-up call”

Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi gets 3-week reprieve from prison in Iran after surgery

Shawdesh Desk: Iranian authorities on Wednesday freed Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi from prison for three weeks on medical grounds, a move supporters decried as “too little too late” and the

Kremlin comments on Ukraine’s bid to join NATO

Shawdesh desk: Russia views Ukraine’s potential full membership in NATO as unacceptable because it would pose a security threat, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday,

South Korea president declares martial law

Shawdesh desk: South Korea’s president Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared emergency martial law, saying the step was necessary to protect the country from ‘communist forces’ amid parliamentary wrangling over

Arab, Muslim leaders gather in KSA as Israel strikes Gaza, Lebanon killing dozens

Shawdesh Desk: Arab and Muslim leaders gather in Saudi Arabia Monday for a summit addressing the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, a chance to send a message to US President-elect

Women, children comprise majority of Gaza war dead: probe

Shawdesh desk: The UN on Friday condemned the staggering number of civilians killed in Israel’s war in Gaza, with women and children comprising nearly 70 per cent of the thousands

Around 22 die in railway station blast in Pakistan

Shawdesh Desk: At least 22 people were killed on Saturday in a bombing targeting a railway station in Balochistan province, local officials and a militant group said. The blast hit

RT releases ‘Bullet for the President’ documentary

Shawdesh desk: RT has retraced the footsteps of the would-be assassin who fired shots at former US president and Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, during a rally this summer, in