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The Israeli Foreign Minister has called for Turkey's eviction from NATO amid Erdoğan's warning of an incursion Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has threatened to enter Israel, as it has done in Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh.  Israel Katz, Israel's foreign minister, has requested NATO to expel Turkey.  Foreign Minister Israel Katz directed ambassadors to swiftly interact with all NATO countries, condemning Turkey and seeking its expulsion from the alliance," the ministry said. "Erdogan has stepped in Saddam Hussein's footsteps, threatening to destroy Israel. "He should remember what happened and how it ended," Israeli FM said. Erdoğan said that it is absurd to compare me with former dictator Saddam Hussein. He further added that Israeli government is targeting him because of my support for Palestinians.  NATO does not have an official procedure to suspend or expel a member, though members may freely depart. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenb...

Roaring landslides in the southern Indian state of Kerala have killed at least 93 people, provincial officials said Tuesday. Multiple landslides have trapped hundreds more people, and extensive search and rescue efforts have begun in Wayanad rural district in Kerala state to find and rescue those who have been stuck.  According to the officials' press conference, rescue operations are hampered by heavy rains and the collapse of a significant road bridge.  Authorities have also reported that around seventy injured people are receiving adequate care in hospitals and that rescuers have saved more than a hundred lives.  The Indian government officials did not immediately reveal any other information about the deceased, such as their names or identities.

Hezbollah, a Lebanese group, has denied being involved in an attack on a soccer field in Majdal Shams, a Druze community. As many as 12 people, including children, were killed in an unknown attack on a football field in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday.  A rocket struck a football field in a Druze-Arab community on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, killing 12 children and young guys & injuring 30 more.  Druze-Arabs are not Zionists, and the Golan Heights offensive targeted the Druze-Arab people.   The missile struck a playground in Majdal Shams, a Druze community, that was full of children and teens. Israel held "the Hezbollah " accountable for the missile attack and has threatened repercussions. The Iranian-backed Lebanese group has denied involvement in the incident.  Israel seized the targeted territory ( Golan Heights)  from Syria during the 1967, 6-day Arab-Israeli war.  The majority of experienced analysts believe that...

According to the Russian media, the meeting between Asad and Putin happened on Wednesday.  Restoring relations between Damascus and Ankara might be one of the topics of conversation.  A few weeks ago Erdogan said: "Now we have reached such a point that as soon as Bashar al-Assad takes a step towards mending relations with Turkey, we will replicate the same approach.  Erdogan's initial support for rebel groups against Assad in 2011 led to dire relations between the two presidents, who both have said that they are prepared to fix them. Following President Bashar al-Assad's battle with rebels in March 2011, Syria's membership in the Arab League was revoked and then reinstated on July 6, 2023.  Recep Tayyip Erdo ğ an has extended a hand of friendship to President Bashar al-Assad, realizing that Asad is no longer alone.

US Vice President Kamala Harris along with more than 80 House Democrats and at least six Democratic senators will not attend Netanyahu's speech, according to CNN. On Thursday, Kamala will be having a meeting with the head of Israel. According to the US media, Kamala Harris, the vice president of the United States, has been heavily criticized by Republicans for skipping Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's joint Congressional address on Wednesday to campaign in Indiana. James Daniel Jordan, a Republican Party member, former collegiate wrestler, and college wrestling coach, emphasized that Harris did not congratulate Netanyahu at the landing of his plane.  "You want to lead the free world, but you can't bring yourself to stand right now behind our most important and tactical ally.  The House Speaker Mike Johnson also chastised Vice President Kamala Harris for her "extraordinary" decision to skip Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress on Wednesday. As vice p...

Representatives of competing Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas signed the Beijing accord to fortify their ties and end years of discord.  Besides Fatah and Hamas, 12 other Palestinian factions met international media and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi.  Establishing conditions for a coalition government after the war was China's main goal in extending invitations to Palestinian factions to visit Beijing.  The Beijing Declaration was signed after several rounds of unity debates between groups in China's capital from July 21 to July 23.  Hussam Badran, a prominent Hamas leader, stated that the most important aspect of the Beijing Declaration is the establishment of a Palestinian national unity government to handle Palestinian problems. China has made a significant contribution to the resolution of unsolved issues affecting Asian countries. Before that, China had mediated talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran to put an end to their long-standing rivalry. China-mediated...

Protests were held in numerous cities in occupied Palestine on Saturday calling for a prisoner exchange with Palestinian factions in Gaza, as well as early elections, according to local media.    Several thousand people marched across occupied Palestine, including Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Caesarea, asking for a deal that would result in the freeing of Gaza detainees, Anadolu Agency reported.   Protesters in Tel Aviv waved placards accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of lacking concern about the fate of Gaza's detainees.   Israel says that the Palestinian Resistance group Hamas currently has approximately 120 Zionists in Gaza.   Hundreds of people marched near Haifa's Horev Junction, holding banners with the same demands. Disregarding a UN Security Council decision that calls for an immediate cease-fire, Israel has been under worldwide criticism for its ongoing, ruthless assault on Gaza following a Hamas strike on October 7.

Winston Raymond Peters, New Zealand's Foreign Minister said Saturday that we are " profoundly dismayed" by Israel's Knesset voting against the creation of a Palestinian state. The Knesset is Israel's house of representatives.     "Only a political solution, where two states can live side by side in peace and security, will end the cycle of violence," the Foreign Ministry of New Zealand said in a brief Twitter statement.   "We must not lose focus of this objective," Winston Raymond Peters added.  New Zealand has been an important ally of the Palestinians. On the 10th of May, 2024, overnight, the UN General Assembly voted decisively in favor of Palestine's full membership in the United Nations, New Zealand also voted in favor of a resolution in the UN General Assembly to boost the Palestinian role. Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters pointed out that the resolution strengthened Palestine's rights to participate in the activities...

Following severe rains and flooding, a highway bridge partially fell apart killing 11 people in  Shangluo City, China.  According to Xinhua News Agency, five vehicles were pulled out of the river after the bridge in  Shangluo City collapsed  at 8:40 p.m. on Friday.  Xinhua further reported that dozens of people were missing after the bridge collapsed following heavy rains and sudden flooding.  After the downing of the highway bridge, China's Central Television, the country's main television broadcaster (CCTV), reported that more than 30 people and a dozen cars were missing.  Because of the dire weather, the rescue operation was extended to Sunday morning.  From January 2000 to March 2012, 157 bridges were crumbled in China, China's public media  reported , excluding earthquake-related incidents.  The research showed that natural calamities are mostly responsible for the bridge's collapse.  A primary cause, aside from eart...

Belgium, Brussels —  Ursula von der Leyen secured a second term as head of the European Commission on Thursday, 18 July 2024  with 401 votes.  In the ballot, 284 members of the 720-member European Parliament voted against von der Leyen's bid for a five-year extension as head of the EU's powerful executive body, while 401 voted in her favor.  Von der Leyen, of the centre-right European People's Party, received 401 votes in a secret ballot, well above the 361 votes required to be elected, the UK-based Reuters news agency reported.  For a second term, Ursula von der Leyen will continue to lead the Commission as Boss. She was assigned by MEPs for the first time in July 2019.

At least 16 people were killed after a fire broke out at a shopping center in the Sichuan Province of China on Wednesday.   The 14-story shopping mall is located in a high-tech region in Zigong City, Sichuan Province.  The retail store, offices, restaurants, and movie theater are all built in the shopping mall, and the fire started at the bottom of the building, according to state broadcaster CCTV.  According to Chinese news agency Xinhua, the incident occurred at 5.50 p.m. on Wednesday.  Quickly responding to a fire call, firefighters and rescuers evacuated 75 people safely.  Rescuers used  water cannons  and firefighter drones to put out the flames.  Initial inquiries suggest that ongoing work within the shopping complex was the cause of the building's fire.  The most frequent causes of these fires are carelessness and damaged gas or electrical lines Chinese officials said. 

Senior representatives of the occupied West Bank-based Fatah Movement and Gaza-based Hamas will meet in China next week, according to an article published in the New York Times.  Beijing to settle the disputes between these two factions that have been in rivalry for many years. Analysts speculate that a reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah may increase the likelihood of postwar Gazan rule. Previous attempts to arbitrate between the two factions, including a conference in Beijing in April, did not produce substantial outcomes.  Hamas and Fatah have decided to meet in Beijing this month in "a renewed bid for reconciliation," according to Israeli media outlets.  The Hamas delegation is "to be headed by its political chief Ismail Haniyeh," while the Fatah representation "will be led by deputy head Mahmud Alul," according to sources in Fatah. China supports a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and has continuously supported the Palesti...

A deadly attack took place at a Bannu military cantonment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, which is situated  330 kilometers east of Islamabad. On July 15, 2024, the Pakistani military repulsed a terrorist attack on the Bannu cantonment.  Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) sources said that an organized group of terrorists entered the cantonment using a vehicle equipped with explosives. Terrorists slammed a vehicle equipped with explosives into one of the cantonment's walls, according to the ISPR preliminary report.  Nevertheless, the troops thwarted the terrorists' attempt to gain entry to the building. The military responded sharply and aggressively to the attack, killing an entire terrorist group consisting of 10 gunmen in the violent exchange of fire.  ISPR further added that 8 military officers were also martyred while repelling the Cantonment siege. Naib Subedar Muhammad Shehzad, Hawaldar Zil Hussain, Havaldar Shehzad Ahmed, Lance Nai...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva criticized the Israeli bombardment that martyred at least 99 Palestinians in a humanitarian  declared "safe zone" in southern Gaza. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also urged international leaders on Sunday that condemn Israel for "infinite killings." The Israeli government continues to thwart the Middle East peace process and cease-fire, Lula stated on his Twitter account.  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spoke out against Israel following Israel's recent bombardment on a declared humanitarian "safe zone" in southern Gaza that resulted in at least ninety-nine Palestinian deaths and about three hundred injuries in tents housing women, children, and senior citizens.  As a direct result of Israeli aggression backed by the West, at least 38,584 Palestinians have been killed since the Israel-Hamas war erupted on October 7 of last year, according to Gaza's Ministry of Health.  Health Ministry in Gaza claimed that since ...

Pakistan and Azerbaijan have agreed to elevate their economic ties to a new level by investing up to USD 2 billion in projects that would benefit both countries.  Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev conducted a joint press conference on Thursday.  Sharif announced that both countries are willing to sign agreements worth $2 billion initially, with the prospect of developing this amount in the coming years.  The president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, said that the number of projects linked to energy, communications, infrastructure, and the military sector had been reviewed for a $2 billion first investment.  He continued to say that via commerce and investment, Pakistan and Azerbaijan will fortify their ties not just politically but economically as well. In a recent meeting in Islamabad, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari pledged to strengthen bilateral economic and commercial rel...

According to media reports, around 22 pupils aged 14 to 15 were pronounced dead after a school building collapsed in Plateau State on Friday.  A double-story school building packed with 54 children collapsed in Plateau state, triggering an incident. The school administration claimed that 154 kids were trapped beneath the rubble, while police confirmed that 132 of them had been rescued and were receiving medical treatment. The police chief has verified that 22 students have died, according to the Associate Press.  At least twelve students died previously reported by Nigerian media. Rescue men and townspeople worked together to extract a trapped student from the ruins of the collapsed school building. 

Nepal, Kathmandu  — At least 65 including 7 Indians were killed when buses packed with passengers crashed in the river.  According to the local media, two buses carrying about 65 people got swept into the Trishuli River by a landslide.  The accident occurred in central Nepal on Friday. One of the buses involved in the accident was traveling from Kathmandu to Gaur, while the other was returning to Kathmandu from Birgunj. The unfortunate vehicles were struck by a landslide in the Simaltal area in  Chitwan district , some 120 kilometers west of the capital Kathmandu, at 3 a.m. on Friday, according to Nepla's government-run media. The Nepali Army took swift action to save innocent lives after learning of the tragedy. A fast search-and-rescue operation is underway.

The United States of America on Thursday imposed its 6th round of sanctions on Israeli extremists and unlawful West Bank outposts. Three persons and five entities were targeted with sanctions, including the lehava group, which opposes marriage between Jews and non-Jews and is an ally of National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.  Itamar Ben Gvir was already targeted by the Biden administration sanctions earlier this year. The lehava group is anti-miscegenation, opposing marriages between Jews and non-Jews, which are outlawed by Orthodox Jewish law. The group has more than 10,000 members.     Most organizations and people targeted by the Biden administration sanctions have ties to those sanctioned in the prior four rounds. The USA sanctioned four unlawful outposts: Manne Farm, Meitarim Farm, Hamahoch Farm, and Neriya's Farm. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement that "the United States is profoundly concerned about extremist violence and instab...

On 10th July 2024, a joint intelligence-based operation (IBO) was conducted by Security Forces and Police in the Hassan Khel area of Peshawar District on the reported presence of a high-profile terrorist.  During the conduct of the operation, after an intense exchange of fire, three terrorists including HVT, Terrorist Commander Abdul Raheem were eliminated.  Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from killed terrorists. Terrorist Commander Abdul Raheem was highly wanted by Law Enforcement Agencies and the Government had fixed Head money of PKR 6 Million on him, as he remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities, and was also responsible for the Shahadat of Captain Hussain Jehangir Shaheed and Havildar Shafiq Ullah Shaheed on 26 May 2024.  Today’s operation has avenged the heinous act and has brought the main perpetrator to justice.  However, during the intense exchange of fire, four brave sons of soil; Sepoy Muhammad Idrees (age: 34 years, resident...

Thirteen passengers were killed on  Wednesday  when a passenger vehicle plummeted into the Neelum River  in Neelum Valley.  Addressing the accident, authorities reported that although the police and rescue teams were sent to the location, the relief efforts faced many challenges due to bad rainy weather. However, according to rescue officials, four people were hurt and were taken to the hospital, while 13 people in the jeep that plunged into the Neelam River were killed. The mother and the two kids who were hurt while cutting grass at the scene were also been taken to the hospital, according to the police. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari expressed heartfelt sadness over the loss of valuable lives in the Neelum Valley of Muzaffarabad district, the capital city of Azad Kashmir.   The President sent his condolences to the families of the deceased.

12 gold mine workers were killed on Sunday when heavy rains caused a landslide.  According to local media, an accident occurred on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, at an illegal gold mine in Bone Bolango region of Gorontalo province.  One of the eyewitnesses told the media on Monday that approximately eighteen more workers remain stuck in the mine and are thought to be dead. Nearly three dozen workers were buried in the mine. Five workers were saved following a protracted struggle, the media outlet claimed. 

Muhammad bin Salman al Saud, the King and Crown Prince  of Saudi Arabia  congratulated Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian on getting elected President of Iran. "I reiterate my dedication to growing and deepening the relations between Islamic countries and people and serve our mutual interests," Irna News Agency noted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as saying. The crown prince, MBS, conveyed his "genuine congratulations and best wishes for success and further progress and progress for your country and brotherly people," offering his "desire to develop and deepen relations that unite our two countries and peoples and serve our common interests,".  MBS emphasized the close links between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia.  

Five Indian troops died after their tank sank in the river while crossing the lake near the Chinese border.  The authorities in the Ladakh region claimed on Saturday that five Indian troops were killed after their tank sank while crossing a river in the Ladakh area, which borders China.  The newly created administrative division, Ladakh, comprises two administrative districts, Leh and Kargil with about 274,289 population per the 2011 census, and division headquarters at Leh district.  ladhak population is split roughly in half between the districts of Leh and Kargil.76.87% population of Kargil is Muslim mostly Shia, with a total population of 140,802, while that of Leh is 66.40% Buddhist, with a total population of 133,48, most of Its economy depends on tourism. Rajnath Singh, the Indian Defence Minister, and Indian Army chief expressed condolences to the victims' families and called the incident  "disappointing". India and China have been at odds in ...