Dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators have been detained by police in Amsterdam after defying a ban on public protests in the Dutch capital. Hundreds gathered in Dam Square on Sunday, calling for an end to the conflict in Gaza and expressing dissent towards the ban. Demonstrations were temporarily banned by the mayor after Israeli football fans were targeted in what she...
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Trump Urged Putin, not to escalate Ukraine war: Report
US President-elect Donald Trump has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to not escalate the war in Ukraine, the Washington Post reported. He made the remarks during a phone call from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Thursday, just days after his emphatic election victory over Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. During the call, Trump reportedly reminded Putin of the substantial US military presence...
We concede the election but not the fight,’ says Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris said Wednesday (November 6, 2024) that “we must accept the results of this election” as she encouraged supporters to continue fighting for their vision of the country after her loss to Donald Trump. Addressing the public for the first time, hours after she lost the Presidential election to her Republican opponent Donald Trump, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris conceded the...
Is Trump Winning All 7 Battleground States? Democrats Scored 6-1 In 2020
In the US election run-up, experts said seven key battleground states will decide who among Kamala Harris and Donald Trump gets the key to the Oval Office in the White House. Six hours into counting of votes, the Republican candidate has already won the swing states of Georgia and North Carolina and is leading in the other five — Pennsylvania,...
Israel says top Hezbollah commander Abu Ali Rida killed in Lebanon strike
The Israeli military said on Monday (November 4, 2024) it had killed a top Hezbollah commander it accused of overseeing rocket and anti-tank missile attacks against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. “Abu Ali Rida, the Hezbollah commander of the Baraachit area in southern Lebanon, was “eliminated” in an air strike,” the military said, without specifying when he was killed. Rida “was responsible...
Trump vs Harris: Who Has The Edge In Thrilling US Election Race
With hours left until polls open on election day in the United States on Tuesday, the country, and the world, faces a nail-biting wait to know whether Kamala Harris becomes the first US woman President or Donald Trump secures a spectacular return to power after his unprecedented and at times violent campaign to overturn his 2020 reelection loss to Joe...
US Election 2024: Trump, Harris campaign in battleground Wisconsin
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, the Democratic and Republican contenders for the November 5 US presidential election are undertaking a tour of swing states in the final week of campaigning. Trump and Harris held rallies on Friday in Wisconsin’s largest city Milwaukee. The former Republican president will return to the Fiserv Forum, where he was crowned his party’s presidential nominee....
Storm Trami Forces Million Philippines To Flee Homes, Death Count At 100
Rescuers in the Philippines were diving into a lake and scouring isolated villages on Sunday to locate dozens of missing people as the death count from Tropical Storm Trami hit 100. Trami, which rammed into the Philippines on October 24, was among the deadliest storms to hit the Southeast Asian country this year. According to the national disaster agency, it...
US Election 2024: Survey Shows Donald Trump Takes Narrow Lead Over Kamala Harris
Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump has taken a narrow lead over his Democratic rival and Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of the Nov. 5 elections, according to a survey. A national survey conducted by The Wall Street Journal said that Trump is now leading Harris by two percentage points, 47% to 45%. Similarly, as per a CNBC...
India-China disengagement begins at Depsang and Demchok
The Indian Army and the Chinese Army will complete disengagement by October 28-29, and the patrolling will begin on October 30-31. The disengagement will be applicable only for Depsang and Demchok and not for other friction points. Both the sides will fall back to positions they held before April 2020 and will patrol areas where they did till that date. Official sources...
Justin Trudeau given ‘Oct 28’ deadline by own MPs amid Canada-India row
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing pushback from his own party as several Liberal lawmakers are now urging the leader to not run for a fourth term, issuing him a deadline of October 28 to make his decision. Some Liberal MPs said that Trudeau “must leave by October 28” or face unspecified consequences, reported news agency AP. After holding a meeting...
Trump accuses UK’s Labour Party of ‘foreign interference’
Donald Trump’s campaign has filed a Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint against the UK’s Labour Party, accusing it of “blatant foreign interference” in the US election in aid of the Harris-Walz campaign. The complaint cites media reports about contact between Labour and the Harris campaign as well as apparent volunteering efforts, arguing that this amounts to illegal “contributions”. The BBC...