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Israeli forces abduct head of Muslim cemetery organisation in Jerusalem
Israeli forces on Wednesday abducted the director of the Islamic Cemeteries Committee in Jerusalem, Ahmad al-Dajani, and took him to an unknown destination, Wafa news agency reported. Dajani was abducted by Israeli forces while walking on Salah...

Israeli police arrest activist for sharing Nepal video on social media
Israeli activist Dr Yolanda Yavor of Tel Aviv University was arrested on Wednesday for writing a post on social media, Israeli media reported, quoting local police. Police said that Yavor shared a video about the torching of the home of the Nepali...

Peter Mandelson asked Jeffrey Epstein for help vetting an Israeli adviser
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Before and after satellite images show impact of Israeli airstrike on Qatar
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Israeli strikes on Houthis in Yemen claim 35 lives
SANAA: Thirty-five people were killed in Israeli strikes on Houthi-held areas of Yemen on Wednesday. “The number of martyrs and injured among citizens from the treacherous Zionist crime has risen... to 35 martyrs and 131 wounded,” the rebels’...

Portrait of the week: Angela Rayner resigns, Poland downs Russian drones and Israel bombs Qatar
Home The government shuddered when Angela Rayner resigned as housing secretary, deputy prime minister and deputy leader of the Labour party after being found to have breached the ministerial code by Sir Laurie Magnus, the independent adviser on...

Trump Ally, Pro-Israel Activist Charlie Kirk Shot Dead at Utah Event, Manhunt on for Suspect |4K
Last Updated:September 11, 2025, 12:18 IST Crux Videos US conservative activist Charlie Kirk, an influential ally of President Donald Trump, was fatally shot on September 10 while speaking at a Utah university, sparking a manhunt for a lone sniper...
Pakistan urges emergency UNSC meet after Israeli airstrikes target Doha
Pakistan, Algeria, Somalia move UNSC to discuss ‘illegal Israeli aggression,’ seeks urgent debate at UNHRC Islamabad backs Qatar’s call for Extraordinary Arab-Islamic Summit on Sept 15 Qatar condemns attack as ‘cowardly’ breach of sovereignty,...

Israeli strikes on Qatar: Emergency meeting of UNSC requested
ISLAMABAD: In view of the unprovoked illegal Israeli aggression against Qatar, Pakistan, along with Algeria and Somalia, has requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC), to discuss the situation and seize itself of this grave...

Dutch gov't to ban imports from Israeli settlements as quickly as possible
The caretaker Schoof I Cabinet will introduce a national import ban on goods from illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory “as soon as possible,” caretaker Minister David van Weel of Foreign Affairs said in a parliamentary...

Funeral prayer for martyrs of Israeli aggression to be held today: MOI
Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Interior has announced that the funeral prayer for those martyred in the cowardly Israeli attack on Qatar on September 9, 2025, will be held today, September 11, 2025. The prayer for the victims, including Warrant...

Pezeshkian urges united front against Israeli aggression in phone call with Sisi
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says a unified and strong position by the Muslim world is an “absolute necessity” to stop the Israeli regime’s aggression against Islamic countries. In a phone conversation with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah...

WATCH | ‘We’re not stopping’: Lamola on SA’s genocide case against Israel
Cape Town – South Africa remains committed to pursuing its genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Minister of International Relations Ronald Lamola told Parliament. The country filed an 84-page application in...
Israel strikes Yemen’s Sanaa, Houthi-run Al Masirah TV says
Israel struck the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Wednesday, Houthi-run Al Masirah TV said, in an attack that witnesses said targeted the Houthi defence ministry. Israeli media said Israel was carrying out strikes on Yemen but there was no immediate...

WHO chief rejects Israeli order to evacuate Gaza City
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says his agency and its partners will not leave Gaza City despite evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military. “WHO is appalled by the latest evacuation order, demanding that one...
Israel Suggests Further Attacks On Qatar Possible: "We'll Get Them Next Time"
Israel's leaders are doubling down on (indirect) threats toward Qatar after Tuesday's surprise strike on a Doha home and office which killed five top Hamas leaders and negotiators. Qatari leaders have expressed outrage over the violation of their...

Trump ‘very unhappy’ over Israel attack on Qatar as world leaders condemn strike
Donald Trump has said he is “very unhappy” over Israel’s attack targeting Hamas leadership in Qatar on Tuesday (9 September). Speaking to reporters after the strike on residential premises in Doha, which killed six people, the US president said...

Qatar warns of collective response after Israel strike
“I’ve been rethinking, even about the entire process for the last few weeks, that Netanyahu was just wasting our time,” he told CNN. “He wasn’t serious about anything,” he added, as he dismissed recent talks as “meaningless.”

UAE bans Israeli firms from Dubai defense expo after Qatar strike
The United Arab Emirates informed the Defense Ministry on Wednesday that its defense companies are barred from participating in a major security conference in Dubai, Ynet learned on Wednesday. The decision, communicated to Israeli company...

Palestinian student with hopes to study in Wales ‘killed by Israel’
BLM Cardiff’s Instagram post featuring a photo of Mohammed Al-Habibi. Image: BLM Cardiff Stephen Price A Cardiff human rights group has shared the ‘devastating’ news that a Palestinian student aiming to study at Cardiff University ‘has been killed...