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The Unsolved Crime in “Total Peace”: Dealing with Colombia’s Gaitanistas

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Media Quotes 16 April 2024

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Media Quotes 16 April 2024 Source of original article: RSS (www.crisisgroup.org). The content of this article does not necessarily...

Iran Says It Can Close Hormuz Strait, Views Israeli Presence in UAE as Threat

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy said on Tuesday that Israel‘s presence in the United Arab Emirates...

Palestinian Islamic Jihad Spokesman: All Gaza Hospitals Taken Over by Terrorists

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). A Palestinian Islamic Jihad spokesman has confessed that terrorists have taken over all of the hospitals in Gaza, using the medical...

Israel Set to Formally Declare Annual Day of Remembrance for Oct. 7 Massacre

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Israeli government is set to vote on Sunday to formally declare an annual day of remembrance for the victims of...

Majority of Palestinians Still Support Oct. 7 Massacre, Want Hamas to Control Gaza After...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The vast majority of Palestinians still support Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel and don’t believe the terror group engaged...

Israel Will Attack Iran Directly if Regime Targets Jewish State From Iranian Soil, Chief...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israel will attack Iran directly if the Islamist regime in Tehran targets the Jewish state from Iranian soil, Israel’s top diplomat...

Israeli Government Unveils Special Independence Day Logo Ahead of Celebrations Amid War

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Israeli government has unveiled the new logo for this year’s Israeli Independence Day. The image to mark the 76th annual celebration...

Security Council urged to ‘end the bloodshed’ in Gaza

Dennis Francis convened the UN’s most representative body, comprising all 193 Member States, following the Security Council’s failure to adopt a resolution put forward...

Palestine Lights the Way Forward

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). When the first World Social Forum was held in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2001, it was meant as a counterpoint to...

Italian Anti-Terror Police Arrest PA-Linked Palestinians Over Alleged Terror Plot

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Italian authorities on Monday announced the arrest of three Palestinians on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks in Europe, one of...

Top Iranian Commander Killed in Alleged Israeli Strike Near Embassy in Syria

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Suspected Israeli warplanes bombed the Iranian embassy in Syria on Monday in an escalation of Israel‘s war against Iran’s regional proxies,...

Israel Sets New Standards for Saving Wounded Troops in War

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Israeli army’s chief medical officer told a recent gathering of NATO and allied officials about the striking success of the...

Israel Hits Syria in Heaviest Strikes on Iran Proxies in Months, Says It Killed...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israel carried out its deadliest strikes in months on northern Syria’s Aleppo province early on Friday and said it killed a...

Strike on Iran’s Consulate in Syria Is ‘Turning Point’, Hezbollah Head Says

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The head of Lebanon’s armed terrorist group Hezbollah said on Friday that Israel’s strike on Iran’s consulate in Damascus this week marked a...

Hamas, Hezbollah Fighting Continues for Israel on Multiple Fronts Amid Iran Attack Fallout

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). While the world shifted its attention to Israel’s potential retaliation against Iran for its massive attack on the Jewish state over...

Armenia Struggles to Cope with Exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh

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$414 million appeal for Palestine refugees in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan

UNRWA on Wednesday launched a $414.4 million appeal for Palestine refugees in Syria and those who have fled the country for neighbouring Lebanon and...

The Double Standards Debate at the UN

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Stopping Famine in Gaza | Crisis Group

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Druze Israeli Killed in Hezbollah Strike as Tensions Escalate on Lebanon Border

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). A 25-year-old Druze Israeli was killed during a massive rocket attack by Hezbollah on northern Israel on Wednesday, the latest casualty...

Gaza: Resuming night-time aid deliveries, UN reports ‘dire’ conditions

“The situation in Gaza is disastrous,” World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “Once again, WHO demands a ceasefire. Once again, we...

Flare-Ups and Frustration as Kashmir Waits for a Vote

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Korean Reunification: Abandoned or Merely Deferred?

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