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Rights group says in new report Palestinian armed groups committed crimes against humanity in last year’s assault in Israel.Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups committed numerous crimes against humanity, including summary killings and sexual violence, during their attacks on Israel on October 7, a report issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. The surprise attack on Israel aimed to kill civilians and take the maximum number of captives, according to the report, released on Wednesday. Hamas slammed the publication, saying it is full of “lies and blatant bias”. Based on interviews with 144 witnesses and extensive photo and video documentation,…

In the first six months of the year, the group has claimed 153 attacks in Syria and Iraq.The United States military says ISIL (ISIS) is trying “to reconstitute” as the number of its attacks in Syria and Iraq is on track to double that of the previous year. The armed group has already claimed 153 attacks in both countries in the first six months of 2024, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Wednesday. “The increase in attacks indicates [ISIL] is attempting to reconstitute following several years of decreased capability,” it said. It has been more than a decade since ISIL,…

US media reports claim that an Iran plan to target Republican presidential hopeful is unrelated to attack in Pennsylvania.Iran has angrily dismissed United States media reports that it has been plotting to assassinate former US President Donald Trump. A foreign ministry spokesman on Wednesday stated that Iran rejects the “malicious” allegations that it has plotted an attack on the Republican presidential hopeful. However, Nasser Kanaani asserted that Iran aims to prosecute Trump for ordering the assassination of a senior military official in 2020. Citing unnamed US officials, CNN reported on Tuesday that US authorities recently learned of an Iranian threat…

UN condemns Israeli attack that killed children who were reportedly playing outside their home in south Lebanon.Israeli air attacks in southern Lebanon have killed at least five Syrians, including three children, Lebanese media reported, as Israel’s military and the Hezbollah armed group continued to trade fire across the border. Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said on Tuesday that the three children were killed in an Israeli air raid “that targeted farmland in the village of Umm Toot”, while two others were killed in an Israeli drone attack on the Kfar Tebnit road, which is also in south Lebanon. The UN…

blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Israeli strikes continue across the Gaza Strip, including on a UN-run school sheltering displaced people and near a UN operations centre for humanitarian aid. Source link

Billionaire says he will relocate headquarters of SpaceX and X to Texas over parental notification law.Elon Musk has said he will move SpaceX and X out of California over a law that bans schools from forcing teachers to notify parents when their child changes their gender identity. Musk said on Tuesday that he would relocate the companies’ headquarters to Texas after California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the first-of-its-kind law barring policies that require educators to disclose when a student asks to use a different name or pronouns. “This is the final straw,” Musk said on X. “Because of this law…

Washington, DC – After the Israeli military bombed a school housing displaced people in central Gaza on Tuesday, a young man stood at the chaotic scene with a rocket fragment in his hand. “This is an Israeli American missile,” he said. “We were stepping on corpses. I cannot describe the cruelty of what is happening,” the man said in a video verified by Al Jazeera after the attack in the Nuseirat area, which killed 17 civilians and injured dozens. Such mass-casualty attacks have been a near-daily reality for Palestinians in Gaza for the past nine months. Officials and everyday people in…

Washington, DC – Eight gunshots have transformed the United States election, casting an already unprecedented race into further uncertainty. On Sunday, a day after the attack at candidate Donald Trump’s Butler, Pennsylvania rally, details have continued to emerge, as have early indications of how the violent act would affect US political discourse, campaigning and voter attitudes in the days leading up to the November 5 poll. But for Rina Shah, a US political strategist, one thing was clear in the immediate wake of the attack: “No matter what, everything changes from here on out.” That will be particularly on display,…

Antony Loewenstein is a leading Jewish voice criticising Israel’s attacks on Gaza, but some have branded him a traitor.Jewish journalist Antony Loewenstein is a leading voice among Australian Jews speaking out against Israel’s military attacks in Gaza. But he has been called a traitor by many in the Jewish community. “I’ve been called a self-hating Jew, a traitor and worse,” says the best-selling author. “I am so angry with what’s happening in Gaza that I will not stay silent.” Loewenstein is outraged by the rising death toll in Gaza and rejects any suggestion the Israeli military campaign is necessary to…

Former TV personality Carlos Watson has been convicted in a federal financial conspiracy case about Ozy Media, an ambitious startup that collapsed after another executive impersonated a YouTube executive to hype the company’s success. Watson, 53, had been free on bail but was taken into custody to await sentencing after the verdict was announced on Tuesday. Brooklyn-based United States Attorney Breon Peace said the verdict held Watson accountable for “brazen crimes” that were meant to keep cash-strapped Ozy afloat but ultimately sank it. “The jury found that Watson was a con man who told lie upon lie upon lie to deceive…