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Middle East Conflict: Houthis Claim US Warships Attacks; Turkey Arrests 7 Over Alleged Mossad Links

The war in Gaza is now on its 151st day – Yemeni rebel Houthis claimed missile and drone attacks targeting American battleships in the Red Sea as a ceasefire deal to free more hostages in Gaza appears to be at an impasse.

International Business Times · Mar 5, 2024

Introspect on deserved global reputation as 'world’s terrorism factory'; India hits out at Pakistan in UNHRC

India has slammed Pakistan as it raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, saying it should introspect on its own appalling human rights record and “deserved global reputation” as the “world’s terrorism factory”.

The Hindu · Mar 5, 2024

‘My period has become a nightmare’: life in Gaza without sanitary products

With limited access to pads, medicine and toilets – not to mention privacy – Palestinian women talk about the extreme difficulty of managing their periods during Israel’s assault

The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2024

India deeply troubled by conflict in Gaza: Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj

United Nations India expresses deep concern over Gaza conflict, calls for humanitarian ceasefire and increased aid to Palestine.

The Hindu · Mar 5, 2024

Blinken urges Hamas to accept 'immediate ceasefire' with Israel

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Hamas on Tuesday to accept a plan for an "immediate ceasefire" with Israel as mediators met for a third day in Cairo in efforts to end almost five months of fighting. As famine threatens Gazans – and the World Health Organization warned…

France 24 · Mar 5, 2024

Diplomatic Push For Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Intensifies

International mediators and Hamas delegates were in Cairo Tuesday for talks to try to secure a pause in the war in Gaza ahead of the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

International Business Times · Mar 5, 2024

Armed gangs try to take control of Haiti's main airport after jailbreak

Heavily armed gangs tried to seize control of Haiti’s main international airport on Monday, exchanging gunfire with police and soldiers in the latest attack on key government sites in an explosion of violence that includes a mass escape from the country’s two biggest prisons.

France 24 · Mar 5, 2024

Morning Digest | ‘My country is my family,’ PM Modi hits out at dynasty politics; France becomes first nation to make abortion a constitutional right; and more

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on March 05, 2024

The Hindu · Mar 5, 2024

Gaza Detainees Released By Israel 'Traumatized,' Report Abuse: UNRWA

Gazans detained by Israeli forces are coming back "completely traumatized" upon release and reporting abuses while in captivity, the head of the UN's Palestinian refugee agency said Monday.

International Business Times · Mar 5, 2024

Ukraine war briefing: another Russian warship sunk in Black Sea, says Ukrainian intelligence

London urges Berlin to send missiles that have twice the range of UK’s existing offering, and Discord leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty – what we know on day 741

The Guardian - AU · Mar 5, 2024