📣 UPDATE: Missile Fired Towards Vessel in Red Sea Misses Intended Target - UKMTO

The projectile landed 500 meters away and the vessel - The Master - claimed it was also being followed by 3 small craft.

No injuries were reported.

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👀 “The People of Israel Live, Finish Them" Car Sticker Proves Popular Among Israelis

Lawyers representing Israel told judges at the ICJ on Friday that the country has “no genocidal intent…” 🤔

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⚡️BREAKING: US Journalist Imprisoned By Zelensky Regime Dies

Gonzalo Lira, imprisoned and tortured in Ukraine for criticising Zelensky, has died in prison, his father confirmed.

Gonzalo was snatched on the border between Ukraine and Hungary. He managed to escape, but was later recaptured by the regime.

The circumstances of his death have not been disclosed.

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☄️ BREAKING: US will retaliate if Houthis continue 'outrageous behavior' - Biden

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🤡 ICYMI: Judge appears to fall asleep listening to Israel's defense at ICJ

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⛔️ US Military Confirms New Strike on Houthi Territory in Yemen

The overnight strike on an alleged Houthi radar station was carried out by USS Carney - using Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles, CENTCOM revealed.

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⚠️ Drone Footage from Various Locations Across Gaza Show Utter Devastation of Israeli Aggression on the Enclave

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⚠️ Turkey Launches Airstrikes Against Militants in Iraq, Syria

Ankara carried out airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in the neighboring countries on Saturday, the Turkish Defense Ministry said.

The move comes a day after an attack on a Turkish military base in Iraq killed nine Turkish soldiers.

The defense ministry said aircraft struck targets in Metina, Hakurk, Gara and Qandil in north Iraq, but didn't specify areas in Syria.

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❌ 'War and Peace Decision': Taiwan Election Voting Closes, Count Underway

Around 19mn voters have chosen between VP William Lai Ching-te of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, Hou Yu-ih of the Chinese nationalist Kuomintang and former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je of the small Taiwan People’s Party to lead the island nation for the next four years.

The result will be closely watched by China and the US – Beijing views Taiwan as a runaway province and has vowed reunification for decades.

China said the election was between “war and peace” and a win for Lai would take Taiwan “ever closer to war and decline.”

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🇺🇸 Two US Navy sailors missing off the coast of Somalia

Two US Navy sailors were reported missing while conducting operations Thursday off the coast of Somalia, according to US Central Command.

Search and rescue operations are ongoing to locate the sailors, Central Command said in a Friday statement.

🐻 "Somalia"

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📣 77 Global Orgs Back Genocide Lawsuit Against Biden in US Court

Dozens of legal and civil society organizations have thrown their weight behind a US lawsuit accusing President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin for failing to “prevent an unfolding genocide” in Gaza.

They argue that the plaintiffs establish that a genocide, or serious risk of genocide, of Palestinians in Gaza is occurring and that the US is violating its duties under international law to prevent and not be complicit in genocide.

Those US failures contribute to the erosion of “long and widely-held norms of international law,” including the Genocide Convention and Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the orgs added.

The lawsuit is headed for a hearing in a Californian US District Court later this month.

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⚠️ ICYMI: At Least 18 Dead, 35 Injured Due to Devastating Landslide on Medellín-Quibdó Road in Chocó, Colombia

Heavy rain triggered the mountain collapse – with many victims tragically trapped in their cars as they waited for the road to reopen after it was blocked by falling rocks.

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➡️ Thousands of Pro-Palestine Protesters Rally in Indonesia Outside US Embassy

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⚠️ Gaza's Al-Aqsa Hospital Suffers Power Blackout as Fuel Runs Out

A total blackout has occurred at one of the last functioning medical facilities in the enclave - putting the lives of its most vulnerable patients at risk with no fuel left to power generators.

“We’re trying to work with what we have. But we will have to stop working completely, because we don’t have any electricity,” one doctor at the hospital told Al Jazeera. 

Earlier footage showed medical staff in dark rooms trying to work with flashlights.

The hospital is also increasingly feeling the effect of the expanding Israeli military ground operations in central Gaza.

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⚠️US Strikes Will Have No Significant Impact on Red Sea Capabilities – Houthis

The US-led aggression will not prevent the militia from targeting Israeli-affiliated vessels passing through the Red Sea, Yemen’s Houthis’ spox Mohammed Abdulsalam told Reuters.

The Houthis are carrying out the strikes in solidarity with Palestinians amid Israel’s war in Gaza.

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