Myanmar death toll edges up to 550 as online crackdown tightens
Al Jazeera
Several deaths reported on Saturday as country marks one week since the deadliest day of anti-government protests.
Security forces in central Myanmar opened fire on anti-coup protesters on Saturday in violence that a human rights group said has killed 550 civilians since the February 1 military takeover. The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners activist group said security forces have killed 550 people, 46 of them children, since the military overthrew an elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi. Some 2,751 people have been detained or sentenced, the group said.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Lebanese PM Najib Mikati among those who will be attending the Riyadh meeting.
It will be ‘slaughter as usual’ for Israel in Gaza and Lebanon under the incoming Trump administration, analysts say.
A late start, a failure to differentiate herself from Biden, and the loss of key voting groups made victory impossible.
Lebanese officials said dozens of Israel air strikes in the east of the country have killed 40 people, wounded 53.
Polls show Republican and Democratic presidential candidates locked in close fight as Election Day voting set to begin.
In last day of campaigning for Republican, Democratic presidential candidates, polls indicate race couldn’t be tighter.
My grandfather survived the first Nakba in 1948; he didn’t make it to the end of the second – this war waged by Israel.
Trump’s first term showed that while a win for him could help Russia in Ukraine, it would bring its own challenges, too.
The candidates will hold rallies in Nevada today, where Harris will be joined by Jennifer Lopez.