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From now on, Umrah can be performed with any visa: Saudi Arabia

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Desk Report: From now on, Umrah can be performed with any visa: Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has announced that all types of visa holders will now be able to perform Umrah. This information was reported by Gulf News, citing the Saudi Press Agency. According to the news, this step has been taken as part of the ongoing efforts to simplify the Umrah process and further expand the range of services in Hajj and Umrah. This decision has been taken to meet the goals of Saudi…

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Israel kills 20 in Gaza despite Trump’s call to ‘stop bombing’

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Desk Report: The Palestinian independence group Hamas has responded to US President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan. Hamas has agreed to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to Palestinian technocrats and release all prisoners. In a video address immediately after Hamas’ statement, President Trump said he believed Hamas was ready for a “lasting peace.” At the same time, he called on the Israeli government to “immediately stop the bombing of Gaza.” Following Trump’s call, Israeli army chief of staff Yal Zamir ordered the country’s armed forces to stop…

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Hamas agrees to 20-point deal, Trump orders Israel to stop bombing

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Desk Report: The Palestinian independence group Hamas has agreed to accept some of the main conditions of US President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan to end the two-year war in Gaza. Immediately after Hamas’s formal response, President Trump ordered Israel to immediately stop bombing Gaza. However, the main complications related to the disarmament of Hamas and the withdrawal of Israeli troops remain unresolved. President Trump has been claiming himself as the only person capable of bringing peace to Gaza. He has invested significant political capital in ending the war. He…

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Shahidul Alam’s ship has not been seized yet, he gave a video message

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Desk Report: Israel has announced that it has seized all but one of the ships carrying aid to Gaza. Then, Bangladeshi Shahidul Alam, who was on the flotilla, posted a video message on Facebook. In the video message on Facebook at around 7:30 pm on Thursday, he said that his physical condition had worsened. There were 44 ships in the flotilla called the ‘Global Sumud Flotilla’. Drik’s managing director and photographer Shahidul Alam sailed on a ship called ‘Consciousness’ in the flotilla. When the flotilla reached the area near Gaza…

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How Israel violated international maritime law by intercepting the Global Navigation Flotilla

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Desk Report: How Israel violated international maritime law by intercepting the Global Navigation Flotilla The Global Sea Flotilla, which set sail from Spain on August 31, is the largest maritime humanitarian mission to Gaza to date. It includes more than 50 ships and delegations from at least 44 countries, with the aim of challenging the Israeli naval blockade and delivering food and emergency aid to Gaza. But the massive fleet of more than 50 ships is now heading towards a highly risky area, where many past missions have been attacked…

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British-Bangladeshi Ruhi Lauren Akhtar on the Gaza-bound Sumud flotilla

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Desk Report: Bangladeshi-born British human rights activist Ruhi Lauren Akhtar is on board the Global Sumud flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. She is the founder and CEO of the humanitarian organization Refugee Biryani and Bananas. In her latest post on Facebook, she wrote, “Last night, aid ships carrying only food, baby milk and emergency supplies were intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters and the participants were kidnapped. This is a terrible violation, but it does not end here. The people of Gaza still need us.” Calling on the…

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Spain, Brazil, Türkiye and Pakistan condemn Israel’s raid on Gaza-bound flotilla

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Desk Report: Spain, Brazil, Turkey and Pakistan have condemned the Israeli raid on the Global Relief Flotilla, which is carrying aid from around the world for the starving Palestinian people of Gaza. Israel has detained more than 12 ships in the flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea since Wednesday night. At the same time, the country has detained more than 200 human rights activists from 37 countries on the flotilla. Swedish human rights activist Greta Thunberg has also been detained by the Israelis. On Thursday morning, the flotilla’s live tracker reported…

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Netanyahu vows to ‘finish the job’ as 60 more killed in Palestine

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Desk Report: Israeli forces have also launched attacks on other Palestinian areas in addition to Gaza. 60 people were killed in Gaza and other Palestinian areas on Friday, Al Jazeera reported. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his pledge to “finish the job” against Hamas in his speech to the UN General Assembly in New York. At a press conference on Friday, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric quoted the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) as saying that Israel had “carried out one bomb attack every eight to…

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Chief advisor calls for establishing weapons-free zones in South Asia and Middle East

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Desk Report: Chief advisor calls for establishing weapons-free zones in South Asia and Middle East Principal Advisor Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus has strongly demanded the revival of global arms control treaties that have weakened over time. He called for the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones, especially in the Middle East and South Asia. He said this in his speech at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Friday morning local time in New York. The Principal Advisor also said, “At the same time, we support the right of…

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Israeli attack in Yemen claims to have killed many Houthi members

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Desk Report: The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have again attacked Yemeni territory. They claim that more than a dozen Houthi members were killed in the attack. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz made the announcement in a statement on social media X. According to a report by Qatari media outlet Al-Jazeera, the attack targeted Houthi installations in Yemen’s capital, Sa’ana, on Thursday. An army spokesman said that the IDF targeted the so-called “military headquarters” of the Houthi rebels and several centers of their security and intelligence departments. Dozens of warplanes and…

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