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Four agencies withdraw Kate’s photo over manipulation worries
Four international photo agencies have recanted a photograph allegedly "manipulated" featuring the Princess of Wales and her children due to concerns that it had been altered. The Mother's Day photograph, which Prince William captured, marked the initial public appearance of Catherine since her January operation, as announced by Kensington Palace.
Khalid Batarfi dies, according to Al-Qaeda in Arabia
Khalid Batarfi has been declared dead by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which has also designated a successor, according to an intelligence service that monitors armed group networks across the globe. Late on Sunday, SITE Intelligence Group reported that an AQAP statement failed to explain Batarfi's demise. It was stated that Saad bin Atef al-Awlaki would assume leadership.
Gove: Pro-Palestine marchers should scrutinize extremist organizers
On Saturday, tens of thousands of individuals gathered in London for the fifth Gaza protest of the year. Five arrests were made, and one counter-protester was released without arrest. Days before releasing a new official definition of extremism, Michael Gove has urged pro-Palestinian demonstrators to scrutinize the possibility that extremist organizations orchestrate certain proorganizationsting "good-hearted people" in the marches, according to the housing secretary, could be "lending credence" to extremists.
Jerusalem Palestinians fear Israeli violence during Ramadan
As the Palestinians of occupied East Jerusalem prepare for the Islamic sacred month of Ramadan, the atmosphere is tense. Observant Muslims are obligated to abstain from eating, drinking, smoking, and sexual relations from dawn to dusk during Ramadan before breaking their fast with loved ones and communities. However, they are too sad to decorate or participate in festivities.
Nigeria: Fifteen children abducted from Sokoto, days after 300
The occurrence on Saturday represented the third instance of mass abduction in the West African country within a week, following a school attack in which assailants abducted a minimum of 287 students. Approximately fifteen children were abducted from a Nigerian school nearly two days after an estimated three hundred pupils were held hostage.
Syria avoids regional scrutiny despite Captagon drug trade
A new drug raid was conducted at the end of February in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, where 80 kilogrammes (176 pounds) of the narcotic Captagon were seized. It is the most recent apprehension of the preferred budget amphetamine in the Middle East, which is located in Iraq and in a region just across the border from Syria, where President Bashar al-Assad's regime has come to rely more and more on the production and export of the drug to fund its war-devastated economy through illicit means.
Pope Francis criticised for supporting Ukraine-Russia peace talks
As Russia gained ground on the battlefield, Pope Francis stated that Kyiv had no reason to be embarrassed to communicate with Moscow. The Pope's supplications regarding Ukraine's engagement in negotiations with Russia to end the conflict have drawn criticism, including the condemnation of his statements by a prominent Polish politician and a prominent Ukrainian cleric.
Construction ship for Gaza port leaves US base
A U.S. military vessel transporting materials to construct a makeshift pier off the coast of Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid has left the country. Its purpose was to circumvent Israeli obstruction of aid operations while the Israeli military continued to bombard the Gaza Strip. A little more than a day after U.S. President Joe Biden's announcement, General Frank S. Besson departed its base in the United States on Sunday, "carrying the first equipment to establish a temporary pier to deliver vital humanitarian supplies," according to the Central Command (CENTCOM) of the military.
Prince Edward appointed by King to new duty on 60th birthday
The photographs depict the youngest sibling of the King smiling while donning a dark buttoned waistcoat over a red jumper and holding three canines: Teal, a labrador puppy; Mole, a cocker spaniel; and Teal, a labrador puppy. In addition to anthropologist Professor Dame Sue Black, distinguished advocate Baroness Helena Kennedy, and Scotland's first black professor, Sir Geoff Palmer, the King has bestowed the Order of the Thistle upon his brother.
Man bailed following Buckingham Palace gate crash
A man was arrested following a vehicle accident at the entrance to Buckingham Palace in the heart of London. At the scene, armed Metropolitan Police officers apprehended an individual on suspicion of causing criminal damage; he was subsequently transported to the hospital and placed under sectioning under the Mental Health Act. According to the force, no injuries were reported, and the offender has been released on bail.
Earl Spencer reveals childhood abuse at boarding school
Earl Spencer, Princess Diana's younger sibling, has disclosed experiencing childhood sexual abuse. The 59-year-old has elucidated on the sexual assaults and physical abuse he endured at the hands of a female staff member during his boarding school years at Maidwell Hall. In his memoir, he recounts how, at the age of eleven, an assistant matron subjected him to abuse, which caused him such trauma that he engaged in self-harm in fear that she would withdraw from the school.
At least two died in Peshawar motorcycle blast
Police officials report that a motorbike explosion in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar has claimed the lives of at least two individuals. One individual was injured in the explosion near the city's Board Bazaar and has since been transported to Lady Reading Hospital. It is anticipated that his condition is critical. When the motorbike detonated in the city, it was carrying between 4 and 5 kilogrammes (9 to 11 pounds) of explosives, according to Kashif Abbasi, senior superintendent of police operations in Peshawar.