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Columbia University has granted two extensions to the deadline for students to vacate their campus encampments in opposition to Israel's war on Gaza. The university justifies this action by stating that negotiations with the protesters have made progress, which is intended to defuse the tense impasse that has spread throughout universities in the United States.  "We are making significant progress with student encampment representatives on the West lawn," Columbia said in a statement issued shortly after 3 a.m. (07:00 GMT) on Wednesday.

After "a number of associates were identified" in the wake of the alleged terrorist attack at the Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd Church, counterterrorism police initiated an investigation. In the aftermath of the stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church, seven adolescents who posed an "unacceptable risk and threat" to the community were apprehended by Australian police.

A dramatic orange atmosphere has descended upon Athens due to Saharan dust clouds that have been carried in by the wind.  Officials claim it is one of the most severe episodes of this nature to strike Greece since 2018.  Similar clouds had previously besieged Greece in late March and early April; they had also engulfed portions of southern France and Switzerland.

Dust clouds from North Africa were transported by strong southerly winds to the capital of Greece, where they engulfed the Acropolis and other significant landmarks. A reddening of the heavens was observed in Libya.  As a result of dust clouds from the Sahara desert blowing across the Mediterranean Sea, the sky above Athens is now orange.

Despite disciplinary measures and mass arrests, Gaza war protesters have pledged to remain at Columbia University until their demands are fulfilled. Last week, over a hundred students were apprehended at a protest encampment in Columbia; in recent days, dozens more have been detained at Yale and New York University.

As part of a surge of counter-terrorism operations throughout Sydney, Australian police have apprehended seven adolescents, claiming it was "likely" that they were devising an attack. Police believe that the suspects adhere to a "religiously motivated violent extremist ideology." The investigations are connected to the stabbing of an Assyrian bishop last week, which was labelled a "terrorist act" by the police.

To what extent does the electoral environment in India's general election adhere to principles of fairness? The opposition alliance asserts, "Rather not very." It alleges that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, lead by Narendra Modi, withheld an equitable playing field from it.

In a letter of resignation, the head of intelligence for the Israeli military admitted blame for the shortcomings that preceded the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel. According to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), Major General Aharon Haliva will retire after his successor is selected. In a letter, he admitted that his intelligence division "fell short of the responsibility placed upon us."

The United Nations migration agency reports that a vessel transporting asylum seekers capsized off the coast of Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, resulting in the deaths of at least 16 individuals and the disappearance of 28 others. The incident transpired on Monday evening, approximately fortnight following the sinking of a vessel transporting predominantly Ethiopian asylum seekers off the coast of Djibouti, which claimed the lives of several dozen individuals along the perilous "eastern migration route" connecting Africa and the Middle East.

On April 13, numerous individuals were injured and six were murdered during the murderous rampage that Joel Cauchi perpetrated. A minimum of twelve individuals, nine of whom were female, were transported to the hospital with stab wounds during the assault; six of these individuals are still hospitalized. Amy Scott, a police officer, fatally shot Cauchi at the location.

As the investigation into the cause of the accident continues, officials conclude that a collision between the two aircraft is "highly probable" based on the discovery of flight recorders and detritus from both aircraft in the same area. A potential midair collision between two Japanese navy helicopters during a nighttime training flight into the Pacific Ocean has resulted in the deaths of at least one of the eight crew members aboard.

The Israeli forces have conducted operations in various areas of the occupied West Bank, including Hebron, Nablus, and Ramallah, where they have reportedly shot and killed two Palestinians (Wafa news agency). Wafa reported, citing two Palestinian security sources, that the men died of their wounds after receiving gunfire. Two males, according to the Israeli military, attempted to stab and shoot troops in the vicinity of the village.