Hamas official says undecided on sending delegation to new truce talksTalks were to resume in Cairo on Sunday, Egyptian TV station Al-Qahera reported, two days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave approval for fresh negotiations. Mediators had hoped to secure a ceasefire before the start of Ramadan, but progress stalled and the Muslim holy month is more than half over.
https://www.newarab.com/news/hamas-undecided-sending-delegation-new-truce-talksAt least four killed in Israeli attack on Al-Aqsa Hospital in GazaAt least four people were killed and 17 others were wounded in the air strike, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a post on X on Sunday.Khaled al-Dakran, a spokesman for the hospital, said several journalists were among the wounded in the attack.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/31/israel-attacks-gazas-al-aqsa-hospital-striking-civilians-and-journalistshttps://archive.is/oV8EtProtests in support of Gaza ceasefire continue for fourth day in Jordan and MoroccoIn Morocco, protesters flocked the streets of Casablanca, Meknes, and other cities early on Thursday, waving Palestinian flags and calling for an immediate ceasefire as per the UN Security Council resolution adopted earlier this week. They also denounced Israel’s continued genocide in Gaza and reiterated the demand to terminate all normalization processes with it.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/03/28/protests-in-support-of-gaza-ceasefire-continue-for-fourth-day-in-jordan-and-morocco/Turkey’s ruling party defeated in mayoral elections in stunning setbackThe ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) received its lowest percentage of votes since its first victory in general elections in 2002, dropping below 37 percent in the ballot. Meanwhile, the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) polled over 38 percent, going nearly two percent ahead of its rival, according to the semi-official Anadolu Agency data, with more than 50 percent of the votes counted.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-ruling-party-defeated-mayoral-elections-stunning-setbackSudan Army Commander Kabbashi: popular resistance groups need controlSeveral groups are battling alongside the army especially Khartoum, including the Angry Without Borders group, set up by activists of the December 2018 Revolution, the El Baraa Ibn Malik Brigade affiliated with the Islamic Movement, in addition to a heavy presence of other elements of the Al Bashir regime.
https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/sudan-army-commander-kabbashi-popular-resistance-groups-need-control Peru: President’s Attempt to Annul Death Complaint FailsOn Thursday, judicial sources reported that the Peruvian judiciary has rejected a legal action by the Peruvian president, Dina Boluarte, to annul the complaint against her for the deaths during social protests.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Peru-Presidents-Attempt-to-Annul-Death-Complaint-Fails-20240329-0011.htmlHome of Peru’s president raided in search of luxury watchesPolice broke down the door of Boluarte’s residence early on Saturday morning, television images showed, apparently after calls by officials to allow them access to search for evidence went unanswered.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/30/home-of-peru-president-dina-boluarte-raided-in-search-of-luxury-watchesIndia’s Silicon Valley Faces a Water Crisis That Software Cannot SolveThe Silicon Valley of South Asia has a nature issue — a pain point that software cannot solve. In the sprawl beyond Bengaluru’s core, where dreams of tech riches usually grow, schools lack water to flush toilets. Washing machines have gone quiet. Showers are being postponed, and children with only dirty water to drink are being hospitalized with typhoid fever.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/31/world/asia/india-bangalore-water.htmlhttps://archive.is/kLJcgThousands rally in India’s capital as opposition bloc and Prime Minister Modi launch their campaignsOpposition leaders spoke to the flag-waving crowd and criticized Modi’s government for arresting several of their colleagues, including New Delhi’s top elected official Arvind Kejriwal on March 21. The leaders called the arrests undemocratic and accused Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, of using federal agencies to undermine the opposition.
https://apnews.com/article/india-election-opposition-modi-kejriwal-396a85e3fc4e4ed43018436b690b0fe0Pakistan to investigate army’s meddling in judiciary, law minister says“We believe it is imperative to inquire into and determine whether there exists a continuing policy on part of the executive branch of the state, implemented by intelligence operatives who report to the executive branch, to intimidate judges, under threat of coercion or blackmail, to engineer judicial outcomes in politically consequential matters,” said the letter, addressed to the Supreme Judicial Council headed by Justice Isa and seen by Reuters.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/28/pakistan-to-investigate-armys-meddling-in-judiciary-law-minister-sayshttps://archive.is/XxDdkBangladesh mulls to suspend services of Facebook, YouTube: ministerA Bangladeshi minister on Sunday said that the country would temporarily suspend services Facebook and YouTube if they don't obey government instructions to control "disinformation."
http://www.chinaview.cn/20240401/9d6d334ea49a45879873c47016673c86/c.htmlhttps://archive.is/Icq7hIn Indonesia, deforestation is intensifying disasters from severe weather and climate changeWest Sumatra Gov. Mahyeldi Ansharullah said there were strong indications of illegal logging around locations affected by floods and landslides. That, coupled with extreme rainfall, inadequate drainage systems and improper housing development contributed to the disaster, he said. Experts and environmental activists have pointed to deforestation worsening disasters in other regions of Indonesia as well: In 2021 environmental activists partially blamed deadly floods in Kalimantan on environmental degradation caused by large-scale mining and palm oil operations.
https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-climate-disaster-deforestation-floods-watersheds-ebc53afbcc30a9c290ad9511c691a3b8