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                                                                                     Source Thejakartapost.com  A four-day truce between Israel and Hamas will begin today Palestine/Gaza ● Friday, November 24, 2023 A first batch of 13 Israeli women and children held as hostages will be freed later on Friday, according to mediators in Qatar, marking the beginning of a four-day ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas. The announcement was cautiously welcomed by world powers. However, the fighting continued, with Gaza City officials reporting that a hospital was one of the sites hit as the clock ticked down to the first ceasefire in the almost seven-week-old, horrific conflict. Additionally, all sides indicated that the pause would only last until the conflict resumed.  According to Qatar's foreign ministry, the ceasefire would include a complete ceasefire in both north and south of Gaza and would start at 7 a.m. local time (0500 GMT). In the Qatari cap

                                                                                       Source ndtv.com Watch: Royal Band Performs Blackpink Song While King Charles Grants Honours to K-Pop Stars They received this esteemed honour in appreciation for their work as COP26 Advocates for the 2021 United Nations climate summit in Glasgow. Watch: Royal Band Performs Blackpink Song While King Charles Grants Honours to K-Pop Stars Yoon Suk Yeol, the president of South Korea, was present when they were awarded. In recognition of the K-Pop group BLACKPINK'S efforts to combat climate change, King Charles awarded them medals honouring them as honorary Members of the Order of the British Empire on Wednesday. During South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's state visit to the UK, the band members, Roseanne Park (Rose), Jennie Kim, Jisoo Kim, and Lalisa Manoban (Lisa), received their awards in front of him.   According to Buckingham Palace, they received this esteemed honour in appreciation for th

                                                                                            Source en.tempo.co To discuss Gaza, OIC Foreign Ministers travel to Russia. Jakarta's TEMPO.CO On Tuesday, Nov. 21, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi travelled to Moscow, Russia, together with her counterparts from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), to reiterate their denunciation of Israel's aggression in Gaza. The visit was approved by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and was a follow-up to the joint meeting of the OIC and Arab League on November 11. This was the second ministerial visit by Arab and Muslim nations to the permanent member of the UN Security Council. Retno and other foreign ministers went to China before Moscow to speak with Wang Yi. The US, the UK, and France are additional permanent members of the UNSC and have all backed Israel. Retno Marsudi asserted during this four-hour meeting that Israel's self-defense justification is completely unt

                                                                                  Source Investing.com Oil drops ahead of the OPEC+ meeting and the Fed minutes. Investing.com  — Tuesday saw a drop in oil prices as investors exercised prudence ahead of this weekend's much-anticipated summit of major producers.  The U.S. crude futures contract fell 1% to $77.04 a barrel by 09:45 ET (13:45 GMT), while the Brent price fell 1% to $81.54 a barrel. Following a 4% spike on Friday, the benchmarks for crude oil saw another 2% increase on Monday. This was due to a report by Reuters that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC+) and their allies will be debating whether to reduce oil supply further in an effort to support prices during their meeting on November 26.  OPEC+ summit is imminent. In a series of actions that began in late 2022, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and other OPEC+ members have already committed to cutting oil supply by roughly 5 million barrels per day, or rough

                                                                                  Source AlJAZEERA Israeli tanks surround the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza. The Health Ministry describes the situation as "catastrophic" at the only remaining medical facility in northern Gaza. 20 November 2023: The Ministry of Health in the war-torn enclave of Gaza reports that Israeli tanks have surrounded the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza after artillery bombardment killed at least 12 Palestinians inside the facility. The Gaza Health Ministry's spokesperson, Ashraf al-Qudra, told Al Jazeera on Monday that hundreds of people are still stuck in the Indonesian Hospital and that "the situation is catastrophic." The personnel at the Indonesian hospital is adamant that they will remain to tend to the injured. The facility is home to over 700 individuals, including injured patients and medical personnel, he said. The Israeli military, which doesn't usually make army moves publ

 US veterinarians are racing to find the cause of a mystery dog sickness that is causing alarm. Some dogs have died from the illness, which has worried pet owners.                                                                                           Source geo.tv In numerous US states, dogs are developing a mystery and potentially fatal respiratory disease that has doctors stumped and searching for answers.  The disease first manifests as a chronic cough that lasts for weeks and is resistant to common medications like antibiotics. Some dogs have already died from this mysterious illness, which has worried veterinarians and pet owners alike. CEO of North Springs Veterinary Referral Center Dr. Lindsey Ganzer discusses the illness's quick course, pointing out that it went from a persistent cough to serious pneumonia very quickly. Since mid-October, the number of cases at her hospital has increased, affecting about thirty pets, and the trend doesn't appear to be slowing down. D

 28 Palestinians are killed by Israeli airstrikes in southern Gaza. Following strikes on two residential areas in Khan Younis, dozens of people are still buried beneath the debris.                                                                            Source Al  J AZEERA Nov. 18, 2023 Israeli airstrikes on two residential locations in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, have resulted in the deaths of at least 28 Palestinians. Saturday's bombing of a Hamad neighborhood occurred, according to Youmna ElSayed of Al Jazeera, who was reporting from Khan Younis. In addition to killing largely youngsters, the incident also left dozens injured. Then, she added, another bomb went off, this time targeting a home in Khuza'a, a town east of Khan Younis. "There have been 28 confirmed deaths, but there are still many injured and dozens under the rubble, particularly in the residential neighborhood of Hamad," ElSayed continued. According to the AFP news agency, the director of Nasser Med