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The 24th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization under the chairmanship of Kazakhstan began in Astana. The main agenda of the summit held under the slogan "Strengthening multilateral dialogue: striving for sustainable peace and development" will be to strengthen the role of the SCO in solving current international and regional problems. Heads of state and government of 16 countries, as well as representatives of international organizations such as UN, IHTT, Islamic Organization for Food Safety, CIS, CSTO are participating in the SCO+ format summit. During the summit, Belaruv became the 10th full-fledged member of the SCO.
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Israel's Heritage Minister Amikai Eliyahu urged the public on social media to buy T-shirts with a map of Israel that includes the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and the Sinai Peninsula. Eliyahu is a member of the Otsma Yehudit party, which is led by far-right politician - Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir. The map shows that Israel is also eyeing the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.
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At least 4,000 Zionists with Turkish and Israeli passports went to Gaza after October 7 and participated in the killing of Palestinians in the ranks of the Israeli army. 65 of them were killed at the front, and 110 were wounded in various degrees. According to Turkiye newspaper, 20,000 dual citizens live in Turkey, and 250,000 Israelis live in Israel. The general in charge of Israel's "Iron Dome" system has also been found to have Turkish citizenship.
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The fatwa department of the Mufti of Dagestan issued a fatwa on the temporary ban on the niqab. According to him, the ban is due to threats to the security of the republic's population, and it will be in effect until these threats are eliminated and a "new fatwa" is issued. Earlier, the mufti of Dagestan announced that it could not find sufficient Islamic grounds to ban the niqab altogether, but allowed a "local ban" on the wearing of traditional clothing.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim expressed readiness to send peacekeeping forces to Gaza together with Indonesia. UN authorization (mandate) is required for this.
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Israel announced the death of five soldiers in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of soldiers recognized as dead by the country's government to 674 and the number of soldiers wounded since October 7 approaching 9,000. Also, the total number of disabled soldiers in the Israeli army exceeded 70,000 for the first time last month, with 35 percent receiving treatment for mental health problems and 21 percent for physical injuries. Actual numbers may be many times higher than official statistics.
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The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has called on Pakistan to ensure a full and independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the arbitrary detention of the former prime minister.
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A crowd gathered to listen to the famous preacher Bhole Baba in a village in the Hatras district of Uttar Pradesh, India. As a result, at least 116 people died. The government announced that the number of victims may increase. Witnesses said that the crowd was trying to get closer to the priest and take his hokipoi.
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The UAE government has urged its citizens not to travel to European countries due to a sharp increase in theft and robbery cases. Those unable to cancel their trips were advised to be "extremely alert and cautious", with Spain, Georgia, Italy, Great Britain, France and Austria being the most dangerous countries for UAE nationals.