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The UNSC has passed a resolution calling for an immediate truce in Gaza for the remainder of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan - and for the release of hostages. The resolution drafted jointly by China and Russia has the backing of the bloc of Arab nations 22. It passed 14-0 after the US abstained, thus not using its veto. Washington... 

“They raped women, kidnapped women, executed women, and pulled dead bodies from under the rubble to unleash their dogs on them.” Jamila al-Hissi, a Palestinian woman who was besieged for six days in a building in the vicinity of al-Shifa hospital, told Al Jazeera that Israeli forces raped, tortured and executed women inside... 

Russia is in mourning and the country has vowed to avenge the attack on a Moscow mall that killed more than 60 people and injured more than a hundred. The assault claimed by Islamic State has shaken Moscow with President Vladimir Putin's close aide and deputy chairman of Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev calling for "merciless...