NEWS WHICH MADE HEADLINES IN 2024

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  1. Cii Projects spent Ramadan and the rest of the year assisting Palestinians in Gaza by delivering aid from Cairo and ended off by supporting the freed people of Syria
  2. Conflict in Ukraine, Myanmar, Sudan & Sahel continue
  3. 80 countries conducted national elections
  4. Hamas leaders Saleh Al-Arouri, Ismail Haniyeh, Yahya Sinwar & Hezbollah’s SG Hassan Nasrallah were assassinated by Apartheid Israel
  5. A flurry of natural disasters took place including Earthquakes in Japan & Taiwan, Persian Gulf flood, Floods in Brazil, Indonesian Volcanic Eruptions, Hurricane Beryl, Spain flooding, Cyclone Chido, The Vanuatu earthquake, worst floods in Central Europe since 2010 and Hurricane Helene
  6. A U.S.-led coalition struggled against Houthi fighters in the Red Sea & in Yemen
  7. Unrest in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province festers
  8. Pakistani general election – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, win a plurality of seats
  9. American company Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander becomes the first commercial vehicle to land on the Moon
  10. Sweden officially joins NATO
  11. Apartheid Israel’s genocide in Gaza claimed over 45 000 lives of mostly women and children while the Zionist state started work effecting the Greater Israel Plan
  12. Israel & Iran exchange retaliatory strikes
  13. The UNGA passed a resolution to grant the State of Palestine the right to be seated among member states; Spain, Ireland and Norway recognize the State of Palestine
  14. First G5 Storm [series of solar storms and intense solar flares] since 2003.
  15. Iran’s President and Foreign Minister were killed in a helicopter crash, Masoud Pezeshkian was elected the new president of Iran.
  16. The ICC is threatened for seeking & issuing arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu & its defense Minister Gantz
  17. ANC forms a GNU government with DA and others
  18. UK, UK, Australia & Universities around the world set up pro-Palestine camps to call for an end to genocide – these are quashed in US & UK
  19. Russia Begins Nuclear Drills Following Threats From West
  20. UK Election, Indian general election & European Parliament election is held
  21. More than 1,300 people are reported to have died due to extreme heat during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca
  22. ISIS-affiliated gunmen attacked concert goers in Russia, killing at least 145 people and injuring 551
    Dagestan attacks: Two coordinated attacks occur in the cities of Makhachkala
    and Derbent in the Republic of Dagestan in southern Russia, injuring 46 and
    killing 28 people.
  23. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves the UK after being freed from prison in a plea deal with the US
  24. South and North Korea tensions flared up & South Korea’s political crisis worsened after tension with North flared up earlier
  25. Trump survived an assassination attempt and was elected for a second term with Elon Musk seen as the biggest winner
  26. China brokered a unity agreement between Fatah and Hamas
  27. Far-right anti-Muslim riots broke out throughout the UK in response to false news about a stabbing in Southport
  28. PM of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina announces her resignation and flees to India following nationwide protests, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus assumes office
  29. Thirty-two people are killed and more than 3,200 are injured after pagers and walkie-talkies exploded in Israeli terror attack on Lebanon
  30. Mission To Return Stranded Astronauts Launched By SpaceX
  31. Mozambican post election unrest escalates
  32. The 16th BRICS summit was held in Russia, COP29 is held in Azerbaijan
  33. Israel announced that a ceasefire deal has been agreed to end fighting with Hezbollah in Lebanon
  34. Sunni Mujahid launched an operation in Syria, that led to the fall of the 53 year long Assad regime
  35. The Parker Solar Probe breaks the previous record becoming the closest and first man-made object to approach and “touch” the Sun.
  36. A five-storey building in George Western Cape collapsed leaving 34 people dead
  37. President Ramaphosa proclaimed Bela Bill Act will be fully implemented
  38. Zama Zamas and Spazas, water restrictions, infrastructure problems & food poisoning in RSA
  39. Muslims abandon Labor in UK and Dems in America over support for Israel’s genocide
  40. Durban north masjid bomb mystery persist