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According to a report, India has signed a free trade agreement with four non eu countries, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Reportedly, the agreement comes after almost 16 years of negotiations. According to the report, under the deal India will lift most import tariffs on industrial goods in return for 15 years of investments. Reportedly, the uk are negotiating a similar deal with India.

According to a report, al qaeda’s Yemen branch has announced the death of its leader. Reportedly, a video published by al qaeda in the arabian peninsula (aqap) showed Khalif Batarfi, a Saudi arabian man in his forties wrapped in a funeral shroud and the group’s banner. According to the report, in 2018 the u.s. designated Khalif Batarfi a global terrorist and placed a bounty on him of $5 million.

Reportedly, the group’s new chief is Saad bin Atef al Awiaki, the u.n. said the two men led conflicting wings with Saad Awiaki gaining the support of some tribes.

According to the report, aqap was considered the most active and dangerous regional affiliate of al-qaeda, it planned airline bomb attacks against the u.s., claimed to be behind the 2015 bomb attacks in France that killed 17 people and a 2019 attack in the u.s. that killed three people.

Reportedly, aqap sustained setbacks and leadership losses as a result of anti terrorist initiatives; a drone attack in 2023 killed a leader and another man who supervised media and other matters. According to the report, the group’s fighters have a strong presence in Sabya and Abyan in southern Yemen, they have attacked government forces and the seperatist southern transitional council.

According to a report, the idf have built a new road in northern Gaza. Reportedly, they have said it is to facilitate the movement of troops and equipment, but some people believe that it might be used as a barrier to prevent people returning to their homes or be another sign that the idf intend to stay after the war.

According to the report, the new route which runs from east to west is called highway 749.

According to reports, ramadan begins on Monday with the sighting of the new moon, and hamas have repeated calls for palestinians to visit the al-aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Known by israelis as the Temple mount, it is the holiest site in judaism and the third holiest site in islam. Reportedly, there are often clashes between israeli security forces and Palestinians at the site which permits jewish visitors but not jewish prayer. According to the report, the israeli government have said they will continue to facilitate access to the Temple Mount for worship and will work against anyone determined to disturb the peace.

Reportedly, ramadan is a month of fasting with the accent on reflection and community, it is observed by muslims all over the world. According to the report, fasting consists of a pre-dawn meal and a nightly dinner.

According to a report, armed men have attacked the national palace and set fire to part of the interior ministry in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. Reportedly, the airport remains closed to all flights and the prime minister is unable to get home. According to the report, eu diplomats have left the country, and the u.s. has airlifted all non essential staff in the u.s. embassy in Port-au-Prince to safety.

Reportedly, there is no sign of any medical staff at the State University of Haiti hospital, the doctors all fled last week but patients are sheltering from the conflict. According to the report, gangs control over 80% of Port-au-Prince and a gang leader, threatening civil war has told the prime minister to resign. Reportedly, the Saloman police station was burnt out and several street traders had their money stolen by gunmen. According to the report, a u.n. backed plan for a kenyan led force to tackle the gangs is a possibility.

According to a report, a hamas delegation has left Cairo without a ceasefire deal, Israel did not send a delegation saying it first wanted a list of live hostages who would be freed as part of the deal; atleast 30 hostages are dead. Reportedly, in November during a week long ceasefire 105 hostages, mostly women and children were released in return for 240 palestinian prisoners.

According to the report, hamas said that Israel did not accept its demands for displaced palestinians to return to their homes, Israel to withdrawal from Gaza’s cities and the allowing of humanitarian aid and reconstruction. Reportedly, Israel said there is no limit to the amount of aid entering Gaza, including northern Gaza. According to the report, negotiations may resume next week.

According to a report, on Saturday four women and fifteen pupils were abducted in Gado, Sokota. Reportedly, the army is also searching for hundreds of school children taken in Kuriga on Thursday, the biggest mass abduction since 2021, though atleast 28 have escaped. According to the report, nigerian troops are working with police and local search teams to search surrounding forests. Reportedly, a fourteen year old who was shot by gunmen has since died. According to the report, Nigeria’s vice president is visiting Kuriga and is due to meet the governor.

Reportedly, gunmen abducted 150 school children in Kaduna in 2021 but families were reunited after they paid a ransom, however in 2022 Nigeria passed a law banning ransom payments, and in cases where people die abductions are punishable by death. According to the report, as a result of the abductions many aren’t attending school.

According to a report, on Saturday 1,000 troops set sail from a military base in Virginia to build a temporary pier in Gaza which has no functioning port and is surrounded by shallow waters. Reportedly, aid deliveries by land and air have proved difficult, five people were killed by a falling aid package when its parachute failed to open properly. According to the report, it will take up to 60 days to build the pier.

Reportedly, the aid ship, ‘Open arms’ was still waiting for clearance to set sail from Cyprus on Sunday morning following an eu announcement that a new sea route will be opened over the weekend to allow the vessel to sail directly. According to the report, a team from World Central Kitchen are building a pier to receive the aid. Reportedly, the u.n. said that atleast 576,000 people, a quarter of the population are facing catastrophic levels of food insecurity. According to the report, aid has been delivered via the egyptian controlled Rafah crossing and the israeli controlled Kerem Shalom but northern Gaza has been largely cut off from aid in recent months.

According to reports, air dropped aid will not be adequate and a ship carrying humanitarian aid will set sail this weekend, bound for Gaza. Reportedly, the vessel, ‘Open arms’ owned by a spanish charity of the same name is scheduled to depart from Cyprus and will tow a barge laden with 200 tonnes of food provided by u.s. charity, World Central Kitchen.

According to the report, the vessel will take two or three days to reach an undisclosed location where a team from the World Central Kitchen have been building a pier to receive the aid. Reportedly, the group has sixty kitchens throughout Gaza.

According to a report, under the Gazan headquarters of unrwa (the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees in the near east) lies a hamas data centre. Reportedly, the israeli defence force discovered cables running from an unrwa server room to the underground centre. According to reports, unrwa who operate in Samaria, east Jerusalem, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria profess to be the only humanitarian aid agency on the ground in Gaza, but according to a report its mission will only be completed when the state of Israel no longer exists.

Reportedly, unrwa was mandated by the united nations general assembly to support palestinian refugees, defined as anyone whose normal place of residence was Palestine and who lost their home as a result of the 1948 conflict.