Georgian President Salome Zourabichvil has announced that she will not resign even though her term has expired. She has declared the elected parliament invalid, alleging fraud in the October 26 election.

She said the "illegal" election should be annulled and new elections should be held. The illegitimate parliament has no right to elect her successor when its term ends in December and therefore she will remain in office.

This was reported by the international media Al Jazeera on Saturday (November 30).

According to the report, thousands of Georgians protested for a third consecutive night on Saturday after Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze's government announced that it would suspend talks on joining the EU.

Although the goal of joining the 27-member bloc is enshrined in Georgia's constitution, the current prime minister, a close ally of Russia, has accused Brussels of "fraud" by suspending four years of talks.

In a speech on Saturday, Zurabishvil, a pro-EU critic of the ruling Georgian Dream party, said parliament had no right to elect her successor when her term ends in December and that she would remain in office.

“There is no legitimate parliament, and therefore, an illegitimate parliament cannot elect a new president,” she said. Thus, there can be no inauguration, and my mandate will continue until a legitimately elected parliament is formed.

Georgia’s election commission declared the ruling party the winner earlier this month. But EU and US watchdogs and politicians have also suggested an investigation is needed to investigate possible fraud.

The country’s interior ministry said 107 people were arrested in the capital Tbilisi during the protests. Protesters set up barricades and threw fireworks at riot police, who also used water cannons and tear gas to disperse the protesters.

The US State Department said on Saturday that the United States has suspended its strategic partnership with Georgia after the Dream Party decided to suspend its EU membership bid.

“We condemn the excessive use of force against the Georgian people. They are protesting this betrayal of their constitution,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller wrote in an email.

“That is why we have suspended our strategic partnership with Georgia.”

Georgia gained independence from neighboring Russia in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the two countries have not had diplomatic relations since a brief war in 2008 over the Moscow-backed regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

But the Georgian Dream Party, which has sought closer ties with Russia, has already suspended the country’s EU membership bid.

The JN Roy Hospital authorities in Maniktala area of North Kolkata, West Bengal, India have decided not to treat Bangladeshi patients over allegations of insulting the Indian flag.

On Friday (November 29), an official of JN Roy Hospital said that they have taken this decision in protest against the insulting behavior towards the Indian flag and the alleged torture of minority Hindus in neighboring Bangladesh.

According to a report by the Indian media outlet The Economic Times, renowned gynecologist Indranil Saha stopped seeing Bangladeshi patients in protest against the insulting of the Indian national flag in Bangladesh. Following his example, JN Roy Hospital in Maniktala, Kolkata has stopped admitting Bangladeshi patients. They have made it clear that there is nothing above the country. Therefore, all types of treatment for Bangladeshi patients at JN Roy Hospital will be stopped for the time being.

Earlier, Doctor Indranil Saha posted a picture on social media and wrote, Indian national flag spread at the entrance of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)! I am stopping seeing Bangladeshi patients in the chamber for the time being. Country first, income later. I hope that other doctors will do the same until the relationship normalizes.

On Friday afternoon, while facing journalists outside the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, the state BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, Shuvendu Adhikari, made the same demand. He said, I bow to Dr. Indranil Saha. He said, my country comes first, income comes second. The Indian flag has been trampled. I will not treat Bangladeshi patients.

At this time, Shuvendu Adhikari appealed to Indians and said, I will request the entire Indian medical community, businessmen and India-lovers to completely boycott Bangladeshis. If the Maulana of Bangladesh can say, do not cut your hair and beard from Hindu barbers, do not buy sweets from Hindu shops, I also want to tell the India-lovers from here that the time has come to give a stern answer.

Another 77 people have been killed in Israeli military bombardments in the besieged Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours. Another 137 were injured during this time.

This information was revealed in a report by Al-Jazeera on Friday (November 29).

The report, citing the Ministry of Health, said that at least 77 more people have been killed in the ongoing attacks by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip. Another 137 Palestinian citizens were injured during this time. In addition, many people are still buried under the rubble. Various forces and volunteers are working to rescue them.

In addition, the head of the intensive care unit of Kamal Adwan Hospital was killed in the Israeli attack in northern Gaza, according to the Al-Jazeera report.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem declared the ceasefire with Israel a historic and "divine victory" in his first speech since it came into effect.

The Palestinian Health Ministry claims that more than 10,000 people are still missing under the rubble of destroyed homes across the Gaza Strip. Israel has continued its brutal assault on the besieged territory despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

According to the UN, about 85 percent of the Palestinians in Gaza have been displaced by Israel's brutal offensive. And all of Gaza is now food insecure amid acute shortages of food, clean water and medicine.

Note that at least 44,363 people have been killed in Israeli military attacks on Gaza since October 7 last year. Another 105,070 have been injured during this time.

On the other hand, 1,139 people have been killed in Hamas attacks on Israel. More than 200 Israeli citizens are being held captive.

At least 26 people have been killed in Israeli military strikes on the Palestinian Gaza Strip, medical workers said on Thursday (November 28). Doctors said Israel had stepped up its bombardment of central Gaza, with tanks moving deeper into the north and south of the city.

The Reuters news agency reported on Friday (November 29). The report said the incident came a day after a ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah began, and a similar deal was expected in Gaza.

A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon came into effect on Wednesday, ending nearly 14 months of conflict. In response, Gaza's ruling party Hamas also signaled it wanted a ceasefire. However, Israel did not comment.

Amal Abu Hamid, a displaced person from Gaza, said, “I hope there will be a ceasefire like in Lebanon. I just want to take my children to see my land, my house, to see what they have done to us, I want to be safe.”

“Allah willing, we will have a ceasefire,” he said, sitting in the courtyard of a school that is sheltering displaced families in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. “Life was beautiful before the war. Now there is nothing beautiful, it is all over. Our homes are gone, our brothers are gone, there is no one left. Now we get very little. We don’t even get bread for one meal.”

Announcing the Lebanon deal on Tuesday, US President Joe Biden said he would now press for a ceasefire agreement in Gaza. He said the US would create another push with regional powers for a ceasefire in Gaza, including the release of hostages and the removal of Hamas from power.

However, overall, there has been little progress in efforts to negotiate a ceasefire in Gaza. The talks are now stalled. Mediating countries have also lost some interest.

On October 7, 2023, Hamas attacked Israel. About 1,200 people were killed and 251 were taken hostage. Since that day, Israel has launched a massive attack on Gaza. According to the Hamas-run Health Ministry, more than 44,000 people have been killed and many more injured in Gaza since then.