CINAR: A huge wildfire has killed 11 people and critically injured five, as it ripped through Turkiye’s mainly Kurdish southeast overnight, the health minister stated on Friday. Hundreds of animals perished or were badly injured in the blaze, which roared across the dry landscape, sending flames into the night sky. By morning, the fire had […]
ISRAELI forces may have repeatedly violated the laws of war and failed to distinguish between civilians and fighters in the Gaza conflict, the UN human rights office said on Wednesday. Separately, the head of a UN inquiry accused the Israeli military of carrying out the “extermination” of Palestinians. In a report on six Israeli attacks that caused […]
UNITED NATIONS: Afghans continue to make up the largest population of refugees worldwide, with the majority seeking refuge in Iran and Pakistan, maintaining a trend observed in previous years, according to a UNHCR report released on Thursday. The UN refugee agency’s 2024 Global Trends Report includes estimates of internally displaced persons, pointing out that the years 2023 […]
OSLO: More armed conflicts took place worldwide in 2023 than any other year since the end of the Second World War, according to a Norwegian study published on Monday. Last year saw 59 conflicts of which 28 were in Africa, the the Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO) showed. But the number of countries which […]
WASHINGTON: Boeing’s new Starliner capsule and an inaugural two-member Nasa crew safely docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, meeting a key test in proving the vessel’s flight-worthiness and sharpening Boeing’s competition with Elon Musk’s. The rendezvous was achieved despite an earlier loss of several guidance-control jet thrusters, some of them due to a […]
BEIJING: China wants to work with Arab nations to resolve hot spot issues in ways conducive to upholding fairness, justice and achieving long-term peace and stability, President Xi Jinping said in a speech on Thursday that also highlighted the Gaza crisis. China is seeking to strengthen its relations with Arab states as a model for […]
RAFAH: Another strike on a camp for displaced Palestinians claimed 21 lives on Tuesday, tanks rolled through the centre of the southern Gaza city, which has been a refuge for those fleeing Israeli bombardment. The tank strike in Al Mawasi came a day after a similar deadly attack on a separate tent city in Rafah […]
KABUL: A provincial official said on Sunday that ‘fresh floods’ have claimed the lives’ of at least 66 people, in northern Afghanistan. The statement came after weeks of flooding, which has effectively ‘inundated farms and villages’ and ‘swept away swathes of communities’. ‘Hundreds’ of people have died due to flash flooding, this month. The floods […]
Leaders Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin framed their nations’ ties as a stabilising force in a chaotic world as they met Thursday in Beijing, where the Russian president is seeking greater Chinese support for his war effort in Ukraine and isolated economy. It is Putin’s first trip abroad since his March re-election and the second […]
China will send a robotic spacecraft in the coming days on a round trip to the moon’s far side in the first of three technically demanding missions that will pave the way for an inaugural Chinese crewed landing and a base on the lunar south pole. Since the first Chang’e mission in 2007, named after […]