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Dozens dead, 61 missing as two boats sink off Djibouti
At least 45 people have died and many others are missing after two migrant boats capsized off the coast of Djibouti, officials say. The boats left Yemen with 310 people on board before sinking in the Red Sea off the east African nation on Tuesday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. “To date, 61 […]
China urges citizens in Israel to leave
China has urged its citizens in Israel to leave “as soon as possible”, as tensions between Israel and Lebanon’s Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah escalate. “Currently, the situation along the Israel-Lebanon border is extremely tense, with frequent military conflicts,” China’s embassy in Israel said in a statement on Sunday. “The security situation in Israel remains severe, […]
Equatorial Guinea President’s Son In Court, Faces 18-Year Sentence For Selling National Aircraft
Ruslan Obiang Nsue, a son of Equatorial Guinea’s president, faced trial on Monday in a Malabo court for illegally selling an airplane belonging to the national airline, a crime he admitted to have commited. Prosecutors are seeking an 18-year prison sentence and a fine of 500 million CFA Francs ($847,000) for the president’s son, AFP […]
Russian Court Sentences Woman To 12 Years Imprisonment for Donating to Ukraine Charity Organization
A Russian court has sentenced amateur ballerina Ksenia Karelina to 12 years in prison for treason after she donated $51 (£39) to a charity supporting Ukraine. Karelina, who holds dual American and Russian citizenship, pleaded guilty last week following a trial conducted behind closed doors. Karelina had been living in Los Angeles and became a […]
12 killed in twin Bangladesh jailbreaks
Twin jailbreaks in Bangladesh killed at least 12 inmates and freed hundreds more in the chaotic days after the ouster of autocratic premier Sheikh Hasina, officials told AFP Saturday. An interim government is struggling to restore law and order with police going on strike after Hasina’s sudden resignation and flight abroad after 15 years in […]
Plane with 62 on board crashes in Brazil
An airplane with 62 people on board crashed Friday in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, firefighters and the airline Voepass said. Although no official death toll has been given, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said during an official event that it appeared there were no survivors. “A plane just crashed in the city of Vinhedo […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy displays newly arrived F-16 fighter jets to combat Russia in the air
Ukraine’s newly arrived F-16 fighter jets were put on display Sunday by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said the planes will boost the country’s war effort against Russia. “These jets are in our sky and today you see them,” said Zelenskyy, standing in front of two of the fighter jets as two others flew overhead in […]
Beirut strike killed Hezbollah top commander, says Israel
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says its strike on Beirut has eliminated Fuad Shukr, the most senior military commander of Hezbollah, a Lebanese militant group. The IDF said the strike was a reprisal for the rocket ambush that killed 12 children and more Israelis in Majdal Shams over the weekend. After the attack, Israeli Prime […]
Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, killed in Tehran — Iran’s Guards
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday that the chief of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in Tehran along with one of his bodyguards. “The residence of Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political office of Hamas Islamic Resistance, was hit in Tehran, and as a result of this incident, he and one of […]
Scores missing as India landslides kill 158
The death toll from the massive landslides that have hit the southern Indian state of Kerala has now crossed 158, with officials saying 187 people are still missing. Rescue operations, that had halted late Tuesday night, resumed on Wednesday morning. The landslides are the worst disaster to hit the state since 2018, when floods killed […]