Over 200 kids killed in Lebanon as US envoy sees end to war
GENEVA: Unicef has said more than 200 children have been killed and 1,100 injured in Lebanon in just two months, as US special envoy Amos Hochstein met officials in Beirut on Tuesday to discuss a truce plan with claims that an end to the war is “now within our grasp”. Unicef spokesperson James Elder at […]
Fire kills 10 people in Spanish retirement home
VILLAFRANCA EBRO: Ten people were killed after a fire broke out in a retirement home in the northern Spanish town of Villafranca de Ebro early on Friday, authorities said. The blaze started in one of the rooms, Fernando Beltran, the federal government’s top official in Aragon region, told reporters. All the victims were elderly people […]
Israeli forces kill 22 people in Gaza, force new displacement
CAIRO: Israeli military strikes killed at least 22 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, as Israeli forces deepened their incursion into Beit Hanoun town in the north, forcing most remaining residents to leave. Residents said Israeli forces besieged shelters housing displaced families and the remaining population, which some estimated at a few thousand, ordering […]
35 killed as car rams into crowd in China
ZHUHAI: A man killed 35 people and injured 43 more when he ploughed his car into people exercising around a sports centre in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai on Monday, local police said on Tuesday. The toll was a dramatic increase from the initial incident report the day before, when police only said that […]
Afghan Taliban eye aid at their first UN climate talks
BAKU: The first Afghan official to attend UN climate talks since the Taliban came to power has said that his country hopes to benefit from a global finance deal under negotiation at COP29 in Baku. Heading a three-person team, former Taliban negotiator Matiul Haq Khalis stood out in the bustling halls of the conference in […]
Iran executes Jewish Iranian man in murder case: NGO
Iran on Monday executed a member of the country’s Jewish minority who had been convicted of murder, an NGO said, at a time of rising tensions with Israel. Arvin Ghahremani was hanged in prison in the western city of Kermanshah after being convicted of a murder during a street fight, said the Norway-based Iran Human Rights group. […]
No let-up in Israeli strikes on Lebanon, Gaza
• Tel Aviv says 70 Hezbollah fighters, 45 Palestinians killed • Iran ‘prioritises’ truce; Israeli PM says objectives achieved • Five Israeli soldiers killed • Guterres says ‘shocked by harrowing levels of death, destruction’ JERUSALEM: Israel bombarded Hezbollah and Hamas targets in Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday, with no respite in the conflict a day […]
Tropical storm kills 76 in Philippines
LAUREL: Homeowners in the northern Philippines used spades and rakes to clear out debris left by Tropical Storm Trami on Friday while rescuers trawled through thick mud looking for the missing as the death toll rose to 76. Tens of thousands of people were displaced by floods fuelled by a torrential downpour that dumped two […]
Climate change a worry for Greece’s hungry butterflies
ATHENS: In a controlled enclosure in a zoo outside Athens, multi-coloured butterflies suck sweet juice from orange slices, free from the hazards of a changing climate outside that are threatening populations in Greece and across the world. Warmer temperatures are making life harder for butterflies in Greece, home to some 237 species. Food is scarcer, […]
Gaza hospitals come under fire as Israel heightens operations
• Strikes kill 19, wound several others in Gaza, Lebanon • Troops round up men, order women to leave refugee camp • Hezbollah targets Israeli troops in border village CAIRO: Israeli forces besieged hospitals and shelters for displaced people in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday as they stepped up their operations against Palestinian fighters, […]
