UN mission to visit Karabakh after military offensive
Baku, Azerbaijan Reuters Azerbaijan has invited a United Nations mission to visit Nagorno-Karabakh “in the coming days”, the foreign ministry said on Friday, amid a mass exodus of ethnic Armenians from the region following a lightning Azerbaijani military offensive. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric confirmed that a UN mission, led by a senior UN aid official, […]
Suicide bombings at two mosques in Pakistan kill at least 57
Quetta/Peshawar, Pakistan Reuters Suicide bombings ripped through two mosques in Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 57 people, including seven children, as believers marked the birthday of the Prophet Mohammad, police and health officials said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, from which the death toll could climb, with many people seriously injured […]
Number of migrants crossing Panama’s Darien Gap surpasses 400,000 to record high
Panama City, PanamaReuters The number of people crossing the perilous Darien Gap linking Panama and Colombia has hit a record high of 400,000 in the year to September, official data showed, as migration to the United States intensified despite efforts to curb the flow. More than half of those migrants were children and babies, Panama’s […]
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Eswatini holds parliamentary elections under monarch’s control
Mbabane, EswatiniReuters Voters in Eswatini will cast their ballots on Friday in parliamentary elections whose outcome will make little difference to the politics of a country controlled by Africa’s last absolute monarch. King Mswati III has ruled the southern African kingdom of about 1.2 million people since 1986, when he inherited the crown from his […]
Cuba warns of worsening blackouts as fuel crisis bites
Havana, Cuba Reuters Power blackouts in Cuba are expected to increase significantly due to a lack of fuel, officials warned in a nationwide TV broadcast, worsening the country’s plight as it deals with food and medicine shortages. Local governments have already begun announcing restrictions on power usage at state-run companies and other entities, including moves […]
US imposes fresh round of sanctions over instability in Sudan
Washington DC, USReuters The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on two companies, including one based in Russia, and one person it accused of exacerbating instability in Sudan as fighting has killed thousands and displaced millions of civilians. The action is the latest round of sanctions imposed by Washington after war between the army and […]
Swiss glaciers lose 10 per cent of volume in worst two years on record
Zurich, Switzerland Reuters Switzerland’s glaciers suffered their second worst melt rate this year after record 2022 losses, shrinking their overall volume by 10 per cent in the last two years, monitoring body GLAMOS said on Thursday. The one-two punch for Swiss glaciers during the country’s third hottest summer on record means they lost as much […]
Flooded homes, streets as another storm hits battered central Greece
Volos, Greece Reuters Torrential rain battered central Greece, flooding streets, homes and businesses in the port city of Volos and on the island of Evia, just three weeks after devastating Storm Daniel killed 16 people in the wider region. A private helicopter crashed into the sea in northern Evia, east of the Greek capital Athens, […]
Mourners demand accountability, bury loved ones after Iraq wedding inferno
Hamdaniya, Iraq Reuters Calls for accountability grew on Thursday for the victims of a deadly fire at an Iraqi wedding celebration in a Christian town as grief-stricken mourners attended a packed memorial service and families buried their loved ones. More than 100 people died and at least 150 were injured on Tuesday evening in an […]