Fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas rages after nearly 200 killed in Gaza
6:45pm (AEDT)Cairo, Egypt/GazaReuters Fierce Israeli tank fire and aerial bombing struck Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on Friday night, residents said, after nearly 200 people were reported killed in 24 hours in Israel’s campaign against Hamas militants. Planes also carried out a series of air strikes on the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, according […]
Mistaken cutting of power caused Nepal plane crash that killed 72 – report
Kathmandu, Nepal Reuters A Yeti Airlines crash in Nepal that killed 72 people almost a year ago was caused by the pilots mistakenly cutting power leading to an aerodynamic stall, a report issued by a government-appointed investigation panel on Thursday said. The ATR 72, operated by privately owned Yeti Airlines, crashed just before landing in […]
Ukraine’s frontline children yearn for return to classroom
Sloviansk, Ukraine Reuters Sitting alone in her bedroom, Ukrainian third-grader Arina Herasymova cuts an image of loneliness as she stares at her teacher and classmates on a screen. “I would like to go to school, to lessons. To play with friends during recess, not sit at home,” she said. Iryna and her daughter, third-grader Arina, […]
Freed hostage recalls fight to save children, fears for women still held in Gaza
Tel Aviv, IsraelReuters To survive the 51 days she and three of her children spent as hostages in Gaza, Chen Almog-Goldstein had to stifle the tears over the killing of her husband and daughter when Hamas gunmen burst into their home in Israel on 7th October. “Within seven minutes we were in Gaza,” said Almog-Goldstein. […]
Aerial strike on Ethiopia church grounds kills eight – witnesses
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters An aerial strike on the grounds of a church in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region killed eight people and injured five as they collected corn, two witnesses and an opposition political party said. Government spokesperson Legesse Tulu dismissed the accounts of the air strike as “an absolute lie”. Peace talks between Ethiopia’s government and […]
Bangladesh garment factories fire workers after protests, unions say
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters Bangladesh garment factories have fired hundreds of workers since protests in October demanding higher wages, three labour unions representing half a million workers told Reuters this week, while many others are on the run fearing arrest. Clashes during the protests, which ran alongside wider anti-government demonstrations by the opposition ahead of the Jan. […]
US, Mexico agree to strengthen efforts to curb record migration
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Mexican and US officials have agreed to work together more closely to tackle record migration at their shared border, the countries’ governments said in a joint statement on Thursday, a day after high-level talks on stemming record numbers. Following a visit to Mexico by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the countries […]
Gaza in 2024: Signs of more devastation, open-ended occupation
In an in-depth explainer, SAMIA NAKHOUL, of Reuters, looks at what the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict may look like as we head into a new year…
Brazil cracks down as wildcat miners in the Amazon shift their operations
Sucunduri, Brazil Reuters Deep in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil is fighting destructive wildcat gold mining as it spreads from Indigenous lands into government-protected conservation areas. Federal Police have joined the government’s biodiversity conservation agency ICMBio on a series of recent operations to catch illegal gold miners and destroy their camps and equipment. An illegal gold […]