Hundreds evacuated after Indonesia’s Ruang volcano erupts
Jakarta, Indonesia Reuters At least 800 people in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province have been evacuated after multiple eruptions of the area’s Ruang volcano, which for days has spewed lava and ash clouds into the sky, the country’s volcanology agency said on Wednesday. The volcano, located on Ruang island about 100 kilometres from the provincial capital […]
Russians flee “very unusual” floods in boats clutching valuables, food, pets
Orenburg, Russia Reuters Residents of the flood-stricken Russian city of Orenburg arrived at evacuation points on Wednesday by inflatable boat, carrying whatever they could grab from their homes in small bags. One elderly woman in a life-jacket clutched a terrified-looking cat as she descended from a boat onto dry land. Residents and Russian Emergencies Ministry rescuers […]
Russia, Kazakhstan evacuate over 100,000 people amid worst flooding in decades
Orsk, Russia Reuters Russia and Kazakhstan ordered more than 100,000 people to evacuate after swiftly melting snow swelled mighty rivers beyond bursting point in the worst flooding in the area for at least 70 years. The deluge of melt water overwhelmed scores of settlements in the Ural Mountains, Siberia and areas of Kazakhstan close to […]
Calm in Haitian capital extends into second day as US eyes transition soon
Updated: 11:30am (AEDT) Port-au-Prince Reuters Haiti’s capital was calm on Wednesday two days after the prime minister said he would step down, but the US and UN began to withdraw staff in a sign they fear peace might not hold. Prime Minister Ariel Henry said on Monday he would resign from his post once a […]
Palestinians describe terrifying and chaotic flight from Gaza hospital
Rafah, Gaza Strip Reuters Gunfire echoed around Palestinian medics, patients and displaced people during what they described as a terrifying and chaotic night evacuation from Gaza’s Nasser Hospital after it was stormed by Israeli forces. Survivors of last week’s assault on the second-biggest hospital in Gaza said they then faced a treacherous walk to safety […]
Israel’s war on Hamas homes in on Gaza hospitals
Gaza/Jerusalem Reuters Palestinian officials said two babies had died and dozens more were at risk after fuel ran out at Gaza’s largest hospital on Saturday, while Israel said it was ready to evacuate babies from the facility. As the humanitarian situation worsened, the Gaza’s border authority announced that the Rafah land crossing into Egypt would […]
US voices concern over killing of Palestinians; Macron urges end to bombing as Gaza reported death toll tops 11,000
GazaReuters The United States on Friday expressed growing concern about the rising Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip where health officials said the number killed in a five-week-old Israeli bombardment had topped 11,000. Fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas militants escalated near and around Gaza City’s besieged and overcrowded hospitals, which Palestinian officials said […]
A month into war and siege, Gazans endure daily grief and hardship
GazaReuters The dead body of a toddler is carried out of a bombed house. A woman weeps over a row of corpses wrapped in white. The latest casualties arrive in hospitals already overflowing with the wounded and displaced. People queue for hours to get a few litres of water to share with dozens of others. […]
“Only the beginning” says Netanyahu as Israel makes first raids into Gaza
JerusalemReuters Israeli infantry made their first raids into the Gaza Strip on Friday since Hamas fighters rampaged through southern Israel, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a campaign of retaliation had only just begun. Israel has vowed to annihilate Hamas after its fighters burst out of Gaza a week ago and stormed through towns and […]
Updated: Thousands flee Karabakh to Armenia, death toll rises in fuel depot blast
Updated: 12:30pm (AEST)Near Kornidzor, ArmeniaReuters Hungry and exhausted Armenian families jammed roads on Tuesday to flee homes in the defeated breakaway enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, a departure blighted by an explosion at a fuel depot that killed dozens and injured more than 100. The crisis prompted the US Agency for International Development to announce that Washington […]