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 […]
Updated: Maui wildfires death toll rises to 53
Updated: 10:45am0am, 11th August, 2023 (AEST)Kahului, Hawaii, USReuters The death toll from a wildfire that has turned the resort town of Lahaina on Hawaii’s Maui island into smoldering ruins rose to 53 on Thursday, Maui County said. At least three major fires broke out on Maui on Tuesday night, cutting off the western side of […]
South Korea evacuates thousands of scouts ahead of typhoon
Buan, South Korea Reuters South Korea on Tuesday started evacuating thousands of teenage participants at the World Scout Jamboree from a campsite in the south-west of the country to safer areas mainly around the capital Seoul ahead of an approaching typhoon. The evacuation is the latest blow to the 10-day jamboree, after hundreds fell ill […]
More than 1,000 evacuated as Portugal wildfire spreads
Odemira, Portugal Reuters Hundreds of firefighters scrambled on Tuesday to put out a blaze raging in southern Portugal that has scorched thousands of hectares of land and forced the precautionary evacuation of around 1,400 people. The wildfire, currently being tackled by over 800 firefighters, started on Saturday in the municipality of Odemira, in the Alentejo […]
Niger junta says it will not back down despite “inhumane” sanctions
Niamey, Niger/Abuja, NigeriaReuters The self-declared new leader of Niger on Wednesday said the junta would not bow to pressure to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, intensifying a standoff with the West African bloc which has threatened to intervene after last week’s coup. The Economic Community of West African States has imposed sanctions on Niger and […]
France evacuates citizens from Niger after neighbours warn of war
Paris, FranceReuters France began the evacuation of hundreds of French and European citizens from Niger on Tuesday, a day after neighbours Mali and Burkina Faso said any outside intervention to restore the ousted government would be seen as a declaration of war. A military junta overthrew Niger’s democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum and his government […]