Over 50 people, including two peacekeepers, killed during clashes in disputed Abyei region
Jan 30, 2024, at 03:24 pm
Continuing intercommunal clashes in the disputed Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan have left more than 50 people dead including two peacekeepers, the UN said on Monday.
Jan 30, 2024, at 02:54 pm
Nearly 100 people have died or disappeared crossing the Central and Eastern Mediterranean so far this year – more than twice the number for the same period in 2023, the deadliest year for migrants at sea in Europe since 2016, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday.
Four people accused of spying for Mossad were executed in Iran
Jan 29, 2024, at 10:15 pm
Four people believed to be working for Israeli intelligence agency Mossad have been executed in Iran for espionage and terrorism, Iranian state-run news agency IRNA reported on Monday, citing the country's judiciary.
Antonio Guterres asks countries to reverse UNRWA funding suspension
Jan 29, 2024, at 03:34 pm
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appealed to the countries that suspended funding to the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees (UNRWA) to reconsider their decisions, to ensure continuity of its vital humanitarian operations.
Man, who was threatening cops with a knife in Australia, shot dead
Jan 29, 2024, at 02:28 am
A man threatened police officers with a knife and was shot dead by police earlier Sunday morning in Australia's state of Queensland.
Two masked gunmen attack Italian church in Turkey, one dies
Jan 28, 2024, at 10:45 pm
At least one person died after two masked men attacked an Italian church in Turkey's Sarıyer district on Sunday (January 28, 2024), Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said.
South Korea says North Korea fired cruise missiles off east coast
Jan 28, 2024, at 09:55 pm
South Korea on Sunday claimed North Korea fired several cruise missiles from its east coast, media reports said.
150 Palestinians killed in Israeli siege of Gaza hospital
Jan 28, 2024, at 03:49 pm
Gaza/IBNS/UNI: As many as 150 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli siege of Nasser Medical Complex Hospital in Gaza's second-largest city of Khan Younis
UNRWA to investigate allegations ‘several’ staffers played role in 7 October attacks
Jan 27, 2024, at 08:31 pm
Secretary-General António Guterres has asked the head of the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees, UNRWA, to “swiftly” investigate “extremely serious allegations” that several agency staffers were involved in the 7 October terror attacks in southern Israel.
Israeli tanks target hospital in southern Gaza, several injured
Jan 27, 2024, at 02:18 am
Jerusalem/IBNS/UNI: Israeli tanks have targeted Al-Amal hospital in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, resulting in several injuries, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said in a statement on Friday.
Japan to release 54,600 tons of Fukushima nuclear wastewater in 2024
Jan 26, 2024, at 11:41 pm
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), has announced a plan to release around 54,600 tons of nuclear-contaminated water from the facility into the ocean in fiscal 2024.
Jan 26, 2024, at 11:38 pm
Six among a group of approximately 61 heavily disguised people boarding a train in Sydney were arrested and taken to the police station following a police operation on Friday, said the Police Force in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW).
Jan 26, 2024, at 11:20 pm
A Spanish court has acquitted an Indian-British man who landed himself in trouble after he joked to friends about blowing up a flight from London Gatwick to Menorca.
UN trade and development body warns Red Sea shipping crisis is having a ‘dramatic’ impact
Jan 26, 2024, at 03:45 pm
Attacks against shipping in the Red Sea by Houthis are devastating for global trade and supply chains, already reeling under the impacts of the war in Ukraine and climate change-linked conditions in the Panama Canal, said the UN trade and development body, UNCTAD, on Thursday.
British-Indian student Aditya Verma facing trial in Spain over his in-flight 'Taliban' joke
Jan 26, 2024, at 03:22 pm
A British-Indian student is facing trial in Spain after he was accused of causing public disorder by sending a Snapchat message where he joked about blowing up a plane in which he was flying.
International Court of Justice to deliver ruling on Israel Genocide case tomorrow
Jan 26, 2024, at 05:32 am
Amsterdam: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will decide whether to issue an order for Israel to impose emergency measures in response to South Africa's claims that the Israeli military operation in Gaza is a state-sponsored genocide.
Houthis order US-UK UN staff to leave Yemen
Jan 25, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Houthi authorities in Yemen on Wednesday (January 24, 2024) have ordered UN and other humanitarian staff holding US and UK passports to leave the country within a month.
Antonio Guterres says Africa is now a ‘global epicentre’ of terrorism
Jan 25, 2024, at 11:46 pm
In just a matter of years, Africa has become the “global epicentre of terrorism”, with groups such as Da’esh, Al-Qaida and their affiliates exploiting local conflicts and fragilities to serve their own ends, the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday, calling for violent extremism to be rooted out.
North Korea test-fires new strategic cruise missile, claims South Korea
Jan 25, 2024, at 07:29 pm
North Korea on Thursday (January 25, 2024) test-fired a new strategic cruise missile named 'Pulhwasal-3-31'.
Nine killed in direct hit on UNRWA shelter in Gaza amid ongoing conflict with Israel
Jan 25, 2024, at 07:23 pm
Nine people were killed and 75 injured on Wednesday in a direct hit on a training centre turned shelter in southern Gaza run by UNRWA, the UN agency that assists Palestinians, according to initial reports.
Russia calls for emergency UNSC meeting after downing of plane carrying captured Ukrainian soldiers
Jan 25, 2024, at 04:24 pm
New York/UNI: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday the country has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council after the downing of a Russian plane carrying captured Ukrainian soldiers.
US airstrikes kill Iraqi paramilitary soldier
Jan 25, 2024, at 05:39 am
Baghdad: A member of the Iraqi government-backed paramilitary forces of Hashd Shaabi was killed and two others were wounded by U.S. airstrikes near the Iraqi-Syrian border and the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Wednesday.
China: 39 killed in building fire in Jiangxi Province
Jan 25, 2024, at 04:34 am
Nanchang: The death toll from a building fire in the city of Xinyu in east China's Jiangxi Province on Wednesday afternoon has risen to 39, local authorities said.
Russian military plane crashes with 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war in Belgorod
Jan 24, 2024, at 10:08 pm
A Russian Il-76 military plane crashed with suspected 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war in Belgorod Region of Russia on Wednesday (January 24, 2024), media reports said.
Houthi attacks: New Zealand to send defence team to secure Red Sea shipping
Jan 24, 2024, at 05:20 am
Wellington: The New Zealand government decided on Tuesday to send a small defence team to the Middle East to safeguard Red Sea shipping, but the country's opposition party said the deployment will further inflame tensions in the region.
Jan 23, 2024, at 11:56 pm
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Tuesday it had managed to encircle the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strio and advance deep into the area as part of an "extensive" operation that resulted in the elimination of "dozens of terrorists."
US, UK strike eight Houthi targets in Yemen
Jan 23, 2024, at 11:05 pm
The United States and the United Kingdom carried out additional strikes Houthi targets in Yemen on Monday (January 22, 2024), officials said.
North Korea says Russian President Vladimir Putin is willing to visit Pyongyang soon
Jan 22, 2024, at 10:35 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin is willing to visit Pyongyang soon, North Korea's state media KCNA said on Sunday (January 21, 2024).
Ukraine forces hit west of Donetsk with deadly artillery, 27 die
Jan 22, 2024, at 08:48 pm
Ukrainian forces hit a market in the west of Donetsk with a deadly artillery strike on Sunday, killing at least 27 people and injuring 25 others, local media reported on Monday.
Shooting at rental home in US leaves 3 killed
Jan 22, 2024, at 03:47 am
At least three people were killed, and two others injured after a "very chaotic" shooting early Sunday morning at a short-term rental home in the Huston area, U.S. state Texas, authorities said.