Wed 17 April 2024: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been battered by strong thunderstorms. In a matter of hours, the desert city-state of Dubai received more rain than it does for a year and a half, flooding important roads and the airport. The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday witnessed the largest amount of rainfall […]
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Tue 16 April 2024: A health official in Tunisia’s coastal region of Sfax has said that the number of drowned migrants has exceeded the capacity of the region’s hospital mortuary, which can take 35 corpses. There are around 100 awaiting burial at the moment, but even the local cemeteries are starting to fill up. The […]
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A mass grave is found in the courtyard of the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza on 16 April, 2024 [Hamza Qraiqea/Anadolu Agency] Tue 16 April 2024: The Gaza Government Media Office announced on Monday that the Israeli army has executed 400 Palestinians at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, adding that at least nine bodies […]
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Tue 16 April 2024: Hundreds of people have killed in Pakistan and Afghanistan as a result of lightning and torrential rains. Officials said on Tuesday that at least fifty people were killed in Pakistan as a result of the storms that have been battering the nation, and they asked emergency services to stay on high […]
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Caesar’s (in blue hooded jacket) shocking images of victims from Syria’s torture chambers could become the main evidence in the war crimes investigation launched by France. Here, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US Congress takes part in the extensive documentation that Caesar managed to smuggle out. Photo: Jonathan Ernst Reuters (FILE PHOTO) Tue […]
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Courtesy The Border Management Authority (BMA) Tue 16 April 2024: The Border Management Authority (BMA) has successfully intercepted and prevented more than 281 000 people from unlawfully entering South Africa since the initial deployment of border guards last year. “It is in this celebratory mode of 30 years of democracy, coupled with the first anniversary […]
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A view of summer Olympic 2024 host city Paris (Source: @OlympicsParis) Photograph:(Twitter) Mon 15 April 2024: French President Emmanuel Macron has stated that the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics will be rescheduled if there is a substantial risk of a terrorist attack, and that backup preparations are in place to deal with […]
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Ramadan vibes in Oxford street Mon 15 April 2024: Experts say a new definition disproportionately targets groups that advocate for Muslims’ civil rights. The United Kingdom government’s new definition of “extremism”, touted as a bid to tackle rising Islamophobia and anti-Semitism in the aftermath of Israel’s war on Gaza, has ignited fierce debate across the political […]
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Mon 15 April 2024: America’s mounting debt bill is the country’s greatest national security crisis-in-waiting, U.S. magazine The National Interest has reported. Noting that the country registered a 1.6 trillion-U.S. dollar deficit this year and a 35-trillion-dollar overall debt, the report said Thursday that Washington is “carrying the debt load that the United States has […]
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Mon 15 April 2024: The US has stepped up its efforts to push forward with a funding package for Israel that has been blocked, even though it has made it clear that it will not support any counteroffensive against Iran. In a phone call late on Sunday, President Joe Biden informed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
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