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Nigeria rescuers dig for trapped miners 05 Jun 2024 - 03:54 pm

Kano, Nigeria: Nigerian rescuers were trying to dig out about 30 miners trapped when a pit collapsed killing at least one person after...

Death toll from inclement weather conditions rises to 26 in Sri Lanka 05 Jun 2024 - 03:45 pm

colombo: Twenty-six people have been killed and 41 others injured due to the prevailing inclement weather conditions in Sri Lanka, State Minister of...

LIVE UPDATES: Over 1 million Gazans could experience highest level of starvation by mid-July, UN warns 05 Jun 2024 - 03:44 pm

Doha, Qatar: United Nations agencies warned Wednesday that over 1 million Palestinians in Gaza could experience the highest level of starvation by the...

Police officers in Philippines arrested for kidnapping 4 tourists, demanding ransom 05 Jun 2024 - 02:57 pm

MANILA, Philippines: Four police officers assigned in the Philippine capital region have been arrested for kidnapping for ransom that victimized four foreign tourists,...

Some Gazans 'drinking sewage water': WHO regional chief 05 Jun 2024 - 12:03 am

Geneva: Some Gazans are now reduced to drinking sewage water and eating animal feed, the WHO's regional chief said on Tuesday, pleading for...

Modi celebrates victory in India vote, but falls short of landslide 04 Jun 2024 - 10:41 pm

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's political alliance won India's weeks-long general election on Tuesday, but the opposition said voters had sent a...

Children unfed all day, thousands for one toilet in Gaza: Oxfam 04 Jun 2024 - 08:08 pm

Paris: Palestinians displaced by the Gaza war are living in "appalling" conditions, with children sometimes going for a whole day without food and...

Biden orders block on asylum seekers at Mexico border 04 Jun 2024 - 07:45 pm

Washington: President Joe Biden will temporarily shut the US-Mexico border to asylum seekers whenever illegal migrant crossings surge, the White House said Tuesday,...

South African floods kill at least 18 people 04 Jun 2024 - 05:29 pm

Johannesburg: At least 18 people have died in flooding caused by torrential rain on South Africa's eastern coast, local authorities said on Tuesday....

IMF to unlock nearly $600 million for drought-hit Zambia 04 Jun 2024 - 05:07 pm

Lusaka: The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday it has agreed to unlock $574 million in financial assistance to support for Zambia following severe...

Modi heads for victory in India vote, but no landslide 04 Jun 2024 - 03:16 pm

New Delhi: India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his allies were heading for victory in the country's general election count on...

Body of 5th victim recovered from submerged car after flooding in Germany 04 Jun 2024 - 03:10 pm

BERLIN: A woman's body has been recovered from a car that sank into floodwater in Bavaria, police said Tuesday, bringing the confirmed death...

Philippines says Chinese boats seized supplies airdropped to Filipino outpost 04 Jun 2024 - 02:46 pm

Manila: The Philippine military said Tuesday that Chinese boats illegally "seized" food and medicine airdropped to a Filipino outpost in the South China...

Hundreds in emergency shelters after Philippine volcano erupts 04 Jun 2024 - 02:36 pm

Manila: Hundreds of people sheltered in evacuation centres on Tuesday after a volcano erupted in the central Philippines. Mount Kanlaon on Negros island...

Seoul fully suspends inter-Korean military pact over trash balloons 04 Jun 2024 - 02:23 pm

Seoul: South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol fully suspended on Tuesday a 2018 tension-reducing military deal with the North in response to a...

Three newborns abandoned in London are all related, court reveals 04 Jun 2024 - 01:23 pm

London: A newborn baby found dumped in London in freezing conditions earlier this year has two siblings who were also abandoned in previous...

New Caledonia airport to resume some commercial flights 04 Jun 2024 - 01:04 pm

Noumea: Commercial flights to and from the main airport in New Caledonia will resume from Wednesday, an airline and the operator said, after...

LIVE UPDATES: Pressure mounts for ceasefire, as 'heart-wrenching' situations continue in Gaza 04 Jun 2024 - 12:03 pm

Doha, Qatar: Israel continued to bomb southern and central Gaza with the total number of Palestinians killed raised to atleast 36,479, while 82,777...