SEVEN DEAD AS MILITARY PLANE CARRYING INDIGENOUS PASSENGERS CRASHES IN VENEZUELAN AMAZON
Agency Report A Venezuelan military aircraft transporting members of the Yanomami indigenous community crashed in the Amazon jungle on Tuesday, killing seven people, including...
UAE BEGINS CONSTRUCTION OF WATER PIPELINE FROM EGYPT TO SOUTHERN GAZA AMID GROWING CRISIS
Agency Report The United Arab Emirates has commenced the construction of a major pipeline to transport desalinated water from Egypt into southern Gaza, in...
LONDON AIRSPACE SHUT DOWN, ALL OUTBOUND FLIGHTS GROUNDED
The London airspace has been closed with all outbound flights grounded due to a major problem with air traffic control, plunging summer holiday travel plans...
HUGE QUAKE OFF RUSSIA SPARKS PACIFIC TSUNAMIS
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s sparsely populated Far East on Wednesday, causing tsunamis up to four metres (12 feet) high across...
OUATTARA DECLARES FOURTH TERM BID AMID CONSTITUTIONAL CONTROVERSY IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE
Agency Report President Alassane Ouattara has officially announced his intention to run for a fourth term in the upcoming October 25 presidential election, sparking...
TURKEY ACCUSES ISRAEL OF USING FAMINE AS ‘WEAPON’ IN GAZA
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday blasted Israel for condemning the people of Gaza to famine, saying that images coming from the Palestinian enclave were...
SIX DEAD, DOZENS INJURED IN STAMPEDE AT HINDU TEMPLE IN INDIA
Agency Report At least six worshippers were killed and more than ten others injured in a tragic stampede at the Mansa Devi temple in...
TWO ISRAELI SOLDIERS KILLED IN GAZA COMBAT AS TUNNEL BOMB BLAST ROCKS KHAN YUNIS
By Aishat Momoh. O. Two Israeli soldiers were killed on Sunday during combat operations in southern Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed, bringing...
GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY ALLIANCE LAUNCHED IN GUYANA AS WORLD LEADERS UNITE FOR NATURE-POSITIVE FUTURE
By Aishat Momoh. O. The inaugural Global Biodiversity Alliance (GBA) Summit concluded today in Georgetown with the historic launch of the Alliance, the adoption of...
WILDFIRE KILLS 11 FOREST WORKERS IN TURKEY AMID EXTREME HEAT AND STRONG WINDS
By Aishat Momoh. O. At least 11 forest workers lost their lives on Wednesday while battling a fierce wildfire near Eskisehir in western Turkey, local...