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Letter to my baby: In Gaza, I’m sorry I dreamt of a better future 18 Nov 2023 - 02:00 pm

Gaza Strip:Palestinian journalist and storyteller Maram Humaid’s baby Iyas just turned three months old. Her nephew Ezz is only one month old.For Al...

Paris booksellers flay call to remove them for Olympics 18 Nov 2023 - 11:50 am

Paris: Paris booksellers, who have operated from little dark green kiosks on the banks of the Seine for some 150 years, are incensed...

Israel gives Gaza’s Al Shifa Hospital one hour to evacuate: Doctor 18 Nov 2023 - 09:57 am

Israeli forces have given doctors, patients and displaced people at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza one hour to evacuate the compound, a medical source...

India tunnel rescue efforts paused over fears of cave-in 18 Nov 2023 - 09:33 am

Dehradun, India: Indian rescuers said Saturday they had paused efforts to reach 40 men trapped in a collapsed road tunnel after a cracking...

Cutting off clean water in Gaza is crime against humanity: UN expert 17 Nov 2023 - 11:59 pm

The UN special rapporteur on water and sanitation, Pedro Arrojo Agudo, has warned that lack of access to clean drinking water in Gaza...

Sudan announces 'immediate' end to UN mission in war-torn country 17 Nov 2023 - 11:40 pm

United Nations, United States: Sudan has informed the UN chief of the "immediate" end of the United Nations political mission in the war-torn...

Alex Murdaugh receives added time after pleading guilty to financial crimes 17 Nov 2023 - 10:40 pm

Beaufort, S.C.:Alex Murdaugh pleaded guilty Friday to financial crimes in state court, adding to the prison time facing the longtime lawyer who was...

Senegal highest court blocks detained Sonko from running for president 17 Nov 2023 - 09:44 pm

Dakar, Senegal:Senegal's highest court on Friday effectively barred detained opposition leader Ousmane Sonko from running for president early next year by overturning a...

Death toll from floods in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia rises to 130 17 Nov 2023 - 07:23 pm

NAIROBI, Kenya: At least 130 people have died in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia following heavy rains that triggered what aid agencies described as...

Protests mark 50th anniversary of Greek anti-junta student revolt 17 Nov 2023 - 06:07 pm

Athens: Hundreds demonstrated in Greece's capital on Friday for the 50th anniversary of a deadly crackdown on a 1973 student revolt against a...

UN alarmed at interethnic killings in Sudan's Darfur 17 Nov 2023 - 05:37 pm

Geneva: The UN demanded an investigation on Friday into reports of a second wave in months of ethnically-motivated killings in Sudan's Western Darfur...

India tunnel mishap shows risk of building up fragile Himalayas 17 Nov 2023 - 05:35 pm

For nearly a week, 40 workers have been trapped in an under-construction tunnel after a landslide demolished its entrance, derailing a major connectivity...

Two dead as strong quake shakes southern Philippines 17 Nov 2023 - 05:16 pm

Manila: A strong magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook the southern Philippines on Friday, killing a married couple as people fled buildings and part of...

EU halts advertising on X over 'hate speech' 17 Nov 2023 - 04:52 pm

Brussels: The EU's executive arm said on Friday it had told its services to stop advertising on Elon Musk's social media platform X,...

Maldives new leader vows to evict Indian troops 17 Nov 2023 - 04:48 pm

Malé, Maldives: President Mohamed Muizzu of the Maldives vowed on Friday to expel Indian troops deployed in the strategically located archipelago, in his...