International

China and the European Union vowed on Thursday to “step up” action to address climate change, according to a joint statement released as Beijing hosted the bloc’s leaders for a one-day summit, reports AFP. Chinese and European leaders “reiterate that in the fluid and turbulent international situation today, it is crucial that all countries… step up efforts to address climate ...

The wreckage of a plane that crashed while carrying 49 people has been found in Russia’s Far East, local emergency services said Thursday. Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry said that they had found the plane’s “burning fuselage” but did not provide further details. Forty-three passengers, including five children, as well as six crew members were on board the An-24 passenger plane ...

A Syrian government fact-finding committee said on Tuesday that 1,426 people had died in March in attacks on security forces and subsequent mass killings of Alawites, but concluded that commanders had not given orders for the revenge attacks. The incidents in the coastal region were the worst violence to hit Syria since the downfall of President Bashar al-Assad last year. ...

The UN on Tuesday said Israeli forces have killed over 1,000 Palestinians trying to get food aid in Gaza since the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation started operations, reports AFP. An officially private effort, the GHF began operations on May 26 after Israel halted supplies into the Gaza Strip for more than two months, sparking famine warnings. GHF operations ...

Thirteen people were killed and 20 others injured when a bus transporting mine workers crashed early Monday in Russia’s far eastern Yakutia region, officials reported. Authorities said the driver appeared to have lost control, causing the vehicle to swerve off the road and plunge 25 metres (82 feet) into a ravine. The accident occurred around 3:20 am local time (1820 ...

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces opened fire on crowds of Palestinians trying to collect humanitarian aid in the war-torn Palestinian territory on Sunday, killing 93 people and wounding dozens more. Eighty were killed as truckloads of aid arrived in the north, while nine others were reported shot near an aid point close to Rafah in the south, where ...

At least nine people were killed Sunday in western Ecuador after a pickup truck and an SUV collided head on, authorities said. Two others were injured in the accident, which occurred around 5:00 am (1000 GMT) on the highway connecting the coastal city of Manta and the nearby town of Montecristi, renowned for its Panama hat production. “We suspect a ...

Prince Alwaleed bin Khalid bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia passed away on Saturday, the Royal Court announced through the Saudi Press Agency. Known as the “Sleeping Prince”, he had been in a coma for nearly 20 years following a traffic accident in 2005 before his passing. The death was also confirmed by his father, Prince Khaled ...

At least 50 people have been killed in a massive fire at a hypermarket in Iraq’s Al-Kut city, multiple news agencies reported citing Wasit province governor, Mohammed al-Miyahi, on Thursday. Unconfirmed viral visuals online showed a big portion of a building on fire, with plumes of smoke coming out. “The number of victims has reached about 50 people, martyrs and ...

A rapidly growing wildfire at the Grand Canyon’s North Rim has destroyed at least 50 structures, including the iconic Grand Canyon Lodge, according to U.S. authorities on Monday. The fire, dubbed the Dragon Bravo blaze, has forced the evacuation of more than 500 tourists and park personnel since it ignited on July 4, likely from a lightning strike. Strong winds ...