GENEVA: The United Nations and international aid organisations decried Sunday the devastating toll of six months of war in Gaza, warning that the Palestinian territory had become “beyond catastrophic”.”Six months is an awful milestone,” the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said, warning that “humanity has been all but abandoned”.The Gaza … Read more
Tourists in Italy have been treated to quite the show as Mount Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe, has been blowing spectacular “smoke rings” into the sky since last week. The rare phenomenon, known as “volcanic vortex rings,” is generated by the combination of rapid gas release and the vent shape spewed out of a … Read more
NEW DELHI: Seventeen Indian workers, who were lured into unsafe and illegal work in Laos, are on their way back home, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday. He also complimented the Indian embassy in Laos for its successful efforts in the case.In a post on X, he said, “Modi ki Guarantee works for … Read more
HYDERABAD: The BJP on Saturday petitioned Telangana Governor CP Radhakrishnan, seeking a CBI investigation into the alleged phone tapping during the previous BRS regime.The BJP appealed to the Governor to seek a report from the state in order to apprise the Union Home Ministry since the matter falls under the concurrent jurisdiction of both the … Read more
British lawmakers who may have been targeted in a sexting scam were urged Friday to go to police, after a senior Conservative admitted disclosing the personal phone numbers of some colleagues to an unknown individual who held “compromising” material on him.William Wragg, who chairs the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee in Parliament, told The … Read more
JERUSALEM, UNDEFINED: Israel announced on Friday that it would allow “temporary” aid deliveries into famine-threatened northern Gaza, hours after the United States warned of a sharp shift in its policy over Israel’s war against Hamas militants.In a tense, 30-minute phone call on Thursday, US President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that United States … Read more
Bhubaneswar: Tension prevailed at on Thursday the Government Upper Primary School in Bahakandia village under Sadar Police limits in Odisha’s Kendrapara district after a Class III student suffered severe burn injuries when he allegedly fell on a pot filled with hot rice gruel.The injured student was immediately rushed to Kendrapara District Headquarters Hospital (DHH). His … Read more
AHMEDABAD: As the Kshatriya community has remained firm on their demand that Union minister Purushottam Rupala be replaced as the BJP candidate from the Rajkot Lok Sabha seat, Patidars have started a social media drive in support of him, leaving the ruling party caught between two dominant castes in GujaratWith about 18 per cent of … Read more
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s move to sign into law the results of a recent referendum laying claim to two-thirds of Guyana triggered fierce condemnation Thursday from the neighboring South American country’s government.The text of the law was not immediately made public. Even so, Guyana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs vowed not to … Read more
A ferry carrying nearly 100 tourists caught fire in Thailand early Thursday, forcing some of them to jump overboard in fear while others were saved by a rescue boat.The boat was on its way to the island of Koh Tao, a tourist hot spot known as “Death Island,” when the fire broke out in the … Read more