Water-related accidents claim over 40 lives in Mongolia so far this year

ULAN BATOR, Aug. 4 (Xinhua/APP) –: Forty-two people have been killed in water-related accidents across Mongolia since the beginning of the year, emergency authorities said Friday. Thirty of the deceased were adults, and 12 others were children, the National Emergency Management Agency said in a […]

At least 7 killed, dozens missing after landslide in Georgia

Tbilisi, Aug 4 (AFP/APP): At least seven people have been killed and more than 30 others are missing after a landslide in the western Georgian region of Racha, Georgia’s prime minister said on Friday. Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said that rescuers were on the scene […]

52 hurt, 100 detained in clashes at Eritrean Stockholm festival

Stockholm, Aug 3 (AFP/APP):More than 50 people were injured and dozens detained in Stockholm Thursday as clashes broke out at an Eritrean pro-government festival, police and health officials said, with anti-government protesters trashing property at the site. “Another public gathering took place close to the […]

UN raises alarm on escalating food crisis in strife-torn Sudan

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 03 (APP): The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a Rome-based UN agency, has issued a grave warning regarding the deepening food crisis in Sudan, as the country grapples with conflict and economic decline. Since mid-April, the conflict between Sudan’s armed forces and […]

China to always stand firm with Pakistan regardless of int’l landscape: Xi

ISLAMABAD, Aug 2 (APP): Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that China would always stand firm with Pakistan regardless of any change in international landscape and emphasised that both countries would continue to improve overall planning and deepen cooperation. The Chinese president, in his congratulatory […]

Two Japanese mountaineers summited Tirich Mir after seven years

PESHAWAR, Aug 02 (APP):The two Japanese mountaineers scaled 7,708m Tirich Mir, the highest peak of the Hindukush mountain range here in Chitral after a gap of seven-year of its last climbing. According to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tourism Authority spokesperson Mohammad Saad, the Tirich Mir was last […]

Poland says Belarusian helicopters violated its airspace

Warsaw, Aug 1 (AFP/APP): Poland said two Belarusian helicopters violated its airspace on Tuesday and announced it would ramp up military deployments on its eastern border in response. “There was a violation of Polish airspace by two Belarusian helicopters that were training near the border,” […]

UN reports 11 killed as clashes rock Lebanon Palestinian camp

Sidon, Lebanon, July 31 (AFP/APP): Three days of fighting in south Lebanon’s Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp have left at least 11 dead and dozens wounded, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said on Monday. Clashes broke out over the weekend between members of Palestinian […]

UN calls for urgent action against human trafficking

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 31 (APP): Noting that global crises, conflicts, and the climate emergency are escalating trafficking risks, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for building “a world where no one can ever be bought, sold, or exploited”. In his message for the World Day […]