300 migrants missing at sea near Spanish Canary Islands

At least 300 people who were travelling on three migrant boats from Senegal to Spain's Canary Islands have disappeared, migrant aid group Walking Borders said on Sunday
10 July 2023, 02:06 AM

Ancient society’s ‘Ivory Man’ was an ‘Ivory Lady’

The “Ivory Man”, whose remains were found in an opulent tomb in Spain in 2008, is believed to have been the most powerful and influential person of his ancient society nearly 5,000 years ago.
9 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Reporter for Mexican newspaper found slain

A regional correspondent for leading Mexican newspaper La Jornada was found slain on Saturday, shortly after he went missing in the western state of Nayarit, prosecutors said.
9 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Global maritime sector agrees deal

The International Maritime Organization, overseer of the highly-polluting shipping industry, sealed a landmark deal yesterday to improve its target to cut carbon emissions but green campaigners said it fell far short.
7 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Fire in Milan retirement home kills 6, injures over 60

Six people have died and at least 68 have been injured following an overnight fire in a retirement home in Milan, Italian emergency services said today
7 July 2023, 05:13 AM

World sees hottest June on record: EU

This past June was the hottest June globally on record in terms of sea and air temperatures, according to a statement by the EU-backed Copernicus Climate Change Service.
6 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Up to 40 aid workers killed since 2021: UN

UN human rights chief Volker Turk said yesterday up to 40 aid workers have been killed in Myanmar since the military coup that ousted democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021.
6 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Canada, allies take Iran to ICJ over downed jet

Canada, Britain, Sweden and Ukraine have taken Iran to the International Court of Justice to seek damages for families of passengers on a jetliner downed by Tehran in 2020, the tribunal said yesterday.
5 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Global temperature breaks record for second day: NOAA

Global average temperature leaped to a record high for the second day in a row yesterday, according to preliminary readings by US meteorologists.
5 July 2023, 18:00 PM

9 children among 31 hurt in Ukraine

Russian shelling wounded at least 31 people, including nine children, in the small town of Pervomaiskyi in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region yesterday,
4 July 2023, 18:00 PM

France’s Macron says riots ‘peak’ passed

French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday met with hundreds of French officials to begin exploring the “deeper reasons” for the country’s plunge into riots after the killing of a teenager at a traffic stop.
4 July 2023, 18:00 PM

France Unrest: Fireman dies during riots on 6th night

A French fireman died while seeking to douse burning cars north of Paris, during a sixth consecutive night of rioting over the police killing of a teenager, the interior minister said yesterday.
3 July 2023, 18:00 PM

UK saw hottest June on record in 2023

The UK this year has seen its hottest June on record, both in terms of mean temperature and the average maximum temperature, the British Meteorological Office said yesterday.
3 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Iran executed 354 in 2023

Iran has hanged at least 354 people in the first six months of 2023, a rights group said yesterday, adding that the pace of executions was much higher than in 2022.
3 July 2023, 18:00 PM

700,000 children now in Russia: Moscow

Russia has brought some 700,000 children from the conflict zones in Ukraine into Russian territory, Grigory Karasin, head of the international committee in the Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, said late on Sunday.
3 July 2023, 18:00 PM

French fireman dies putting out blaze during riots: minister

A French fireman died while seeking to douse burning cars north of Paris, during a sixth consecutive night of rioting over the police killing of a teenager, the interior minister said on Monday
3 July 2023, 07:39 AM

Grandmother of killed French teen urges calm as mayor's home attacked

The grandmother of the French teenager whose killing by police sparked riots called for calm Sunday, as the home of the mayor of a Paris suburb was attacked with a burning car in a new eruption of violence
3 July 2023, 01:56 AM

France riots less intense on 5th night

Rioting across France was less intense overnight, the interior ministry said yesterday, as tens of thousands of police were deployed following the funeral of a teenager of North African descent whose shooting by police has sparked nationwide unrest.
2 July 2023, 18:00 PM

King makes historic apology

Dutch King Willem-Alexander issued a historic royal apology Saturday for the Netherlands’ involvement in slavery, saying he felt “personally and intensely” affected.
2 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Fighting shakes Khartoum

Fierce fighting between the forces of rival generals shook the Sudanese capital Khartoum yesterday as disease and malnutrition threatened the rising number of displaced.
2 July 2023, 18:00 PM