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Child victims of war spiked in 2023
Violence against children in armed conflicts reached “extreme levels” in 2023, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, according to a forthcoming UN report obtained by AFP on Tuesday.
12 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Form electoral pact against far right
French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday urged rival parties on both sides of the political centre to join him in forging a democratic alliance against Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) in upcoming snap legislative elections.
12 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Merchant ship hit in Red Sea off Yemen
A merchant ship issued a distress call after being struck in the Red Sea off Yemen, a security firm said yesterday, in what appeared to be the latest attack by Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
12 June 2024, 18:00 PM
US unveils sweeping sanctions targeting Russia over Ukraine war
The United States announced a raft of sanctions Wednesday aimed at constraining Moscow's war in Ukraine while raising the stakes for foreign banks that still deal with Russia, ahead of G7 leaders' talks this week
12 June 2024, 16:10 PM
Zelensky lands in Saudi on unannounced visit: state media
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky travelled to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Saudi state media reported, his latest visit to the Gulf kingdom which has sought to stay neutral in Ukraine's war with Russia..Zelensky landed in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah for the unannounced trip and
12 June 2024, 16:06 PM
Macron for electoral pact against far right
French President Emmanuel Macron called Wednesday for backing from people "able to say no to extremes" in snap elections he called after a European poll battering
12 June 2024, 10:50 AM
Child victims of war spiked in 2023 amid Gaza, Sudan crises: UN report
Violence against children in armed conflicts reached "extreme levels" in 2023, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, according to a forthcoming UN report obtained by AFP on Tuesday
12 June 2024, 02:41 AM
Frost found on top of giant Mars volcanoes
Early morning frost has been detected on the peaks of massive volcanoes on Mars, an unexpected discovery about the dispersal of water on Mars that could one day prove essential for human exploration, scientists said.
11 June 2024, 18:00 PM
French right-wing leader backs Le Pen alliance
The leader of France’s main right-wing party yesterday said he backed an alliance with the far right of Marine Le Pen in snap legislative elections, triggering a crisis within his own party and fury from the government.
11 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Russia destroyed half of Ukraine’s power generation
Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy facilities have destroyed half of its electricity generation capacity since winter, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday.
11 June 2024, 18:00 PM
4 US instructors stabbed in China
A suspect has been arrested over the stabbing of four American college teachers in northeastern China, police said yesterday, with Beijing describing the attack as an “isolated” incident.
11 June 2024, 18:00 PM
India to focus on solving border issues with China
India will focus on finding solutions to the border issues with China that has long strained ties between the neighbouring countries, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said yesterday after assuming charge for a second straight term.
11 June 2024, 18:00 PM
China urges greater BRICS role as Western sanctions mount
China has urged the BRICS bloc of nations to take on greater responsibilities and establish itself as being inclusive to the world, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said yesterday, in the wake of Western sanctions and trade restrictions imposed on the country.
11 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Gaza civilian killings could be war crimes: UN rights office
The UN human rights office said yesterday the killings of civilians in Gaza during the Israeli operation to release four hostages, and also armed groups’ holding of captives in densely populated areas, could amount to war crimes.
11 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Malawi vice president Chilima killed in plane crash
Malawi's Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine other people were killed when the military plane they were traveling on crashed, President Lazarus Chakwera said on Tuesday
11 June 2024, 13:28 PM
39 migrants dead after boat sinks off Yemen: UN agency
A boat carrying more than 200 migrants sank off Yemen, leaving at least 39 dead in the latest disaster on the perilous migration route from Africa, a UN agency said Tuesday
11 June 2024, 08:49 AM
Nearly 400m young kids violently disciplined at home: UNICEF
Nearly 400 million children under the age of five -- roughly 60 percent in that age group globally -- experience violent physical or psychological discipline at home, from spanking to insults, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said late Monday
11 June 2024, 02:37 AM
Search continues for Malawi vice president's missing plane
Malawi's president on Monday said he was sparing no resources in a search operation for a missing military aircraft carrying the country's vice president Saulos Chilima
11 June 2024, 02:31 AM
2 hurt as gunmen ambush CM’s security team
Armed men ambushed a convoy carrying the security team of the chief minister of India’s troubled northeastern state of Manipur yesterday, wounding two people, but the leader was not with them at the time, officials said.
10 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Far right surges in EU vote
The snap election called by President Emmanuel Macron after Sunday’s bruising loss to the far-right in European Parliament elections will be France’s most fateful legislative vote in decades, its finance minister said yesterday.
10 June 2024, 18:00 PM