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800 were on board, says Pak police report
A boat that capsized off the coast of Greece last week was carrying around 800 people, according to an initial investigation by police in Pakistan, which declared a national day of mourning yesterday.
19 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Sudan spirals into ‘destruction’
Sudan is descending into death and destruction at an unprecedented speed, UN chief Antonio Guterres said yesterday as he urged donors to step in and curb the unfolding catastrophe.
19 June 2023, 18:00 PM
5 Palestinians killed as Israel deploys helicopters in West Bank
Israeli commandoes backed by helicopter gunships killed five Palestinians including a teenager and wounded as many as 66 others as a raid in the West Bank led to an hours-long gunbattle with armed fighters, the military and health officials said
19 June 2023, 14:44 PM
China promises not to send arms to Russia: Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said today in Beijing that China had renewed promises not to send arms to Russia to fight in Ukraine, although he voiced concern at the actions of private Chinese firms
19 June 2023, 13:16 PM
Xi says China, US 'made progress' in Blinken visit
President Xi Jinping said the United States and China had "made progress" on a number of issues today as he hosted US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for talks in Beijing..Blinken's visit is the highest-level trip by a US official to China in nearly five years with ties severely strained
19 June 2023, 10:22 AM
Mali junta holds vote on new constitution
Malians voted yesterday on whether to back a draft constitution drawn up by the governing junta which has fuelled speculation that the country’s strongman ruler will seek election.
18 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Swiss get behind net-zero climate law
The Swiss, feeling the impact of global warming on their rapidly melting glaciers, yesterday backed a new climate bill aimed at steering their country towards carbon neutrality by 2050.
18 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Two dead, 28 missing in Nepal
Two people were killed and 28 are missing in major flooding and landslides caused by monsoon rains in eastern Nepal, authorities said yesterday.
18 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Pakistan arrests 10 ‘human traffickers’
Pakistan authorities arrested 10 alleged human traffickers days after dozens of migrants drowned off the coast of Greece, officials said yesterday.
18 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Key Asean members to skip talks amid criticism
Thailand’s caretaker government was preparing to host talks with the foreign minister of Myanmar’s military junta today, a day later than planned, as key Southeast Asian nations signalled they would stay away from the divisive meeting.
18 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Peacekeepers ‘unwavering’
Nato yesterday underlined the “unwavering” commitment of its KFOR peacekeeping force to its duties in Kosovo as tensions flare with pressure building on Serbia over the detention of three Kosovo police officers.
18 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Start of truce period brings lull in fighting
The start of a 72-hour ceasefire aimed at calming more than two months of conflict between rival Sudanese military factions brought a lull in clashes in Khartoum early yesterday following battles and air strikes overnight, residents said.
18 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Mexico authorities find 129 migrants packed in cargo truck
Mexican authorities found 129 migrants packed into the back of a cargo truck, the National Institute of Migration said on Saturday
18 June 2023, 06:13 AM
Three killed in light aircraft crash in southern France: Army
Three people, including two members of the military, were killed Saturday when their light aircraft crashed in a hilly region in the south of France, the army and regional prosecutor said
18 June 2023, 02:31 AM
Blinken begins rare Beijing visit in bid to lower temperature
Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in China on Sunday on the highest-level trip by a US official in nearly five years, with the rival powers looking to lower the temperature after soaring tensions
18 June 2023, 02:28 AM
Mexico Heatwave: 8 dead since mid-April
Eight people have died in the third heatwave to hit Mexico since mid-April, the country’s health ministry said on Friday.
17 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Saudi foreign minister arrives in Tehran
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived in Iran yesterday amid a rapprochement between the two Middle East arch-foes, Iranian state TV said.
17 June 2023, 18:00 PM
17, including 5 children killed
Air strikes killed civilians and pummeled multiple parts of the Sudanese capital yesterday, residents said, as mediators pushed the warring factions towards a new ceasefire.
17 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Militants kill 37 in attack on Ugandan school
Militants linked to Islamic State killed 37 people and abducted six others in an attack on a school in western Uganda near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, the military said today.
17 June 2023, 06:32 AM
Russia positions nuclear bombs in Belarus as warning to West, Putin says
President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that his deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, something he confirmed for the first time had already happened, was a reminder to the West that it could not inflict a strategic defeat on Russia
17 June 2023, 03:28 AM