Category: World News

Gaza, July 12 (IANS) The Palestinians ordered by the Israeli military to leave Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip are lacking essential services and experiencing hostilities, the International Committee… Continue reading Evacuees from Gaza lack essential services, endure hostilities: ICRC

United Nations, July 12 (IANS) The United Nations has released a report projecting that the global population will peak this century. According to the World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of… Continue reading UN projects world’s population to peak within this century

Damascus, July 12 (IANS) An explosive device detonated when a Russian medical team was assisting at a medical centre in the northeastern Syrian province of Hasakah, leaving several injured, including… Continue reading Russian medical team members injured in explosion in Syria

Islamabad, July 12 (IANS) A Saudi Airlines plane caught fire upon landing at the Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar city of Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Civil Aviation… Continue reading Plane catches fire on landing in Pakistan, passengers safe

Beirut, July 11 (IANS) Hezbollah has targeted Israeli artillery positions with missiles in response to an air attack that targeted the town of Jinta in Baalbek, eastern Lebanon. In response… Continue reading Hezbollah targets Israeli positions in retaliation to attacks in Lebanon

United Nations, July 11 (IANS) The United Nations, in collaboration with its partners, has launched a response plan calling for $9 million to support nearly 43,000 people impacted recently by… Continue reading UN launches response plan to Hurricane Beryl for 2 Caribbean nations

Ramallah, July 11 (IANS) Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa has called for a unified Palestine under a single authority and government once a ceasefire is reached in Gaza. During a… Continue reading Palestinian PM calls for unified government after Gaza ceasefire

Rome, July 11 (IANS) A major heatwave will hit most major Italian cities this week, with temperatures forecast to be the hottest in the summer so far, according to authorities.… Continue reading Italy braces for major heatwave

Gaza, July 11 (IANS) The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has said that since the Palestinian-Israeli conflict began, two-thirds of its… Continue reading Two-thirds of UNRWA schools have been hit in Gaza: Agency chief

Tehran, July 10 (IANS) Iran’s President-elect, Masoud Pezeshkian, has reaffirmed Tehran’s support for Syria during a phone call with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. During the call on Tuesday, the two… Continue reading Iran’s president-elect reaffirms Tehran’s support for Syria

Jerusalem, July 10 (IANS) The death toll from the current outbreak of West Nile fever in Israel has risen to 15, with one new death, according to the country’s Health… Continue reading West Nile fever death toll reaches 15 in Israel

United Nations, July 10 (IANS) “It was a real hell,” the director of the children’s hospital in Kiev, Volodymyr Zhovnir, told the Security Council, describing Russia’s missile attack on the… Continue reading Russia’s missile attack ‘was real hell’, Kiev children’s hospital head tells UNSC

Gaza, July 10 (IANS) At least 25 Palestinians were killed and some others wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting a school in the city of Khan Younis in the southern… Continue reading 25 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on school in Gaza: Sources

New Delhi/Moscow, July 9 (IANS) Russia has decided to release and facilitate the return of all Indians fighting for the Russian army in Ukraine, a breakthrough achieved after Prime Minister… Continue reading Russia to release Indians fighting in Ukraine war after PM Modi raises matter with Putin: Sources