Mystery shipwreck causes disastrous oil spill off Trinidad | Environment News

Mystery shipwreck causes disastrous oil spill off Trinidad | Environment News

Emergency workers in Trinidad and Tobago are scrambling to clean up a massive oil spill after a mystery vessel ran aground near the Caribbean island, casting a pall over Carnival tourism. Prime Minister Keith Rowley on Sunday declared a national emergency as oil leaking from the vessel affected some 15km…

Tight security and barricades as Indian farmers march to New Delhi | Protests News

Tight security and barricades as Indian farmers march to New Delhi | Protests News

Indian authorities have deployed heavy security to stop thousands of protesting farmers who were marching towards New Delhi to renew their demands for assured crop prices in a repeat of 2021 protests when they camped on the capital’s outskirts for more than a year. Police sealed multiple entry points into…

Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 130 | Israel War on Gaza News

Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 130 | Israel War on Gaza News

Israel continues to face growing international pressure to agree to a ceasefire amid mounting humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Here’s how things stand on Tuesday, February 13, 2024: Humanitarian crisis in Gaza On Tuesday, at least five people were killed in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, while four more were…

Pakistan election: Can Imran Khan’s winning candidates form a government? | Elections News

Pakistan election: Can Imran Khan’s winning candidates form a government? | Elections News

Supporters of imprisoned Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party chant slogans during a protest against the delaying result of parliamentary election by Pakistan Election Commission, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) Islamabad, Pakistan — Five days after the elections on February 8, Pakistan is nowhere closer…

Families of detained Palestinian Americans decry US government’s silence | Israel War on Gaza News

Families of detained Palestinian Americans decry US government’s silence | Israel War on Gaza News

Washington, DC – “Confirmed receipt.” That is the only message Yasmeen Elagha received from the United States government after two of her cousins — both Palestinian Americans — were detained by Israeli forces as they sheltered near Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Now, she is calling on the administration of…

Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to be freed: Reports | Politics News

Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to be freed: Reports | Politics News

Justice minister says Thaksin was one of 930 inmates given parole on Tuesday with release expected after February 17. Thailand’s jailed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is set to be freed, according to local media reports. Thaksin, 74, who was jailed for eight years for abuse of power before a…

US House speaker blasts Israel, Ukraine aid package as Senate advances bill | Russia-Ukraine war News

US House speaker blasts Israel, Ukraine aid package as Senate advances bill | Russia-Ukraine war News

Republican Mike Johnson says the bill does not address the ‘most pressing’ issue of security at the US-Mexico border. United States House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson has cast doubt on the fate of a $95.3bn aid package for countries including Ukraine and Israel as the Senate voted to advance…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 720 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 720 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 720th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. Fighting Norway’s intelligence service warned Russia was “gaining the advantage” in the war in Ukraine owing to a greater number of troops and materiel supplied by Iran, China, North…

‘Fix it from within’: More Chinese Indonesians chase seats in parliament | Elections News

‘Fix it from within’: More Chinese Indonesians chase seats in parliament | Elections News

Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia will see almost 10,000 people, including some from the country’s ethnic Chinese minority, competing in Wednesday’s general elections to become one of 580 lawmakers in the national parliament. According to Indonesia’s General Elections Commission (KPU), there are 9,917 candidates representing 18 political parties across 38 provinces….

One person killed, five injured in New York subway shooting | Gun Violence News

One person killed, five injured in New York subway shooting | Gun Violence News

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, 34-year-old man killed after gunfire breaks out following argument between groups of teenagers at station in the Bronx. One person has been killed and five others injured in a shooting at a subway station in New York City, authorities in the United States’s biggest city have said….