Guinea-Bissau president says this week’s violence was ‘attempted coup’ | Politics News

Guinea-Bissau president says this week’s violence was ‘attempted coup’ | Politics News

Clashes between two army factions broke out on Thursday night after two government officials were freed from custody. Gunfire and clashes that erupted in the capital of Guinea-Bissau this week were an “attempted coup”, President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has said. Clashes between the National Guard and special forces of the…

Photos: More deaths and destruction as Israel targets southern Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Photos: More deaths and destruction as Israel targets southern Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel has carried out deadly bombardments in Gaza for a second day after a weeklong truce with Hamas collapsed despite international calls for an extension. Clouds of grey smoke from the strikes hung on Saturday over Gaza, where the Hamas-run Ministry of Health said nearly 200 people had been killed…

Can Israel learn from the intelligence failure that led to Hamas attack? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Can Israel learn from the intelligence failure that led to Hamas attack? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Renewed Israeli bombardment of Gaza after the truce is worsening the humanitarian crisis. Israel has one of the most advanced and well-equipped militaries in the world. And yet, on October 7, Hamas fighters breached the Gaza border fence, infiltrated southern Israel and killed about 1,200 people. Israel responded by declaring…

Tsunami waves of 40 cm in Japan after Philippines earthquake: Agency | Earthquakes News

Tsunami waves of 40 cm in Japan after Philippines earthquake: Agency | Earthquakes News

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, An earthquake of at least magnitude 7.5 struck Mindanao in the southern Philippines, triggering evacuation orders. Tsunami waves of 40 cm (1.3 feet) have been observed on Japan’s Hachijojima island, some 290km (180 miles) south of Tokyo, after a major earthquake in the Philippines, says the Japan…

Rohingya refugees reach Indonesia shores in latest boat arrival | Rohingya News

Rohingya refugees reach Indonesia shores in latest boat arrival | Rohingya News

More than 100 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, have landed in Indonesia’s westernmost province, officials say, but locals have threatened to push them back out to sea. Hundreds more of the mostly Muslim refugees from Myanmar were trapped on board another two unseaworthy vessels adrift in the Andaman Sea,…

Israel pulls Mossad negotiators from Qatar after ‘impasse’ over captives | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel pulls Mossad negotiators from Qatar after ‘impasse’ over captives | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel has pulled its Mossad negotiators from Qatar, which along with Egypt and the United States is mediating talks to secure a renewed pause in the Israel-Hamas war. “Following the impasse in the negotiations and at the direction of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, David Barnea, head of the Mossad, ordered…

Jailed ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s party elects new head before election | Elections News

Jailed ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s party elects new head before election | Elections News

Gohar Ali Khan elected new PTI chairman to allow the party to take part in national election scheduled for February 8. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, currently in jail facing what he says are more than 150 cases filed against him to keep him from contesting elections next year, has…

‘Hell on Earth’ in Gaza: Israel strikes hit Deir el-Balah | Israel-Palestine conflict News

‘Hell on Earth’ in Gaza: Israel strikes hit Deir el-Balah | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel’s attacks on Gaza have stretched into a second day after a seven-day truce with Hamas ended as Qatar and Egypt mediate talks to renew a pause in hostilities. The United Nations said on Saturday that the fighting would worsen the extreme humanitarian emergency in Gaza. “Hell on Earth has…