Kremlin warns floods may worsen as Kazakhstan, Russia evacuate 100,000 | Floods News

Kremlin warns floods may worsen as Kazakhstan, Russia evacuate 100,000 | Floods News

Water levels on rivers in Russia and Kazakhstan continue to rise and flood whole villages and cities, with more than 100,000 people evacuated and the Kremlin warning a “very, very tense” situation was expected to worsen. Fast-melting snow and ice has caused rivers in Russia’s southern Urals, western Siberia as…

Forced from home, these Colombians struggle to live in a basketball stadium | Migration News

Forced from home, these Colombians struggle to live in a basketball stadium | Migration News

Buenaventura, Colombia – Day after day, month after month, Consuelo Manyoma waits for news that it is safe for her family of seven to return home. Manyoma is from San Isidro, an Afro-Colombian village nestled between tropical forests and the Calima River in the country’s southwest. There, nine Black communities collectively…

European Parliament passes asylum and migration reforms | European Union News

European Parliament passes asylum and migration reforms | European Union News

Non-governmental organisations (NGO) have criticised the package for undermining human rights. The European Parliament has approved a landmark overhaul of the European Union’s asylum and migration rules. The parliament’s main political groups overcame opposition from far-right and far-left parties to pass the new migration and asylum pact – a sweeping…

Former Trump executive Weisselberg gets five months in jail for perjury | Donald Trump News

Former Trump executive Weisselberg gets five months in jail for perjury | Donald Trump News

Allen Weisselberg pleaded guilty last month to charges he lied about former President Donald Trump’s finances. A New York judge on Wednesday sentenced former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg to five months in prison for lying about former US President Donald Trump’s finances. Judge Laurie Peterson handed down…

Russia, Kazakhstan evacuate 110,000 people as record floods set to worsen | Floods News

Russia, Kazakhstan evacuate 110,000 people as record floods set to worsen | Floods News

Kremlin says weather forecast is ‘unfavourable’ with western Siberia expecting peak flooding in three to five days. More than 110,000 people have been forced to evacuate in Russia and Kazakhstan after fast-melting snow swelled the Ural River, Europe’s third-longest, causing it to burst its banks and flood cities and towns…

As Gaza is pummelled, is Serbia secretly sending weapons to Israel? | Israel War on Gaza News

As Gaza is pummelled, is Serbia secretly sending weapons to Israel? | Israel War on Gaza News

Throughout Israel’s war on Gaza, Serbia has sought to publicly avoid political involvement in the conflict, with Belgrade maintaining a relatively neutral position aimed at preserving relationships. Serbia has ties with Israel and, at the same time, does not want to present itself on the international stage as undermining Palestinian…

Why is Canada accusing India and Pakistan of election interference? | Politics News

Why is Canada accusing India and Pakistan of election interference? | Politics News

Canada’s main spy agency has accused India and Pakistan of trying to meddle in the country’s last two general elections. The reports made public last week were presented as part of a federal commission of inquiry investigating interference by foreign nations, including China and Russia, in the 2019 and 2021…

‘Steadfast despite grief’: Palestinians in Gaza mark solemn Eid al-Fitr | Israel War on Gaza News

‘Steadfast despite grief’: Palestinians in Gaza mark solemn Eid al-Fitr | Israel War on Gaza News

Palestinians across the Gaza Strip are marking the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan with no respite from the Israeli military’s deadly attacks. On Wednesday, the starving population in the besieged enclave was doing its best to follow Eid al-Fitr traditions, but the reality of the war that…

Prayers for Gaza: Palestinians mark sombre Eid at Al-Aqsa Mosque | Religion News

Prayers for Gaza: Palestinians mark sombre Eid at Al-Aqsa Mosque | Religion News

More than 60,000 Palestinians offered Eid al-Fitr prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, but the atmosphere was subdued and not festive as people mourned the victims of Israel’s more than six-month war on the Gaza Strip. Large contingents of Israeli police officers were deployed at the entrances, surrounding…

Olympics: India’s Zareen ready to step out of Mary Kom’s shadow, says coach | Boxing News

Olympics: India’s Zareen ready to step out of Mary Kom’s shadow, says coach | Boxing News

The current IBA women’s world boxing champion will go for gold at the Paris Olympics. Two-time world boxing champion Nikhat Zareen is ready to step out of fellow Indian MC Mary Kom’s shadow with a medal at the Paris Olympics, coach Blas Iglesias Fernandez has said. Six-time world champion MC…