Blinken says ‘a lot of work’ remains on Israel-Hamas truce talks | Israel War on Gaza News

Blinken says ‘a lot of work’ remains on Israel-Hamas truce talks | Israel War on Gaza News

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said “a lot” of work remained to secure a deal on an extended truce in Israel’s war on Gaza and a captive-prisoner exchange after the Palestinian group Hamas responded to a truce proposal with its own plan. “There’s a lot of work to…

Thousands flee in eastern DR Congo as M23 rebels advance near Goma | Armed Groups News

Thousands flee in eastern DR Congo as M23 rebels advance near Goma | Armed Groups News

Thousands of people are fleeing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo as fighting intensifies between the Congolese army and the M23 armed group. Fighters reportedly surrounded the strategic town of Sake on Wednesday, a crucial step before reaching Goma, the capital of North Kivu. Capturing Sake would deal…

Ukraine’s Zaluzhny touts drones as path to victory; Russia suffers strikes | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine’s Zaluzhny touts drones as path to victory; Russia suffers strikes | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine’s commander-in-chief has outlined a plan to massively scale up the use of unmanned systems to overcome Russia’s advantages in manpower and materiel and break the deadlock in this war. The effectiveness of such systems was proved again last week as they sank a Russian missile corvette, grounded three planes…

Why is Amnesty urging India to halt bulldozing of Muslim properties? | Religion News

Why is Amnesty urging India to halt bulldozing of Muslim properties? | Religion News

Amnesty International has called on Indian authorities to immediately halt the “unlawful” demolitions of Muslim properties, as it released two new reports describing the targeting of homes, businesses and places of worship across several states belonging to the minority community. Calling the demolitions a form of extra-judicial punishment, the rights…

UN calls for .1bn in aid for Sudan, says crisis needs world’s attention | Humanitarian Crises News

UN calls for $4.1bn in aid for Sudan, says crisis needs world’s attention | Humanitarian Crises News

The 10-month conflict has created one of the world’s ‘largest displacement and protection crises’, UN agencies say. The United Nations has appealed for $4.1bn to meet the humanitarian needs of civilians in war-torn Sudan and to support those who fled the conflict to neighbouring countries. Ten months since the war…

In Turkey’s Gaziantep, weddings are dispelling some post-earthquake sadness | News

In Turkey’s Gaziantep, weddings are dispelling some post-earthquake sadness | News

Gaziantep, Turkey – Gazi Muhtar Pasa Boulevard in downtown Gaziantep, an elegant district of bridal shops and venues in a city known as a wedding destination, is much livelier than a year ago, the sidewalks clear of debris and shattered window glass. Businesses have been open since the early morning…

Philippines landslide strikes miners, homes in gold-mining village | Environment News

Philippines landslide strikes miners, homes in gold-mining village | Environment News

Dozens of people missing after heavy rains brought mountainside cascading over remote village. Rescuers are battling to find dozens of people missing after a landslide buried buses and houses in a gold-mining village in the southern Philippines. The landslide, triggered by heavy rains, brought part of a mountainside cascading over…

‘India Out’ campaigns simmer in Bangladesh amid election fallout | Business and Economy News

‘India Out’ campaigns simmer in Bangladesh amid election fallout | Business and Economy News

Amid allegations of Indian interference in national elections, there’s a call to boycott Indian goods in Bangladesh. Last week, a supplier for the Indian consumer goods giant Marico faced a chilly reception in Dhaka’s Panthapath area. Grocery shops, usually eager to stock their shelves with its hair oil, cooking oil, body…

Pakistan election 2024: How the voting works | Elections News

Pakistan election 2024: How the voting works | Elections News

EXPLAINER Pakistan will vote on February 8 for national and state legislatures amid political fluidity and steep economic challenges. On Thursday, 128 million Pakistanis will get to elect their country’s next government, and also the legislatures of the nation’s four provinces. These are Pakistan’s 12th general elections — and the country’s…

New Zealand calls on Papua rebels to release pilot kidnapped a year ago | Politics News

New Zealand calls on Papua rebels to release pilot kidnapped a year ago | Politics News

Phillip Mehrtens, a commercial pilot with Susi Air, was taken captive from an airstrip in the troubled Indonesian province. New Zealand has called for the immediate release of pilot Phillip Mehrtens who was taken captive by fighters in Indonesia’s troubled Papua province a year ago. Mehrtens, who was flying a…