At least 193 people have been killed and dozens more are missing following two separate boat accidents in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to media reports on Saturday. The accidents occurred on Wednesday and Thursday, about 150 kilometres (93 miles) apart in Équateur Province, Al Jazeera reported. On Thursday evening, a boat More
Qatar’s prime minister will meet top US officials on Friday to discuss an Israeli attack on his country and the status of talks for a ceasefire in Gaza. Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani will meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House in Washington, the State Department said late More
Pakistan and Iran forcibly expelled more than 10,000 Afghan refugees yesterday, an official said on Friday. Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesman for the Islamic Emirate, wrote on his X-Page today that 1687 families, totaling over ten thousand people, were forcibly returned from Iran and Pakistan through various ports of the country yesterday (Thursday). He added More
The UN migration agency has appealed for $16.8 million urgent funding to scale up life-saving support for families forced to sleep outdoors following powerful earthquakes that recently struck eastern Afghanistan. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Thursday the funding was needed in line with the United Nations joint humanitarian appeal, to provide emergency More
At least 35 people have been killed and more than 130 others injured after Israeli aircraft bombed Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, and Al-Jawf province. Associated Press reported: “Israel launched another round of heavy airstrikes in Yemen on Wednesday, killing dozens just days after Houthi rebels carried out a drone attack that struck an Israeli airport”. More
US conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a key ally of former President Donald Trump, was shot dead on Wednesday while speaking at a Utah university, according to media reports. Authorities said no suspect was in custody as of Wednesday night—nearly eight hours after the midday shooting at Utah Valley University (UVU) in Orem, Utah, during an More
Save the Children has warned that around 37,000 children under the age of five and 10,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women are facing acute malnutrition in Afghanistan’s earthquake-affected areas. The organisation said the recent earthquakes have put thousands of vulnerable children at even greater risk, as tremors damaged numerous health clinics in a region where international More
The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting today (Wednesday) in response to Israel’s strikes targeting Hamas officials in Qatar, media reports said. The meeting, scheduled for 3:00 p.m. in New York has been requested by Algeria and Pakistan, among others, sources said Tuesday. On Tuesday, Israel carried out an airstrike in Doha targeting More
Nine people were killed, including two women, and seven others were injured, including four children, in a traffic accident in northern Baghlan province on Wednesday, police said. In a statement, the provincial police headquarters said the accident occurred this morning in an area between Jalga and Khost districts. It said that a flying coach-type vehicle More
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says the UN has appealed to the international community for nearly 140 million US dollars to meet the urgent needs of victims of the recent devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan. UNAMA wrote on its Facebook page that the UN launched a four-month emergency response plan for US$139.6 More
