Sri Lankan authorities said on Wednesday it is monitoring an oil spill from a burning foreign vessel near the Port of Colombo. Rescue teams from the Sri Lanka Navy and the Indian Navy were involved in joint efforts to douse the flames onboard the container ship “X-PRESS PEARL” registered under the flag of Singapore. The […]
On Wednesday, cyclone Yaas has completed the process of landfall and dozens of villages flooded in eastern India. After a powerful cyclone moved inland from the Bay of Bengal. In the eastern state of Odisha’s Balasore district, where the storm struck early on Wednesday, authorities said 46 villages along the coast had been flooded. At […]
Syria’s presidential election began on Wednesday in government-controlled areas across Syria. Polling stations opened in the morning and the voting is expected to last the whole day. Over 12,000 polling stations had been set up across the country. Three candidates are running in the election, namely President Bashar al-Assad, former Deputy Cabinet Minister Abdallah Saloum […]
At least 31 people have died and hundreds of children were feared missing on Monday after Mount Nyiragongo erupted in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the weekend. More than 150 children have been separated from their families and more than 170 children are feared to be missing. Around 8,000 people crossed into […]
Sanson, an over 100-year old gigantic tortoise from the Galapagos Islands, has become an attraction of the Legends Park in the city of Lima. Sanson arrived in Peru in the 1960s. It weighs about 220 kg, which is normal for its species from the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador. The Galapagos Islands, a UNESCO World Heritage […]
Israeli military and Hamas have agreed on a ceasefire in Gaza Strip last Friday. Israeli bombing, caused not just Human losses as 248 died and 1,948 injured but also infrastructure damages. Gaza municipality and Palestinian volunteers participated in cleaning the city from the rubbles. Palestinians shouted the slogan of “we will rebuild Gaza” and showed high […]
Twenty-one people were confirmed dead during a mountain marathon 100 km cross-country race due to extreme weather in northwest China’s Gansu Province, rescuers said on Sunday. Hails, freezing rain and high winds hit the area during the race which was held on Saturday morning in the Yellow River Stone Forest tourist site in Jingtai County, […]
Around 3,500 people fled from Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Goma to neighbouring Rwanda after the eruption of the Mount Nyiragongo volcano, on Saturday. A lava flow reached the airport of Goma after the eruption and the sky of the city turned red.
At least 5,000 migrants have reached Spain’s Ceuta from neighbouring Morocco. Spanish media says Moroccan border guards did not stop migrants who include hundreds of minors. They were taken to a migrant reception centre. The Spanish government has deployed troops to Ceuta to patrol the border with Spanish police.
Protesters gathered outside Downing Street, the residence of Prime Minister Boris Johnson against an Israeli court ruling to evict Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in east Jerusalem. Thousands of people protested Israel attacks to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and Gaza. Protesters marched to Israeli Embassy in London after rallying at Downing Street. […]