Japanese mother arrested for attempted murder of son
Agency : Police in Oita City, Oita Prefecture, have arrested a 25-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of attempting to kill her 5-year-old son.Police said the...
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Last functional hospital in Gaza torched
UNB : One of the last operational hospitals in northern Gaza, Kamal Adwan in Beit Lahia, is under a severe siege, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported...
One in six children live in conflict zones this year: UNICEF
Al Jazeera : About 473 million, or more than one in six children, are estimated to live in conflict areas worldwide, according to the United...
NATO to boost military presence in Baltic after cables ‘sabotage’
Agency : NATO will bolster its military presence in the Baltic Sea after the suspected sabotage of an undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia...
China car-ramming attack sent to death
AFP : A man who killed 35 people in a car attack in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai last month was sentenced to death...
Israeli strikes in Yemen as WHO chief escapes death
AFP : Israeli air strikes hit rebel-held Sanaa’s international airport and other targets in Yemen on Thursday as the head of the UN’s World Health...
Nasa makes history with closest-ever approach to Sun
BBC : A Nasa spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the Sun.Scientists received a signal from the Parker Solar Probe just...
Japan’s ‘Black Widow’ death-row inmate dies
AFP : A Japanese death-row inmate, dubbed the “Black Widow” after she used cyanide to kill her elderly lovers, has died in a detention centre...
North Korean troops suffering heavy battlefield losses: Ukraine’s military
Agency : North Korean troops are suffering heavy losses in the fighting in Russia’s Kursk region and facing logistical difficulties as a result of Ukrainian...
100 women-children bodies found in Iraq mass grave
Arab News : Iraqi authorities are working to exhume the remains of around 100 Kurdish women and children thought to have been killed in the...
Japan Airlines hits cyber-attack
A staff member of Japan Airlines helps customers at Osaka International Airport on the outskirts of Osaka, western Japan, Thursday, after the airlines said it...
Nepal hosts hot air balloon festival
AFP : With Nepal’s snowy Himalayan peaks as a backdrop, the sky above Pokhara transformed into a vibrant canvas of colours for the country’s first...