Israel, Hamas appear to abide by truce
Reuters :Israeli forces and Hamas fighters appeared to be abiding by a truce for a fifth morning on Tuesday, after a four-day ceasefire was extended at the last minute for at least two days...
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Indian rescuers drill through debris to reach 41 men trapped in tunnel
Reuters :Indian rescuers drilled through rocks and debris on Tuesday to reach 41 workers trapped for 17 days in a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas, and were set to pull them out one by...
N Korea says its new satellite photographed White House: Pentagon
Reuters :After decades of satellite surveillance by foreign governments and analysts, North Korea has sent its first spy satellite on a global orbit with a message to the world: we can watch you too....
Palestinians released from prison reunite with loved ones
Al Jazeera :Israel has released 39 Palestinian prisoners in line with a Qatar-mediated deal that saw 13 Israeli captives freed by Hamas hours earlier.Qadura Fares, who heads the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club NGO, said 33...
Nine killed in land conflict in Mexico’s Oaxaca region
AFP :Nine people were killed on Saturday when gunmen shot at a pickup truck in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, the local prosecutor’s office said, indicating that peasant conflicts over land may have sparked...
UK Booker Prize set to name first-time winner
AFP :Britain’s Booker Prize for fiction will anoint a first-time winner when the 2023 recipient of the prestigious prize is announced at a ceremony in London on Sunday.None of this year’s six finalists —...
11killed in shopping mall blaze in Pakistan’s Karachi
Al Jazeera :At least 11 people have been killed in a fire at a shopping centre in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, according to officials and local media.The blaze on Saturday tore through...
Japan to cull 40,000 birds after detecting bird flu
Reuters :Japan detected the first case of highly pathogenic H5-type bird flu this season at a poultry farm in the south of the country, public broadcaster NHK reported on Saturday.The local government in Saga...
Five wounded in Kyiv by largest ever drone attack on Ukraine
Reuters :Ukraine’s capital suffered what officials said was Russia’s largest drone attack of the war on Saturday, leaving five people wounded as the rumble of air defences and explosions woke residents at sunrise.The attack...
Derek Chauvin stabbed in prison
BBC Online :Minneapolis ex-police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in the murder of George Floyd, has been stabbed at an Arizona prison, US media reports say.A source told AP the 47-year-old was seriously injured by...
Gaza truce holds into second day, more captives to be released
Al Jazeera :Palestinians in the war-stricken Gaza Strip are experiencing a second day of relative calm absent of Israeli attacks as a temporary pause in fighting holds.After almost 50 days of constant Israeli bombardment...