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South Korea says 18 dead in raging wildfires
AFP, Published on 26/03/2025
» UISEONG, South Korea — At least 18 people have been killed in one of South Korea’s worst wildfire outbreaks, with multiple blazes burning and causing “unprecedented damage”, the acting president said on Wednesday.
Israel presses ground offensive in Gaza
AFP, Published on 23/03/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israel's military pressed ground operations across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, urging Palestinians to flee an offensive in Rafah city nearly a week into a renewed assault on the Hamas-ruled territory.
Hamas ‘open to talks’ as Israel keeps up Gaza strikes
AFP, Published on 19/03/2025
» GAZA CITY - Hamas said it remained open to negotiations while calling for pressure on Israel Wednesday to implement a Gaza truce after its deadliest bombing since the fragile ceasefire began in January.
‘I’m alive’: Russian Kursk evacuees reunite with families
AFP, Published on 18/03/2025
» RUSSIA - Russian pensioner Olga Shkuratova trembled, clutching a scrap of paper bearing a handwritten phone number for her son.
Neighbours of Korat scrapyard evacuated after fatal explosion
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 18/03/2025
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Authorities have cordoned off the area around a scrapyard in Wang Nam Khieo district after finding many unexploded shells collected by local residents from a nearby military exercise site, following a fatal explosion on Tuesday morning.
When disasters create unlikely alliances
Oped, Published on 15/03/2025
» Disasters are tragic and frightening events, whether emerging from the climate crisis, armed conflict, or health catastrophe. They reveal deep social inequalities and compel fear and insecurity. But times of catastrophe can also serve as opportunities to turn toward collective resilience and mutual aid and build unlikely alliances between communities.
American Airlines jet engine catches fire after landing in Denver, passengers evacuated
Published on 14/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - An American Airlines jet's engine caught fire after it diverted to land in Denver on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of passengers using the plane's slides, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Bringing hostages home
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 10/03/2025
» For Pannabha Chandraramya, one of the Bangkok Post's Women of the Year, war can be hell on earth, but it also serves as an opportunity to battle to save lives despite the perilous risks involved.
Argentina port city 'destroyed' by massive rainstorm, 13 dead
AFP, Published on 09/03/2025
» BUENOS AIRES - Argentina's port city of Bahia Blanca has been "destroyed" after being pummeled by a year's worth of rain in a matter of hours, killing 13 and driving hundreds from their homes, authorities said Saturday.
Militant behind Kabul airport suicide bombing arrested
AFP, Published on 05/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - An Islamic State operative accused of planning a suicide bombing outside Kabul airport during the chaotic US military withdrawal in 2021 has been arrested, President Donald Trump has said.