Showing 1-10 of 46 results
-
US vetoes UN ceasefire bid as Gaza bombings continue
AFP, Published on 09/12/2023
» GAZA CITY - Israel bombarded targets in Gaza on Saturday after the United States blocked an extraordinary UN bid for a ceasefire in the war with Hamas that has triggered alerts of an "apocalyptic" humanitarian situation.
-
Mass exodus of foreigners as fighting rages in Sudan
AFP, Published on 24/04/2023
» KHARTOUM - Foreign nations pushed on Monday with frantic evacuations of their citizens from chaos-torn Sudan, where heavy fighting raged for a 10th day between forces loyal to two rival generals.
-
Pakistan risks 'extraordinary misery' without flood recovery help: UN
AFP, Published on 09/01/2023
» GENEVA - The international community must help Pakistan recover from last year's devastating floods and boost climate resilience, or the country will be locked in misery, the head of the UN development agency told AFP.
-
Worst drought in decades devastates Ethiopia's nomads
AFP, Published on 04/05/2022
» GODE, Ethiopia: There has hardly been a drop of rain in Hargududo in 18 months. Dried-up carcasses of goats, cows and donkeys litter the ground near the modest thatched huts in this small village in the Somali region of southeastern Ethiopia.
-
Nowhere to hide: Abused Afghan women find shelter dwindling
AFP, Published on 02/01/2022
» KABUL - Married off at seven to a man old enough to be her great-grandfather, Fatema endured rapes, beatings and starvation until she could take no more and tried to kill herself.
-
Beijing Olympic venue could bar spectators over Covid: state media
AFP, Published on 03/12/2021
» BEIJING: Spectators attending a major venue for the Beijing Olympics must be vaccinated but fans could be barred from the arena entirely if the coronavirus worsens in China, state media says.
-
Passports please: Afghans queue up for escape lifeline
AFP, Published on 28/07/2021
» KABUL - Like thousands of his compatriots, Abdel Khalid Nabyar waited outside Afghanistan's main passport office to apply for the precious travel document that would allow him to leave the war-torn nation.
-
Japan PM warns of closed-door Olympics as virus cases rise
AFP, Published on 02/07/2021
» TOKYO: Japan's prime minister warned that the Tokyo Olympics could be held behind closed doors, as virus cases rise in the city just three weeks before the Games begin.
-
Rio mayor says he could cancel Copa America games
AFP, Published on 05/06/2021
» RIO DE JANEIRO: The mayor of Rio de Janeiro said on Friday that he would not hesitate to cancel Copa America matches scheduled in his city if the Covid-19 pandemic worsened.
-
In pandemic milestone, US lifts indoor mask guidance for vaccinated people
AFP, Published on 14/05/2021
» WASHINGTON - The top US health agency on Thursday said it was lifting mask-wearing guidance for people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, a watershed moment that President Joe Biden called "a great day" in the long pandemic fight.
Your recent history
-
Recently searched
-
Recently viewed links