All 379 people aboard a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane escaped the burning airliner after a collision with a Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda airport that killed five of six crew on the smaller aircraft on Tuesday. Live footage on public broadcaster NHK showed the JAL Airbus A350, airliner burst into flames as it skidded […]
An explosion in Beirut, on Tuesday, killed Saleh Arouri, a top official of Hamas, the Palestinian fighters group, and three others, officials with Hamas and the Lebanese group Hezbollah said. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the blast killed four people and that an Israeli drone triggered the blast. Israeli officials declined to comment. If […]
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has joined forces with key stakeholders in Baidoa, the largest city in the southwest state of Somalia, to boost community participation and improve public services. The UNDP said the partnership aims to establish a user-friendly digital platform. It is partnering with the Ministry of Planning, Investment and Economic Development […]
Israeli forces have arrested at least four Palestinians and wounded 17 others after conducting nightlong raids in the occupied West Bank cities. During the raids, they fired drones, according to Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim. Two overnight drone attacks on the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem caused the injuries, said Ibrahim, citing medical sources. During […]
A Palestinian source revealed on Sunday that Egypt has offered to hold separate talks with Palestinian factions next week to discuss an end to the Gaza conflict. The talks will also include possible post-conflict arrangements. The source told Xinhua that the invitations had been sent to Palestine Liberation Organisation members parties Fatah movement, led by […]
South Africa, on Friday, launched a case at the United Nations’ International Court in Hague, Switzerland, accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. It is asking the court to order Israel to halt its attacks. This is the first such challenge made at the court over the current war. Israel swiftly rejected the filing “with disgust”. […]
Qatar has proposed a new deal to end Israel’s offensive on the Gaza Strip and formulated a Palestinian consensus government, a Palestinian source said on Friday. Such consensus government would not directly involve the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), according to the source. The source said, on condition of anonymity, that Doha has presented the proposal […]
The Namibia Government, on Friday, announced an extension of the deadline for mandatory Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card registration, by three months. The government initially set Dec. 31 as the deadline. The move, which started in June, will bolster security measures, tackle crime and facilitate digital services. In a statement, Minister of Information and Communication […]
At least 40 people died in the floods and landslides following heavy rains that hit Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Tuesday night. Local authorities said they found at least 20 people dead in Bukavu and 20 dead bodies in the surrounding village of […]
Israeli forces, on Tuesday, expanded their ground offensive into urban refugee camps in central Gaza after bombarding the crowded Palestinian communities and ordering residents to evacuate. Gaza’s main telecom provider announced another “complete interruption” of services in the besieged territory. The military’s announcement of new battle zone threatens further destruction in war that Israel says will […]