Suspected separatists threw a grenade at a roadside store selling Pakistani national flags in southwestern Baluchistan province on Thursday night, killing a man and wounding 14 people, police said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the atta…
Three grain shipments to leave Ukraine Friday: Turkey
Three more ships filled with grain will sail from Ukraine on Friday under a UN-backed deal lifting Russia’s blockade of the Black Sea, Turkey’s defence minister said. “It is planned that three ships will set sail tomorrow from Ukraine,” the Anadolu sta…
US urges Yemen’s Houthis to release embassy, UN staff
Yemen’s Houthi movement continues to hold 12 current and former employees of the United States and United Nations, a US official said on Thursday, calling on the group to release them in “a demonstration of good faith”. The United States said in Novemb…
Beirut port blast anniversary marked by grief, frustration
Thousands gathered in front of Beirut’s port today to commemorate the second anniversary of the blast which killed over 230 people and wounded over 7,000. Families of the victims of the explosion gave speeches decrying the failure of the government to …
More than 200,000 Yazidis still displaced in Iraq: UN
Eight years on since the Islamic State militant group’s massacres of Yazidis, more than 200,000 survivors are still displaced from their homes in Iraq, the United Nations said Thursday. The needs of displaced persons living in and outside camps, and re…
Blue Origin sends first Egyptian national to space
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin on Thursday launched six people to space, including the first from Egypt and Portugal, on the company’s sixth crewed flight. Mission “N-22” saw the New Shepard suborbital rocket blast off around 8:58 am local time (1358 GMT) fro…
Amnesty accuses Ukraine of basing troops in residential areas, angering Kyiv
Human rights group Amnesty International accused Ukraine on Thursday of endangering civilians by basing troops in residential areas during Russia’s invasion in a report that Kyiv likened to Russian propaganda and disinformation. Amnesty workers witness…
Air Force charges airman in Syria base explosion from April
The Air Force has filed criminal charges against an airman in connection with an April explosion that injured US troops at a base in eastern Syria. Tech. Sgt. David D. Dezwaan Jr. is facing several charges including dereliction of duty, destroying mili…
Four US cops charged over Breonna Taylor death
The US Justice Department charged four police officers on Thursday over the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed in a botched 2020 raid on her home in Louisville, Kentucky. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the officers face federal charge…
Morocco sentences 14 migrants to eight months’ jail: lawyer
Morocco on Thursday sentenced 14 migrants to eight months’ jail following their arrest a day before a deadly mass crossing into the Spanish enclave of Melilla in June, their lawyer said. “It’s a very severe judgement,” the lawyer, Mbarek Bouirig, told …