Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday vowed retaliation a day after deadly terrorist attacks killed more than 60 people. ”There is no room for weakness. We have to move forward with a resolute decision,” the prime minister was quoted as saying during a meeting of the federal Cabinet. Sharif said that the terrorists’ target…
At least five people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the northern West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Tuesday. The Israeli Army announced that a control room belonging to Palestinian militants in the refugee camp of Nur Shams had been bombed. According to Palestinian reports, a drone fired several shells…
The Lao government is considering a proposal to increase supporting allowances for enterprise employees in order to tackle the rising cost of living. Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone made the announcement at the government’s monthly meeting for August. He emphasised the urgency of tackling critical issues such as economic and financial challenges, education, labor, impacts…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the island nations of the Pacific to “show the way” in protecting the planet from the ravages of climate change. Guterres made the call at the opening of the Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga on Monday, where he also called on the rest of the world to step up…
UNICEF has announced the arrival of 1.2 million doses of vital polio vaccines in Gaza, amid urgent calls for humanitarian pauses to reach hundreds of thousands of at-risk children. More than 640,000 children are targeted to receive the polio type two (nOPV) vaccines, UNICEF said in a post on X on Monday. The World Health…
Violence continued at the Lebanese-Israeli border after new Israeli airstrikes killed two people in southern Lebanon, Lebanese security sources and the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. These happened hours after at least 20 were injured in a separate attack. Israeli strikes hit two areas early on Wednesday, one in Beit Leif and another in al-wazzani….
Somali police confirmed that 10 people, including seven security force officers, two civilians and a suicide bomber, died when a car bomb exploded at a checkpoint in Mogadishu. The security personnel had attempted to halt the vehicle as it approached the checkpoint at speed, a police spokesman said. The al-Shabaab Islamist terrorist group claimed responsibility….
Hundreds of wildfires are currently raging across Canada, with over 800 active fires, 223 of which are out of control. According to the latest report from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) dated Monday. Meanwhile, scientists note that this year’s fires are unusually widespread, affecting regions from the West Coast to the Atlantic Provinces…
German police have arrested a 54-year-old suspect believed to be the gunman behind a fatal shooting on a railway platform in the busy Frankfurt Central Station, police said on Wednesday. The victim, a 27-year-old man, was standing on the station’s Platform nine at around 9 p.m. (1900 GMT) on Tuesday when a gunman approached him…
The Pest Control Association of Nigeria (PECAN) has called on the Federal Government to create policies that will eliminate mosquitoes in the country to fight malaria. The PECAN National President, PCO Olakunle Williams, at an event in commemoration of the 2024 World Mosquito Day (WMD) on Tuesday in Lagos. “We will intensify our efforts to…
