The British consulate in Jerusalem has called on Israel to halt “unchecked settler violence” against Palestinians, following a visit with a Palestinian community who have been driven from their land in recent months, Al Jazeera reports. In a post on social media site X, the consulate s
Around 2,300 people died of heat-related causes across 12 European cities during the severe heatwave that ended last week, according to a rapid scientific analysis published on Wednesday. The study targeted the 10 days, ending July 2, during which large parts of Western Europe were hit by extreme
Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Tuesday warned that a growing alignment of interests among China, Pakistan, and Bangladesh could pose serious challenges to India's internal stability and security environment, The Times of India reports. Speaking at an event hosted by the Observer Re
Taiwan launched its largest ever military drills on Wednesday, starting with simulated attacks on its command systems and infrastructure ahead of a Chinese invasion, senior defence officials said. The early stages of the annual Han Kuang exercises will focus on testing how Taiwan’s military
Alphabet-owned YouTube has told more than two dozen critics of the Pakistani government that it is considering blocking their channels after a local court sought to ban them for being “anti-state”. The channels that could be blocked in Pakistan include that of the main opposition party
Survivors of a building collapse that killed 27 people in the Pakistani city of Karachi were trying on Monday to come to terms with the loss of loved ones and their homes. The five-storey building collapsed on Friday in the overcrowded inner-city Lyari district where many working-class and poor fa
Thousands of refugees have crossed into India's northeastern state of Mizoram after clashes between two anti-junta armed groups in neighbouring Myanmar, Indian authorities said on Monday. Refugees have been crossing into Mizoram since July 2 when clashes between two rival Chin groups
A month into the trial of the Australian woman accused of murdering three of her estranged husband’s elderly relatives with poisonous mushrooms, her barrister Colin Mandy stood and delivered one of the case’s pivotal moments. “The defence will call Erin Patterson,” Mandy to
The death toll in the building collapse in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi has jumped to 27 as rescuers retrieved more bodies, a spokesperson of the state-owned rescue organization Rescue 1122 said on Sunday. Confirming the death toll, Hassaan Ul Haseeb Khan, the operation's spokesperson,
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said on Saturday that two American aid workers had suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a targeted attack at a food distribution site in Gaza. The US- and Israeli-backed GHF said in a statement that the injured Americans were receiving medical treatment and we
The Dalai Lama said on Saturday he hopes to live until he is more than 130 years old, two decades longer than his previous prediction, following his assurance to followers that he would reincarnate as the spiritual head of the faith upon his death. The Nobel Peace Prize winner was speaking during
Thirty Palestinian families left their home in a remote area of the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, saying they were forced out after years of persistent harassment and violence by Israeli settlers. The families, members of the Bedouin Mleihat tribe from a shepherding community in the Jordan
The captain of a Hong Kong-registered ship alleged to have damaged undersea cables in the Baltic Sea was assigned a lawyer in a Hong Kong court on Friday, with the case adjourned until September to allow the prosecution to gather more evidence. Wan Wenguo, the captain of the container ship NewNew
