Myanmar’s neighbours sent warships and aircraft laden with relief materials and rescue personnel on Sunday, as international aid gained steam after a massive earthquake ravaged much of the poor Southeast Asian nation. At least 1,600 people have been killed and 3,400 injured by Friday’s 7.7-magnitude quake, one of Myanmar’s strongest in a century, its military […]
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Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘war crime’ with military hospital strike
Ukraine accused Russia of committing a “war crime” during its weekend attack on the city of Kharkiv, as the US-backed ceasefire efforts continue to prove elusive. Six strikes hit the northeastern border city overnight Saturday into Sunday, wounding personnel undergoing treatment at a military hospital and killing at least two people in a residential building, […]
Nine killed in Gaza on Eidul Fitr as Israeli strikes continue
At least nine Palestinians, including five children, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Sunday as Gazans marked the first day of Eidul Fitr. Palestinian officials said Israeli forces targeted several locations across the enclave, including residential areas, adding to the growing death toll in the nearly six-month-long war. Four people were […]
UN chief greets Muslims on Eid with ‘heavy heart’, as millions mark event under war
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has extended Eid ul-Fitr greetings with “a heavy heart,” noting that millions of Muslims would mark the occasion under war and displacement rather than traditional family gatherings. “I want to express my best wishes for Eid ul-Fitr to all Muslims around the world,” the UN chief said in a video statement […]
American hostage freed by Taliban in Afghanistan
An American woman detained for weeks in Afghanistan by the Taliban has been released from custody, according to a person familiar with the matter and a social media post Saturday from a longtime US diplomat. Faye Dail Hall, who was detained in February on charges of using a drone without authorization, was released as part […]
They work, pay taxes and call US home — but risk deportation
As he has done for years, Erik Payan had just opened up his tire repair shop in the small Texas town of Cleveland on February 24 and was getting to work when armed and masked US immigration agents swooped in to arrest him and take him away. “They’ve got me,” he told his distraught wife […]
Myanmar quake: a nation unprepared for disaster
Ravaged by four years of civil war, Myanmar is ill-prepared to cope with the destruction brought by Friday’s massive earthquake. The 7.7-magnitude quake that struck central Myanmar has killed more than 1,600 people and destroyed thousands of homes. But the bloody conflict sparked by the 2021 military coup has brought the country’s infrastructure, healthcare system […]
Beachcomber in France hunts fragments of migrant lives
The sand-covered notes outlining a migrant’s travel plan to a better life read like an itinerary of hope: from Ethiopia to Sudan, Libya, Italy, on to France and finally, England. The document had travelled thousands of kilometres by the time it was picked up on a beach in Gravelines on France’s North Sea coast by […]
Australian PM lures voters with supermarket crackdown
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promised Sunday to outlaw supermarket price gouging with the threat of heavy fines, ahead of a tightly fought May 3 general election. The supermarket crackdown and a surprise income tax cut are among a string of government proposals to ease the cost of living, which voters consistently cite as a […]
Protesters denounce Musk at Tesla dealerships in US, Europe, Canada
Demonstrators descended on Tesla dealerships across the United States and in Europe and Canada on Saturday to protest company chief Elon Musk, who has amassed extraordinary power as a top advisor to US President Donald Trump. Waving signs with messages like “Musk is stealing our money” and “Reclaim our country,” the protests largely took place […]