Skies over Athens have turned an orange hue as clouds of dust have blown across the Mediterranean Sea from the Sahara desert. The strong southerly winds over the past few days have also fanned unseasonal early wildfires in the country’s south.
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake shook parts of Pakistan on Thursday, sending panicked residents fleeing from their homes and offices and frightening people. As of now, there have been no reports of casualties.
China’s Central Meteorological Observatory extended a rainstorm warning through Thursday evening, with heavy rain expected in large swaths of southern China, including parts of the Guangxi region and Guangdong and Fujian provinces.
Burkina Faso- a once-peaceful nation has been ravaged by violence that has pitted jihadis linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group against state-backed forces. Both sides have targeted civilians caught in the middle of the brutal war-like situation.
The whales are stranded at Toby Inlet in Geographe Bay, the Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions said. The area is near the town of Dunsborough, a region popular among tourists, and about 236 km south of the state capital Perth.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday called on China to provide a level playing field for American businesses as he began a visit aimed at resolving a raft of contentious issues that could jeopardise the newly repaired relationship.
The US Transportation Department said airlines will be required to provide automatic cash refunds within a few days for cancelled flights and “significant” delays.
State regulators in Colorado are suing the owners of two Indian restaurants, Bombay Clay Oven and Saucy Bombay. The lawsuit alleges the owners used false information to convince investors to fund a nationwide expansion.
Protesters and police clashed on the campus of the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles during a pro-Palestinian demonstration on Wednesday. Demonstrators chanted, "Free, free Palestine" as they marched and carried tents on campus.
The Russian Federation vetoed a resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan aimed at keeping weapons out of outer space. The Security Council rejected the draft resolution, introduced by Japan and the United States, by a vote of 13 in favour to one against, with China abstaining.
Pakistan's senior journalist Hamid Mir misconceived Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'urbal naxal' as 'Arab nasal' (race). As soon as he posted the clip on social media, the users trolled him brutally.
Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov was detained on Tuesday, according to a brief 22-word statement by Russia's investigative committee. The statute that the investigators cited for his detention is for accepting bribes "on a particularly large scale".
Anyone considering a business deal with Iran needs to be aware of the potential risk of sanctions from the United States, a US official said on Tuesday. The staunch warning from the US came as the Iranian President vowed to increase trade volume with Pakistan.
The latest development came after Palestinian Civil Defence in the Gaza Strip said it had uncovered 283 bodies from a temporary burial ground inside the main hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis.
Summer Lee has defeated Bhavini Patel in the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District. It was one of the most contentious races on Tuesday's ballot, featuring the incumbent Lee against Patel.
With tensions at Columbia continuing to run high and some students afraid to set foot on the campus, officials said the Ivy League school will switch to hybrid learning for the rest of the semester.
The US Senate passed legislation that would require Chinese owner ByteDance to divest TikTok's US operations within about nine months or face a ban.
A sweeping foreign aid package easily passed the US Congress after months of delay, clearing the way for billions of dollars in fresh Ukraine funding amid advances from Russia's invasion force and Kyiv's shortages of military supplies.
Anyone considering a business deal with Iran needs to be aware of the potential risk of sanctions from the United States, a US official said on Tuesday. The staunch warning from the US came as the Iranian President vowed to increase trade volume with Pakistan.
India was the fourth largest military spender globally in 2023. At $83.6 billion, its military expenditure was 4.2 per cent higher than in 2022.
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