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Hurricane ETA leaves 150 dead in Guatemala
Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said the death toll from heavy rains from Tropical Storm ETA could reach 150.
At a press conference, Giammattei said that a rescue brigade entered Queja village in Alta Verapaz Department on…
UN Chief Hopes Myanmar Poll Would Help Return of Persecuted Rohingya
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed hope that the November 8 general elections in Myanmar would open the door for the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees "in safety and dignity."
In a statement…
Rights Group: Palestinian Prisoner Ends Hunger Strike After 103 Days
Occupied Palestine: A Palestinian human rights group says a Palestinian prisoner who had been on hunger strike for over three months since he was arrested by Israeli military forces has ended his strike following an agreement with Israeli…
Aid Agencies Call For Urgent Action To Prevent Famine In Hunger Hotspots
People in four food insecurity hotspots inside Burkina Faso, northeastern Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen, need help urgently to avoid sliding into famine, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
“We are concerned that they may be facing an…
Turkey: Death toll from Izmir earthquake rises to 98
The death toll from last Friday’s earthquake in the west of the country, Izmir province, has risen to 98, Turkish authorities said.
“The earthquake killed 98 people and injured 994 others, adding that 847 of them had been discharged from…
Yemeni students in Moscow threaten with escalating sit-in if their demands are not met
Yemeni students, who have staged a sit-in at the Yemeni embassy in the Russian capital, Moscow, threatened on Sunday with escalating their sit-in if their demands were not met.
At the request of the Yemeni embassy of “Hadi government” in…
Motorcycle bomb explosion kills one in Aleppo
A Syrian civilian was killed when a motorcycle bomb exploded in the village of Basuta, which is occupied by Turkish occupation forces and its mercenaries from takfirist groups in the northern Aleppo countryside.
“A motorcycle bomb…
57 death cases of coronavirus recorded in Jordan
Jordanian Ministry of Health on Saturday announced that it had recorded 57 new deaths from the Coronavirus, which represents a record high number of victims of the pandemic on a daily basis since the start of the outbreak in the Kingdom.…
6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes off eastern Indonesia
An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck the eastern province of Maluku, Indonesia, on Sunday, without the possibility of causing a tsunami.
The media quoted the Indonesian Meteorological and Geophysical Agency as saying:…
Izmir earthquake’s victims rise to 39
The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Department (AFAD) announced that the death toll from the Izmir earthquake has risen to 39.
AFAD said in a statement that the region witnessed 658 aftershocks, 40 of them above 4 degrees, after…