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Palestinians gather to receive cooked meals from a food distribution center in Gaza City on August 13, 2025
Famine confirmed in Gaza City, UN-backed initiative says
JERUSALEM – Parts of Gaza are officially experiencing famine, according to a Friday report by a United Nations-backed initiative, which added it is expected to expand.During nearly two years of war, Israel has at times restricted or cut off the entry of aid to the ravaged enclave.While some people have died of starvation and hunger, others have been killed trying to receive aid at distribution sites run by the controversial US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which was brought in place to replace a UN system long criticized by Israel.The report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said famine has been confirmed in the Gaza Governorate, which includes Gaza City, also the site of a major new Israeli offensive.It added that “malnutrition...
August 22, 2025

Famine confirmed in Gaza City, UN-backed initiative says

Chinese ambassador to India Xu Feihong made the statements while speaking at an event in Delhi on Thursday
Beijing opposes steep US tariffs on India
MUMBAI – Chinese ambassador to India Xu Feihong has said that Beijing "firmly opposes" Washington's steep tariffs on Delhi and called for greater co-operation between India and China.Xu likened the US to a "bully", saying that it had long benefitted from free trade but was now using tariffs as a "bargaining chip" to demand "exorbitant prices" from other nations."US has imposed tariffs of up to 50% on India and even threatened for more. China firmly opposes it. Silence only emboldens the bully," Xu said on Thursday.Earlier this month, Trump imposed a 25% penalty on India in addition to 25% tariffs for buying oil and weapons from Russia. The new rate will come into effect on 27 August.Delhi's increased imports of cheap Russian crude...
August 22, 2025

Beijing opposes steep US tariffs on India

The man allegedly defrauded 17.7 billion won ($13m; £9.5m) from 1,300 people
Crypto scam fugitive caught after littering in Seoul
SINGAPORE – An alleged cryptocurrency scammer's five years on the run ended after he was arrested for littering near a train station in Seoul, police said Friday.Police said they only intended to arrest the man for throwing a cigarette butt, but they got suspicious when he begged them to let him go "just this once" and tried to escape.The man also refused to show his ID, pretended to take a phone call and offered police money in exchange for letting him go.Upon questioning, police found that he was wanted for allegedly defrauding 17.7 billion won ($13m; £9.5m) from 1,300 people through a cryptocurrency scam.The man, who is in his 60s, has a standing arrest warrant for 10 charges relating to the alleged cryptocurrency scam, including fraud.The man has since been handed over...
August 22, 2025

Crypto scam fugitive caught after littering in Seoul

Palestinians carry sacks and boxes of food and humanitarian aid unloaded from a World Food Programme convoy in northern Gaza, 16 June, 2025
Israel warns Gaza City could be destroyed if Hamas doesn't accept ceasefire terms
JERUSALEM – Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that Gaza City could be destroyed if Hamas does not accept Israel's conditions for ending the war in a post on X on Friday.It comes a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will give final approval for the occupation of Gaza City while also starting negotiations with Hamas, aimed at returning the hostages and ending the nearly two-year war, but only "on terms acceptable to Israel."Earlier this week, Hamas had agreed to a ceasefire proposal drawn up by mediators from Egypt and Qatar. Egypt and Hamas officials said the proposal is almost identical to the one Israel accepted before talks stalled last month.The proposal would include the release of some hostages in exchange for Palestinians...
August 22, 2025

Israel warns Gaza City could be destroyed if Hamas doesn't accept ceasefire terms

Thaksin Shinawatra's lese majeste charge relates to an interview he gave to a South Korean newspaper 10 years ago
Former Thai PM Thaksin acquitted in royal insult case
BANGKOK – A Bangkok court has acquitted controversial billionaire and former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was accused of insulting the monarchy.The charge related to an interview he gave to a South Korean newspaper ten years ago. He would have faced up to 15 years in jail if convicted.Thailand's lese majeste law forbids insulting its monarchy. But critics say it is often used to target activists and political opponents.The verdict came as Thaksin's daughter, suspended PM Paetongtarn , faces a Constitutional Court decision on whether or not she should be removed from office. These cases pose a threat to the Shinawatra clan, which has been a dominant force in Thai politics for decades.Friday's verdict has brought some relief to the family and their...
August 22, 2025

Former Thai PM Thaksin acquitted in royal insult case

An activist holds up a placard during a protest against the Supreme Court's earlier order to remove stray dogs from Delhi
India top court shelves plan to lock up Delhi's one million street dogs
MUMBAI – India's Supreme Court has modified its previous order asking authorities in Delhi and its suburbs to move all stray dogs into shelters amid widespread protests by animal welfare groups.The three-judge bench said that strays should be released after being vaccinated and sterilised but added that dogs with rabies or aggressive behaviour should be immunised and kept in shelters.The court also banned feeding of stray dogs in public spaces and ordered dedicated areas to be set up for the purpose.On 11 August, a two-judge bench had expressed concern over the rising "menace of dog bites leading to rabies" in Delhi and its suburbs.Delhi's stray dog population is estimated at one million, with suburban Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurugram also seeing a rise, municipal sources...
August 22, 2025

India top court shelves plan to lock up Delhi's one million street dogs

Ranil Wickremesinghe
Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe arrested
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe has been arrested in connection with the alleged misuse of funds, police have said.The charge relates to trips he took abroad while serving as president.He arrived at magistrates court in the capital Colombo on Friday, having already given a statement to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) earlier in the day.Wickremesinghe served as president from 2022 to 2024, stepping into the role after the country's worst ever economic crisis triggered a popular uprising caused his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee.He was widely credited with helping put the island nation back on the road to economic recovery.Wickremesinghe also served six separate terms as prime minister from the 1990s onwards.According to BBC Sinhala,...
August 22, 2025

Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe arrested

Palestinians inspect the site of an overnight Israeli strike on a house, in Gaza City
Israel says it will start talks to free all hostages as cabinet approves Gaza City assault
TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he has instructed negotiations to begin for the release of all remaining hostages and an end to the war in Gaza on terms "acceptable to Israel".Netanyahu told Israeli troops on Thursday night that his cabinet had also approved plans for a massive assault on Gaza City in the north of the territory, despite widespread international and domestic opposition.Hamas agreed to a proposal drawn up by Qatari and Egyptian mediators for a 60-day ceasefire on Monday, which according to Qatar would see the release of half of the remaining hostages in Gaza.But responding for the first time, Netanyahu has not accepted the deal currently on the table.Israeli media has cited an Israeli official as saying negotiators will be dispatched...
August 22, 2025

Israel says it will start talks to free all hostages as cabinet approves Gaza City assault

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
Ursula von der Leyen 'extremely saddened' by situation of children in Gaza
BRUSSELS — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is "extremely saddened by the situation of the children in Gaza", Commission spokesperson Arianna Podesta told reporters on Thursday."She is extremely saddened by the situation children are facing in Gaza. The president has said that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is appalling," the spokesperson said in response to a question on the situation in Gaza.Podesta said that Von der Leyen stood for the protection of children everywhere in the world, noting that she had spearheaded a call for the release of abducted Ukrainian children from Russian custody alongside US first lady Melania Trump."She has indeed raised the topic of the Ukrainian children abducted by Russia with President Trump the other day in...
August 22, 2025

Ursula von der Leyen 'extremely saddened' by situation of children in Gaza

Residents battle a wildfire advancing toward Rebordondo village in north-western Spain, 18 August, 2025
Data shows Europe facing its worst wildfire season in decades
MADRID — Spain and Portugal are at the epicentre of one of Europe’s most destructive wildfire seasons on record.Data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) show that by 19 August about 9,670 square kilometres of land had burned across the EU this year, almost three times the 2006‑2024 average.Southern Europe, particularly Spain and Portugal, is facing one of its worst wildfire seasons in two decades.Spain has already lost nearly 4,000 square kilometres of forest and farmland, eclipsing the previous record of 3,060 square kilometres burned in 2022.Portugal has seen over 2,610 square kilometres destroyed, almost double last year’s tally.Spain's civil-protection chief warned that the fires continue to pose a direct threat to populated areas, while Defence...
August 22, 2025

Data shows Europe facing its worst wildfire season in decades

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