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Israeli soldiers have recovered the bodies of five hostages in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said on Thursday. The Israeli military said the bodies were recovered in southern Gaza on Wednesday and brought to Israel. Among them is a 56-year-old woman who, according to the army, lived in a kibbutz on the edge of […]

The attacks took place on July 16 and 18 and are said to have stemmed from a dispute over land, ownership of the lake and user rights. The attacks reportedly follow clashes sparked by tribal violence in the southwestern Pacific country in February, which also left about 26 people dead. The UN Human Rights Office

“Easy said – we do not have the necessary conditions in the Gaza Strip for a robust humanitarian response,” UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said in a statement issued after an attack on one of the agency’s vehicles and the final Israeli evacuation order in Khan Younis. Children are left with ‘permanent scars’ Ms Russell

UNICEF revealed that 377 children died in 2021 based on data from 23 countries in the vast region. Heat-related illnesses claimed the lives of half of these vulnerable young people in the first year of their lives. “About half of children in Europe and Central Asia – or 92 million children – are already exposed

Opinion by Michal Podolski (Bangkok, Thailand) Thursday, July 25, 2024 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 25 (IPS) – Several countries in the Asia-Pacific region are ageing rapidly. This transition is not unique and is not limited to the region — it is a global megatrend. But this time it is different. Why? Because ageing

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Flights at Frankfurt Airport, Germany’s busiest, were temporarily suspended Thursday after climate activists glued themselves to the ground at the airport, authorities said. More than 100 flights were canceled. Federal police reported that several demonstrators were at the airport in the early morning, the German news agency dpa reported. Latest generation

Germany’s The world’s busiest airport suspended all flights on Thursday after climate activists clung to the tarmac in protest against the use of fossil fuels. At 07:00 local time (01:00 eastern time), the Frankfurt airport website reported that several flights had been diverted or cancelled. Several flights were also cancelled. The airport, which is served

Air traffic at Germany’s largest airport in Frankfurt has partially resumed after activists from the climate group Last Generation managed to gain access to the airport grounds. Take-offs and landings have resumed at the airport, but not all runways are fully operational yet, an airport spokesperson said Thursday morning. Police vehicles are parked on the

A cargo ship sank in Taiwan after deadly Typhoon Gaemi swept across the autonomous island overnight, authorities said Thursday. Nine crew members from Myanmar are missing after the Tanzanian-flagged cargo ship Fu-Shun sank off the coast of Kaohsiung Port, Taiwan’s Central Emergency Operation Center said. According to the center, authorities are waiting for better weather

Taipei, Taiwan – After the fifth slowest tropical cyclone season in the Western Pacific, Typhoon Gaemi delivered a heavy blow to Taiwan. The cyclone formed on July 19 east of the Philippines, where it was known as Typhoon Carina. The slow-moving nature of the cyclone, coupled with monsoon rains, caused widespread flood in provinces of