UTTARKASHI, India (AP) — All 41 construction workers who were trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in northern India for more than two weeks were pulled out on Tuesday, bringing a happy end to a drawn-out rescue mission that had gripped the country for days ... 12 ... Some rushed toward me and hugged me.”. The massive rescue mission had many on edge ... .
Burkina Faso’s humanitarian and security challenges are worsening as the country’s junta-led government pursues an aggressive military campaign against jihadist armed groups, which have extended their control to around 40% of the national territory ... “Nothing comes in, nothing comes out.” ... Important context on Burkina Faso ... – UN worker ... .
FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE - Sierra Leonean authorities were treating clashes that killed 21 people in the capital Freetown at the weekend as a failed coup attempt, officials told reporters on Tuesday ... The central prison and several police stations were stormed and hundreds of detainees escaped ... HANDSOME REWARD ... "The chair of authority... .
Moscow, (APP - UrduPoint / PakistanPointNews - 28th Nov, 2023) Hurricane force winds, snowfall and flooding that swept parts of southern Russia, Ukraine and Moldova left at least 13 people dead Monday and almost two million without power, authorities said ... Russia's energy ministry said about 1.9 million people were affected by power cuts ... ....
Ankara, (APP - UrduPoint / PakistanPointNews - 28th Nov, 2023) Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi makes his first official visit to Turkey on Tuesday, hoping to paper over past differences and forge a forceful joint response to Israel's actions in Gaza... He has branded Israel a "terrorist state" and called Hamas "a liberation group" ... ....
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has told Israel that it must work to avoid “significant further displacement” of Palestinian civilians in southern Gaza if it renews its ground campaign aimed at eradicating the Hamas militant group, senior U.S. officials said ...Secretary of StateAntonyBlinken will return this week to the Middle East as the U.S.
More people could die from disease than from bombings in the Gaza Strip if the health and sanitation systems are not repaired, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said ... list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4‘Starvation and disease’ stalk Gaza as fuel shortages block aid. Agencies. list 2 of 4Photos ... end of list ... Mohammed Hajjar/AP] ‘Risk of major outbreaks’ ... .
THE truce in Gaza has been extended by two days, continuing a pause in seven weeks of warfare that has killed thousands and laid waste to the Palestinian enclave ... It said these included three female prisoners and 30 minors ... .
One in 3 children – or 739 million worldwide – already live in areas exposed to high or very high water scarcity, with climate change threatening to make this worse, according to a new UNICEF report ... It provides an analysis of the impacts of three tiers of water security globally – water scarcity, water vulnerability, and water stress ... ....
NEW DELHI — At least 24 people have been killed by lightning and intense rain and hailstorms in India, officials said.The weather damaged houses and killed livestock across western Gujarat state.Storms....
A group of UN experts called for full and independent investigations into crimes committed in Israel and Palestine in a joint statement on Monday ... Israel launched a massive military offensive in the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7 ... The official Israeli death toll stands at 1,200. .