Italian protesters supporting Gaza flotilla: 'I can't just stand by and do nothing'
Tens of thousands of Italians took to the streets across the country on Friday, as part of a day-long general strike called by unions in support of an...
Flash floods in Yemen, caused by heavy rain, have killed at least eight people, including children, across multiple provinces, worsening the country’s ongoing humanitarian crisis.
In Hajjah province, a collapsed house in al-Khadraa village killed three children and injured their parents.
Floodwaters also destroyed dozens of makeshift tents housing displaced people in Abs district.
In Shabwah province, a father and son drowned, while two children and a young man died in separate incidents in Shabwah and neighboring Hadhramaut, raising the death toll to five in just 48 hours.
Earlier this week, flooding in Aden caused injuries and significant property damage.
It is believed to be the worst natural disaster the area has seen in years.
"The area here in Al-Haswa, from the al-Haswa-Shaab road to the Wasel-Bir Ahmed road, is the most affected by the floods," explained Ali al-Meshwali, a resident from Al-Haswa.
"It is now considered the most devastated area, based on what we observed during our tour of most of the houses. Residents cannot return to their homes, and those who do find their houses uninhabitable," he added.
Qassim Salim who also lives in Al-Haswa said, "The least affected are those who only experienced water entering their homes, rising to no less than half a metre. No one was able to save any belongings, neither the valuable nor the cheap ones. No one was able to save anything."
Authorities across affected provinces have warned of continued heavy rainfall and urged residents to stay away from riverbeds and dams.
Yemen’s decade-long conflict and damaged infrastructure have intensified the humanitarian impact of these seasonal floods, leaving residents struggling with inadequate basic services.
A day of mourning has been declared in Portugal to pay respect to victims who lost their lives in the Lisbon Funicular crash which happened on Wednesday evening.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
Tens of thousands of Italians took to the streets across the country on Friday, as part of a day-long general strike called by unions in support of an aid flotilla carrying food to Gaza that was intercepted by Israel this week.
Sarah Mullally was named on Friday as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, becoming the first woman to head the Church of England in its 1,400-year history.
Indonesia on Friday (3 October) urged the European Union to immediately remove the countervailing and anti-dumping duties on its stainless steel products, after a World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel backed the Southeast Asian country.
Ukraine's largest private energy company DTEK has suspended operations at several gas facilities in the eastern Poltava region after Russian attacks, the company said on Friday.
The 20 points that U.S. President Donald Trump announced as part of his Gaza plan this week were not in line with the draft proposed by a group of Muslim-majority countries, Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday.
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