Coast guard delivers more aid for central Philippines quake victims
The Philippine Coast Guard said on Wednesday it was sending additional aid to help victims of a powerful magnitude 6.9 quake that killed at least 69 p...
Russia launched a rare drone attack on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on 30 September, killing one person, injuring 20 others and damaging medical facilities, residential blocks and office buildings, officials said.
Video released by Ukraine’s emergency services showed smoke pouring from windows, burnt-out cars and firefighters battling flames. Reuters verified the location of the footage by road layouts, building facades, trees and street signage, though the date could not be independently confirmed.
Governor Serhiy Lysak said the strike hit the city centre while people were at work and children were in school. He added that an office building was ablaze and dozens of cars damaged.
Dnipro, a major industrial and business hub in southeastern Ukraine, has come under frequent attack throughout the war.
In a separate overnight strike, a Russian guided aerial bomb hit the city of Kharkiv, injuring six people and sparking multiple fires, regional officials said on 1 October. Five of the injured were hospitalised, Governor Oleh Synehubov reported.
Mayor Ihor Terekhov said flames spread through a city market and nearby residential buildings. Photos and videos showed firefighters battling through the night as stalls and structures were engulfed in fire.
Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city and close to the Russian border, has faced regular aerial assaults since the start of the war. There was no immediate comment from Moscow.
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Both sides deny targeting civilians, insisting their strikes are aimed at military infrastructure.
AnewZ has learned that India has once again blocked Azerbaijan’s application for full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, while Pakistan’s recent decision to consider diplomatic relations with Armenia has been coordinated with Baku as part of Azerbaijan’s peace agenda.
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.
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.
The Philippine Coast Guard said on Wednesday it was sending additional aid to help victims of a powerful magnitude 6.9 quake that killed at least 69 people in the central Philippines.
Flash floods in Ukraine's southern city of Odesa has killed nine people including a family of five, who were swept away from their flat, emergency services said on Wednesday, after a day of torrential rain.
The United States has agreed to allow South Koreans to work on equipment at U.S. investment sites under existing temporary visas and open new channels to help its ally send workers to do business there, Seoul's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
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Afghans living in Europe said on Tuesday they were nervous with no news from their families after internet and mobile phone services were cut by the Taliban in Afghanistan, according to diplomatic and industry sources.
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