Prominent Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk detained as unrest over autonomy leaves four dead and dozens injured. Published On 26 Sep 202526 Sep 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Indian police have arrested prominent Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk, days after authorities accused him of fuelling violent demonstrations that left four people dead…
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We mourn our fallen colleagues, we recognise the trauma carried by victim journalists and we send our heartfelt solidarity to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), whose members continue to report in fear and grief. What we are seeing is not one kind of harm but a systematic pattern of violation with few parallels in recent…
Africa’s most feared snake has found a new role as an environmental guardian, with researchers having discovered that black mambas can serve as detectors of air pollution. A new study shows the snakes – which are Africa’s most venomous – absorb heavy metals such as lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury into their bodies. By clipping…
Kinshasa, Congo — Two separate boat accidents this week in northwestern Congo killed at least 193 people and left scores missing, authorities and state media reported Friday. The accidents happened on Wednesday and Thursday, about 150 kilometers apart in the Equateur province. One boat with nearly 500 passengers caught fire and capsized Thursday evening along…
Amman — “The escalating military offensive in Gaza City is having devastating consequences for over 450,000 children, already traumatized and exhausted by nearly two years of unrelenting war. They are teetering on the edge of survival as both famine and deadly violence spread. “UNICEF is warning of an impending catastrophe as the military operation expands….
A magnitude 6 earthquake has hit Afghanistan near its border with Pakistan. The death toll from Sunday night’s disaster has risen to more than 800 people, according to the government. Flooding and debris have hampered rescue efforts. Here is more about what happened and why Afghanistan is vulnerable to earthquakes: What happened? At 11:47pm (19:47…
Russia launched a major attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv in the early hours of Thursday evening, killing at least 19 people, including four children. Among the targets hit were a number of residential buildings across the capital. BBC correspondent Katy Watson reports from the scene, as rescuers continue to search for people.
Police identified the five people who were killed in a tour bus crash in western New York on Friday. New York State Police said in a news release on Saturday that Shankar Kumar Jha, 65, of Madhu Bani, India; Pinki Changrani, 60, of East Brunswick, New Jersey; Columbia University student Xie Hongzhuo, 22, of Beijing,…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country “deeply regrets that a stray ammunition” hit Gaza’s only Catholic Church, killing three people sheltering there. “Every innocent life lost is a tragedy. We share the grief of the families and the faithful,” he said in a statement. The incident happened on Thursday when an Israeli…
