Hong Kong on Saturday mourned the 128 people known to have died in a massive fire at a high-rise apartment complex, a toll that is likely to rise with 200 others still unaccounted for days after the disaster. Authorities have arrested 11 people in connection with the city’s worst blaze in nearly 80 years as […]
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WASHINGTON The US State Department said Friday it has immediately paused visa issuance for those traveling on Afghan passports. “The Department is taking all necessary steps to protect U.S. national security and public safety,” it wrote on US social media company X. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US “has no higher priority than protecting our nation and our people.” It came
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Iran added the floating base Kordestan and the destroyer Sahand to its navy on Saturday, the army said, in a move it described as a boost to its maritime power and technical self-reliance. Sahand, a Moudge-class frigate built in Iran, joined the navy in 2018 and is equipped with cruise missiles and stealth technology designed
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Some 44,000 people displaced by flooding across the country as relief operations intensify amid widespread destruction. Sri Lanka has made an appeal for international assistance as the death toll from heavy rains and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah rose to 123, with another 130 reported missing. The extreme weather system has destroyed nearly 15,000 homes across the
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ISTANBUL, Turkey — Pope Leo XIV encouraged Turkey’s tiny Catholic community to find strength in its small size as he embarked on the key day of his first trip that is meant to bolster Christians and pursue their centuries-old quest for unity. Shouts of “Papa Leo” and “Viva il Papa” (Long Live the pope) erupted
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Authorities also designate Anti-Corruption Foundation as ‘terrorist’ group and consider total ban on WhatsApp. Russian authorities have outlawed Human Rights Watch as an “undesirable organisation”, a label that, under a 2015 law, makes involvement with it a criminal offence. Friday’s designation means the international human rights group must stop all work in Russia, and opens
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Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have been inundated with cyclone-driven rain for a week, killing about 400 people in total across the three countries. Rescue workers in Indonesia are continuing to battle to reach victims in several devastated areas submerged by cyclone-driven torrential rain over the past week, as authorities said the death toll has now reached 248
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The Confédération Africaine de Football (“CAF”) has announced the list of Match Officials set to officiate the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 that will take place from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026. A total of 73 highly experienced officials comprising 28 referees, 31 assistant referees, and 14 VAR officials
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US President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration will “permanently pause” migration from all “Third World Countries”, following the death of a National Guard member in an attack near the White House. The comments mark a further escalation of migration measures Trump has ordered since the shooting on Wednesday that investigators say was carried
Kotido, Uganda: The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), under the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, is conducting a five-day ICT and multimedia skilling programme in Kotido aimed at empowering youth with practical digital content creation, entrepreneurship and online safety skills. The training, now on day three, will run until Friday. Local multimedia experts Jemba Hosea and
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