Tag: natural disasters

Here are the key events on day 1,258 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is how things stand on Tuesday, August 5: Fighting Three people were killed in a Russian…

HONG KONG — Hong Kong authorities on Monday strengthened a crackdown on 16 overseas-based activists who were previously targeted by bounties on suspicion of endangering national security, implementing measures that…

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s military said Monday it had begun removing loudspeakers along its border with rival North Korea in a move aimed at reducing tensions. The speakers…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Authorities in Pakistan have resumed the forced deportations of Afghan refugees after the federal government declined to extend a key deadline for their stay, officials said Monday.…

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Abdur Rahman Tarif was talking to his sister Meherunnesa over the phone when the voice on the other end of the call suddenly fell silent. In that…

ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan is seeing its sharpest-ever surge of child malnutrition, the World Food Program said Monday, adding it needed $539 million to help the country’s most vulnerable families. Almost…

The 42-year-old was detained by the British Transport Police after disembarking from a flight from Portugal. Police in the United Kingdom have arrested the anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant activist Tommy Robinson…

Texas House fails to establish quorum as dozens of Democrats flee state to block redrawn congressional map. Democratic state legislators in Texas have blocked a vote on a United States…