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Rafah has swelled in size in the last months as Palestinians in Gaza have fled fighting in nearly every other corner of the territory. The town is covered in tents.

The boat with at least 35 crew capsized on Saturday in waters off the remote Selayar Islands in South Sulawesi Province before the 11 were found stranded on two separate atolls after days floating in the sea.

Deadly transport accidents are common in Pakistan, where overcrowding is rife and safety measures are lax.

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has affirmed that no Indian military personnel, not even those in civilian clothing, would be present inside his country after May 10.

Former president Arif Alvi was drawing Rs 8,46,550 per month, which was fixed by Parliament in 2018.

There was no immediate confirmation from India on the withdrawal of the first batch of military personnel from the Maldives as reported by the media.

Monsoon rains and rising rivers have submerged nine districts and cities in West Sumatra province since Thursday.

But there was little to celebrate after five months of war that has killed over 30,000 Palestinians and left much of Gaza in ruins.

Humanitarian workers and UN officials have said easing overland access of aid trucks into the Gaza Strip would be more effective than maritime shipments or airdrops to alleviate the dire crisis in the besieged territory.

Tons of mud, rocks and uprooted trees rolled down a mountain late Friday, reaching a river that burst its banks and tore through mountainside villages in Pesisir Selatan district of West Sumatra province.

The strike demolished the house, wounding at least nine others who lived nearby,

“This will be the black Ramadan,” Abu Mousam Haddad said in front of his coffee stand near Damascus Gate, one of the Old City’s main entrances.

In 2013, Zardari became the first Pakistani president to complete his full five-year term.

A witness told AFP he and his brother followed the parachuted aid in the hope of getting 'a bag of flour', all of a sudden, the parachute didn't open and fell down like a rocket, hitting a house.

A 24-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman were detained on suspicion of illegal disposal of bodies.

Releasing its initial findings on Friday, the military said in a statement that the "command review" found that "troops did not fire at the humanitarian convoy."

Leaked documents from a firm called I-Soon have pulled back the curtain, revealing a seedy, sprawling industry where corners are cut and rules are murky and poorly enforced in the quest to make money.

A strong earthquake and tsunami on March 2011, damaged the Fukushima Daiichi plant’s cooling systems, causing three of its reactors to meltdown and driving thousands of residents from their homes.

Thursday’s (March 7, 2024) drills involved frontline artillery units, whose weapons place Seoul, the South Korean capital, in their striking range, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said.

It can either try to annihilate Hamas, which would mean almost certain death for the estimated 100 hostages still held in Gaza, or it can cut a deal that would allow the militants to claim a historic victory.