North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile salvo ahead of US election on November 6, 2024North Korea fired a salvo of short-range ballistic missiles early Tuesday, Seoul’s military said, Pyongyang’s second launch in days and just hours before Americans vote for a new president. The nuclear-armed North last week test-fired what it said was its most advanced and powerful solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in Kim Jong Un’s first weapons […]
Qatar votes in referendum on scrapping legislative polls on November 6, 2024Qataris went to the polls on Tuesday in a referendum on ending a brief and limited experiment with legislative elections in the wealthy monarchy. Voters among the gas-rich peninsula’s roughly 380,000 Qatari nationals cast their ballots on constitutional changes that would scrap the legislative council polls. In 2021, a year before Qatar held the football […]
West hails reelection of pro-EU Maia Sandu in tense Moldova vote on November 6, 2024The West on Monday welcomed the reelection of Moldova’s pro-European President Maia Sandu, while the pro-Russian Socialists slammed her as “illegitimate” after a tense vote that has laid bare divisions in the former Soviet republic bordering war-torn Ukraine. Sunday’s key vote was overshadowed by allegations of Russian meddling and took place just two weeks after […]
Palestinians build new lives in Cairo’s ‘Little Gaza’ on November 6, 2024Palestinian Bassem Abu Aoun serves Gaza-style turkey shawarma at his restaurant in an eastern Cairo neighbourhood, where a growing number of businesses opened by those fleeing war have many dubbing the area “Little Gaza”. “It was a big gamble,” said the 56-year-old about opening his restaurant, Hay al-Rimal, named after his neighbourhood in Gaza City, […]
Smog sickness: India’s capital struggles as pollution surges on November 6, 2024The toxic smog season in India’s capital has just begun, but those unable to escape cancer-causing poisonous fumes say the hazardous impact on health is already taking its toll. New Delhi regularly ranks among the world’s most polluted capitals, with a melange of factory and vehicle emissions exacerbated by agricultural fires blanketing the city each […]
Anti-polio drive struggles against militants, mistrust on November 5, 2024Militant attacks and suspicion stemming from misinformation are hampering Pakistan’s battle to eradicate polio, but teams of dedicated volunteer health workers are determined to fight on. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries where the debilitating virus remains endemic, the disease mostly affecting children under five and sometimes causing lifelong paralysis. Cases in Pakistan are […]
Harris vows Gaza peace, Trump tone darkens in final hours on November 5, 2024Kamala Harris courted voters angered by the Gaza war while Donald Trump doubled down on violent rhetoric with a comment about journalists being shot as the tense US election campaign entered its final hours. The Democratic vice president and the Republican former president frantically blitzed several swing states as they tried to win over the […]
Americans wait, wonder and cope with high-stress vote on November 5, 2024A few dozen people lay with eyes closed in a Virginia yoga studio as a gong sounded. Like many in America, they were seeking a little peace ahead of Tuesday’s high-stress election. White House contenders Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have placed maximum pressure on voters, urging them to protect the nation from cataclysmic doom […]
Israel says top Hezbollah commander killed in Lebanon strike on November 5, 2024The Israeli military said on Monday it had killed a top Hezbollah commander it accused of overseeing rocket and anti-tank missile attacks against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. Abu Ali Rida, the Hezbollah commander of the Baraachit area in southern Lebanon, was “eliminated” in an air strike, the military said, without specifying when he was […]
Indonesia volcano eruption kills 10, sets houses aflame on November 5, 2024A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted overnight, killing at least 10 people as it spewed fireballs and ash on surrounding villages, officials said Monday as they raised the alert to its highest level. Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,703-metre (5,587-feet) twin volcano located on the popular tourist island of Flores, erupted shortly before midnight, forcing authorities […]