Dhaka, Sept 9. (dpa/GNA) – More than 1,000 children have died, since a measles outbreak began in Bangladesh five months ago, with cases continuing…
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Boat carrying 8 people missing near Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano
Jakarta, Sept 9. (dpa/GNA) – Search and rescue efforts for a boat carrying eight people, including five journalists covering the eruption of Indonesia’s Anak…
Turkish teams battle wildfires across southern coastline
Istanbul, Sept 8, (dpa/GNA) – Turkey’s forestry authority, said on Tuesday that firefighting crews were battling two major blazes in the southern provinces of…
5.1-magnitude quake hits Tonga Islands — GFZ
BEIJING, Sept. 8. (Xinhua/GNA) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted Tonga Islands at 1543 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research…
Evacuated residents returning home after mudslide hits border port in China’s Xizang
GYIRONG, Xizang, Sept. 8 (Xinhua/GNA) – A total of 444 residents evacuated from nearby villages in Gyirong Town, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, have…
Philippine boxing legend Manny Pacquiao appointed anti-poverty tsar
Manila, Sept 8. (dpa/GNA) – Philippine President, Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Tuesday appointed former world boxing champion and ex-senator, Manny Pacquiao, as head of…
Yemeni government forces capture senior Houthi commander
Sana’a, Sept 8. (dpa/GNA) – Yemeni government forces have captured a senior Houthi commander, during fighting in the south-western province of Taiz, military sources…
Death toll in devastating Himalayan floods rises to nearly 1,400
Kathmandu/Beijing, Sept 7. (dpa/GNA) – The confirmed death toll from the flash floods in the Himalayas rose to nearly 1,400 on Sunday, authorities in…
Flights grounded as Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano erupts
Jakarta, Sept 7. (dpa/GNA) – The eruption of Anak Krakatau volcano, continued to disrupt flights in Jakarta on Monday. More than 1,500 flights and…
Trial opens for parents of Turkey school shooter who killed 10
Istanbul,Sept 7. (dpa/GNA) – The trial of the parents of a teenage gunman who killed 10 people at a school in south-eastern TĂĽrkiye, opened…
Two more survivors found after devastating Nepal flash flood
Kathmandu, Sept 7. (dpa/GNA) – Rescue workers in Nepal have pulled two more survivors to safety, 10 days after a devastating flash flood in…
Two more survivors found after devastating Nepal flash flood
Kathmandu, Sept 7. (dpa/GNA) – Rescue workers in Nepal have pulled two more survivors to safety, 10 days after a devastating flash flood in…
Five reported killed in New Delhi building collapse
New Delhi, Sept 7. (dpa/GNA) – Following the collapse of a multi-storey building in the Indian capital New Delhi, media reports indicate that five…
Environment Quake Guinea5.7-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea — GFZ
BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Xinhua/GNA) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7, jolted Papua New Guinea at 2004 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German…
21 dead, 541 missing after mudslide hits border port in China’s Xizang
GYIRONG, Xizang, Sept. 2 (Xinhua/GNA) – Twenty-one people have been confirmed dead and 541 others remain missing as of Wednesday noon, after a mudslide…
China willing to support more visits, exchanges between Chinese, U.S. people: spokesperson
BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Xinhua/GNA) – China will support more visits and exchanges between the peoples of China and the United States as always, so…
Erdogan stresses security of civilian maritime transport in Black Sea
ANKARA, Sept. 2, (Xinhua/GNA) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said the security of civilian maritime transport in the Black Sea, is of great…
Headteacher saved 900 pupils from Nepal floods in dramatic evacuation
Kathmandu, Aug 31. (dpa/GNA) – A quick-thinking headteacher in Nepal, is believed to have saved the lives of at least 900 pupils by ordering…
Over 900 dead, thousands missing as Nepal begins mass burials
Kathmandu, Aug 31. (dpa/GNA) – The death toll from last week’s devastating flash floods in Nepal, has risen to 903, disaster management authorities said…
Nine suspects in court following Cyprus ferry disaster
Istanbul, Aug 31. (dpa/GNA) – The captain and seven crew members of the ferry that capsized off the coast of north Cyprus over the…