At least 562 people have died during the haj, according to a tally based on foreign ministry statements and sources. Egypt alone has registered 307 deaths and another 118 missing medical and security sources told Reuters, as temperatures at times soared past 51 degrees Celsius to 124 Fahrenheit. It was so harsh and the people […]
Castro, flanked by members of Honduras’s National Defense and Security Council, said in a late-night address to the nation the plan of solutions against crime was in response to public complaints about rising violence. She said the armed forces and police must make “urgent interventions” in all areas where there was a high incidence of […]
Mass production of the roughly 35,000-euro ($37,345) vehicle, produced by a BMW and China’s Great Wall Motor Co Ltd joint venture, began late last year – shortly after the EU launched its probe. With production still, in the early days, the JV was unable to fulfill the European Commission’s survey to the level of detail […]
Some areas, including portions of Broward and Miami-Dade counties, were at risk of “life-threatening flooding,” as water built up on roadways and lapped up against thresholds of homes, the National Weather Service said. A few spots have reported up to 18-to-25 inches (46-to-63.5 cm) of rain since Monday, said Bob Oravec, a forecaster with the […]
Residents said the Israeli forces thrust towards the Al-Mawasi area of Rafah near the beach, which is designated as a humanitarian area in all announcements and maps published by the Israeli army since it began its Rafah offensive in May. The Israeli military denied in a statement it had launched any strikes inside the Al-Mawasi […]
The Hajj 2024 pilgrimage officially began on Friday as pilgrims in Saudi Arabia made their way on foot and by bus to Mina, where they will camp at one of the largest tent cities in the world. The Mina Valley, about 5km east of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, is a 250-hectare open space covered […]
Tourists were unable to visit the Parthenon and other ancient masterpieces atop the UNESCO-listed archaeological site between noon and 5:00 pm local time (0900 to 1400 GMT). Meteorologists have noted it is the earliest heatwave — which for Greece is temperatures exceeding 38 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit) for at least three days — on […]
Li is embarking on a six-day tour of New Zealand and Australia, key trading partners that have both expressed concerns over China’s expanding influence in the South Pacific. Naturally, we don’t always see eye-to-eye with each other on everything, Li told reporters after a bilateral meeting with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. But such […]
Saudi Arabia’s Public Security Department announced measures to ensure a smooth and secure Hajj 2024. Effective from midnight on the fifth of Dhu Al-Hijjah until the end of the 13th day, unauthorized vehicles will be prohibited from entering the holy sites. According to Public Security, individuals transporting pilgrims without valid Hajj 2024 permits will face […]
Blinken, on a four-country swing around the Middle East to push Hamas to accept the truce proposal, will meet the top leadership of Qatar, which has transmitted messages to the Palestinian group. Hamas, responding to the plan laid out on May 31 by President Joe Biden, proposed amendments late Tuesday including a ceasefire timeline and […]
