Sunday September 24, 2023 / 09 , Rabi' al-awwal , 1445
Header Logo
Leading The Way
search-icon
Footer Header
search-icon
SG
Saudi Arabia
Opinion
Discover Saudi
World
Sports
Business
Technology
Life
search-logo
World
1 - 10 from 11541 . In "World / Mena"
The bloodshed in Jenin was the latest in an upsurge in violence in the West Bank
Israeli forces kill six Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza
JERUSALEM — Six Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.Four were killed in a late-night military raid of Jenin refugee camp in which some 30 people were also injured, according to Palestinian medics.Another young Palestinian man was killed during an Israeli raid in Jericho on Wednesday morning.The sixth was killed during violent demonstrations on Tuesday evening near the Gaza-Israel separation fence.There was intense fighting on Tuesday night in the Jenin camp, a stronghold of Palestinian militants, where the Israeli military launched its biggest operation in years in the West Bank back in July.The military said that its forces exchanged fire with local gunmen and carried out a rare strike using a suicide drone.While leaving the camp, the...
September 20, 2023

Israeli forces kill six Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza

Trucks carrying essential humanitarian supplies travel from Türkiye through the Bab Al-Salam border crossing, into northwest Syria. — courtesy UNICEF/PAC
Syria: UN chief welcomes reopening of life-saving aid corridor
NEW YORK — A large UN aid convoy was able to cross into northwest Syria on Tuesday following the reopening of a vital border crossing.In a statement, UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the resumption of deliveries after agreement was reached with the Syrian government.The Bab Al-Hawa crossing closed in July, after the Security Council failed to reach consensus on two competing resolutions which would have renewed the main aid corridor.Around four million Syrians in the last rebel-held northwestern enclave rely on the lifeline, which was established in 2014 through Security Council authorization.“Though our humanitarian operations have continued to assist millions of people in need in northwest Syria, the Bab Al-Hawa crossing has long been central to the UN’s efforts to...
September 19, 2023

Syria: UN chief welcomes reopening of life-saving aid corridor

Arab Parliament Speaker Adel Al-Asoumi praised the progress made by Saudi Arabia in the field of human rights and its efforts to rehabilitate and reintegrate prisoners in the society.
Al-Asoumi lauds Saudi Arabia's achievements in human rights
CAIRO — Arab Parliament Speaker Adel Al-Asoumi praised the progress made by Saudi Arabia in the field of human rights and its efforts to rehabilitate and reintegrate prisoners in the society.He made these comments during his speech at the 9th Arab Interior Ministers' Conference on Human Rights in Cairo on Monday.Al-Asoumi also commended the efforts exerted by the departments concerned with human rights at Arab interior ministries to strengthen human rights.He also stressed the importance of strengthening cooperation and exchanging experience in the field of human rights in Arab countries. — SPA
September 19, 2023

Al-Asoumi lauds Saudi Arabia's achievements in human rights

Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi and Morad Tahbaz were among the Americans believed to be involved in the deal.
Five Americans detained in Iran are expected to be freed Monday
TEHRAN — Five Americans who have been imprisoned in Iran are expected to be released Monday as part of a wider US-Iran deal, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has said.The US government has designated all five Americans as being wrongfully detained.Speaking at a press conference which was shown on state-affiliated Press TV on Monday, foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said the release “will hopefully be completed” alongside the other elements of the deal.A Qatari jet is on standby in Iran to bring the five Americans to Doha, a source briefed on details of the matter told CNN on Monday.Under the agreement between the US and Iran, $6 billion in Iranian funds that had been held in restricted accounts in South Korea would be transferred to restricted accounts in banks in...
September 18, 2023

Five Americans detained in Iran are expected to be freed Monday

The Greek rescuers were travelling to join other international teams in Derna (file image)
Greek rescuers among those killed in Libya road collision
TRIPOLI — At least three members of a Greek rescue team and three members of a Libyan family have died in a road collision.The rescuers were among a team who were traveling on a bus to the flood-ravaged city of Derna on Sunday when their vehicle collided with a car carrying the family.Two others in the car and eight others on the bus were seriously injured, according to a Libyan official.An investigation has been launched.Othman Abdeljalil, health minister in the administration that runs the east of the country, told a press conference the team had been travelling from the eastern city of Benghazi when the crash happened.He put the death toll at four but Greece's armed forces reported three dead and two missing.Libya is split between two rival governments — a UN-backed...
September 18, 2023

Greek rescuers among those killed in Libya road collision

Mohammed Miftah fears some of his family members are among the dead
Libya floods: The bodies left unrecognisable by disaster
DERNA — A masked doctor leans down into a black plastic body bag, and gently manipulates the legs of the man inside. "First we determine age, sex and length," he explains."He's in the putrefaction stage now, because of the water."In a hospital car park in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, the final details of one of its many victims are being carefully checked and logged.This is now one of the most vital jobs here, and one of the most distressing. The man is unrecognisable after spending a week in the sea. His body washed ashore that morning.Expert hands gently probe, looking for identifying marks and taking a DNA swab. That's important, in case there's a family still alive to claim him.Libya's internationally recognised government says more than a...
September 18, 2023

Libya floods: The bodies left unrecognisable by disaster

Damage from massive flooding is seen in Derna, Libya, Wednesday, Sept.13, 2023.
Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya's coastal city of Derna, aid group says
DERNA, Libya — The death toll in Libya's coastal city of Derna has soared to 11,300 as search efforts continue following a massive flood fed by the breaching of two dams in heavy rains, the Libyan Red Crescent said Thursday.Marie el-Drese, the aid group's secretary-general, told The Associated Press by phone that a further 10,100 people are reported missing in the Mediterranean city. Health authorities previously put the death toll in Derna at 5,500. The storm also killed about 170 people elsewhere in the country.The flooding swept away entire families in Derna on Sunday night and exposed vulnerabilities in the oil-rich country mired in conflict since a 2011 uprising that toppled long-ruling dictator Moammar Gadhafi.Daniel, an unusually strong Mediterranean storm, caused deadly...
September 15, 2023

Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya's coastal city of Derna, aid group says

Tunisian President Kais Saied at the Quirinale presidential palace in Rome.
Tunisia denies entry to European Parliament's foreign affairs mission
TUNIS — The Tunisian authorities have denied entry to five members of the European Parliament's foreign affairs (AFET) committee, who were due to start an official mission to the country on Thursday.In a letter addressed to the European Union's delegation in Tunis, Tunisia's foreign affairs ministry said that the parliament's delegation would "not be authorized to enter national territory."The parliament's foreign affairs committee has condemned the Tunisian authorities' decision and demanded a "detailed explanation.""This conduct is unprecedented since the democratic revolution in 2011," the committee said in a statement.A spokesperson on behalf of the European Commission said on Thursday that the Tunisian government's decision...
September 14, 2023

Tunisia denies entry to European Parliament's foreign affairs mission

Gen Khalifa Haftar greets Egypt's army chief of staff Lt Gen Osama Askar
Libyan rivals 'coordinating over flood relief'
TRIPOLI — The two rival governments in Libya are coordinating relief efforts for flood victims, the UN has said.More than 5,300 people died after two dam bursts brought devastating floods to the eastern city of Derna.At least 10,000 people are missing, and tens of thousands more have been displaced.A UN official said that both the eastern and western governments had requested international aid and were liaising with each other."Both governments have reached out to the international community requesting services and help," Tauhid Pasha, of the International Organization for Migration, told BBC Radio 4's the World Tonight program."The Government of National Unity [western government] has extended its support to us and its request on behalf of the entire country and they...
September 14, 2023

Libyan rivals 'coordinating over flood relief'

A damaged vehicle is stuck debris after the floods caused by the Storm Daniel in Derna, Libya on September 12, 2023.
Morgues overwhelmed in Libya as rescuers search for thousands missing after flood
TRIPOLI — Libya is racing to bury its dead as bodies pile up in the streets of Derna, the northern coastal city devastated by flooding after a torrential downpour smashed through two dams, washing homes into the sea. Morgues are full in hospitals that remain out of service despite the desperate need to treat survivors of a disaster that has so far killed at least 5,000 people, according to hospital staff and officials from Libya’s eastern parliament-backed government. Around 10,000 more are missing, potentially either swept out to sea or buried beneath rubble that’s strewn throughout the city once home to over 100,000 people, authorities say. Emergency teams are searching through piles of debris for survivors and bodies, as officials attempt to honor Islamic beliefs that the...
September 13, 2023

Morgues overwhelmed in Libya as rescuers search for thousands missing after flood

Next >
footer logo
COPYRIGHT © 2023 WWW.SAUDIGAZETTE.COM.SA - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Powered by NewsPress
NEWS CATEGORY
saudi arabia world opinion business technology sports life
COMPANY
about us Epaper contact us Archive
OTHER
Epaper contact us Archive