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A rescue ship approach passenger ship KM Barcelona after it caught fire in the waters off Talise Island in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Sunday, July 20, 2025

Hundreds rescued after Indonesian ferry catches fire

SINGAPORE — Indonesian rescuers said on Monday that they had evacuated more than 560 people from a passenger ferry that caught fire at sea. Three people were confirmed dead.The KM Barcelona 5 caught fire around midday Sunday while heading to Manado on its regular half-day journey from Melonguane port, according to Manado navy base chief First Admiral Franky Pasuna Sihombing.A coast guard vessel, six rescue ships and several inflatable boats were deployed in the rescue operation, Sihombing said. Many survivors were pulled from the sea and taken to nearby islands. Local fisherman also rescued passengers found drifting in life jackets.Images posted to social media showed passengers jumping into the sea as black smoke and flames engulfed the ferry.The search and rescue operation was...

July 21, 2025

Hundreds rescued after Indonesian ferry catches fire

Palestinians pictured carrying aid supplies in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, on Sunday

Israeli forces kill 67 Palestinians seeking aid in northern Gaza, Hamas-run ministry says

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military has killed at least 67 people waiting for UN aid lorries in northern Gaza, the territory's Hamas-run health ministry says.The UN World Food Programme said its 25-truck convoy "encountered massive crowds of hungry civilians which came under gunfire", soon after it crossed from Israel and cleared checkpoints.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that it had "fired warning shots" to remove "an immediate threat". It disputed the number of reported deaths.On Saturday the ministry warned that extreme hunger was increasing in Gaza and growing numbers of people were arriving at its facilities "in a state of extreme exhaustion and fatigue"."We warn that hundreds of people whose bodies have wasted away are at risk of...

July 21, 2025

Israeli forces kill 67 Palestinians seeking aid in northern Gaza, Hamas-run ministry says

Pope Leo XIV expressed his deep sorrow for the Israeli attack on the only catholic church in the Gaza strip on Thursday

Pope repeats call for Gaza ceasefire as Israel widens evacuation orders

ROME — Pope Leo XIV has renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza on Sunday, asking the international community to respect international laws and the obligation to protect civilians.“I once again call for an immediate end to the barbarity of this war and for a peaceful resolution to the conflict,” the pontiff said at the end of his Sunday Angelus prayer from his summer retreat in Castel Gandolfo.Pope Leo also expressed his “deep sorrow” for the Israeli attack on the only catholic church in the Gaza strip on Thursday, which killed three people and wounded 10 others, including the parish priest.“I appeal to the international community to observe humanitarian law and respect the obligation to protect civilians as well as the prohibition of collective punishment, the...

July 21, 2025

Pope repeats call for Gaza ceasefire as Israel widens evacuation orders

Ecuadorean drug lord 'Fito' wears a hard hat and an orange t-shirt underneath a bullet-proof vest. He is escorted by several people in black and camouflage clothes, also wearing bullet-proof vests

Powerful Ecuador drug lord 'Fito' extradited to US

WASHINGTON — The powerful Ecuadorean gang leader Adolfo Macías Villamar has been extradited to the United States to face charges of drug and arms trafficking.Known as "Fito", he was recaptured in June, almost a year after he escaped from a high-security prison where he was serving a 34-year sentence for a series of crimes.He will appear in a US federal court on Monday, where he will plead not guilty to international charges of drug and weapons trafficking, his lawyer told Reuters.Macías was leader of Los Choneros gang, which is linked to powerful criminal organisations from Mexico and the Balkans. He is also suspected of having ordered the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in 2023.Los Choneros is blamed for Ecuador's transformation from a...

July 21, 2025

Powerful Ecuador drug lord 'Fito' extradited to US

Shigeru Ishiba took questions from journalists at his party's Tokyo headquarters in the hours after the polls closed

Japan's PM vows to stay on despite bruising election loss

TOKYO — Japan's ruling coalition has lost its majority in the country's upper house, but Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has said he has no plans to quit.Voters went to the polls on Sunday for the tightly-contested election, being held at a time of frustration at the coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior partner Komeito over rising prices and the threat of US tariffs.Speaking after polls closed on Sunday, the prime minister said he "solemnly" accepts the "harsh result" but that his focus was on trade negotiations.Having already lost its majority in Japan's more powerful lower house last year, the defeat will undermine the coalition's influence.The ruling coalition needed 50 seats to retain control of the 248-seat upper chamber....

July 21, 2025

Japan's PM vows to stay on despite bruising election loss

Israel orders new evacuation in Deir al-Balah as Gaza offensive expands

GAZA — The Israeli army on Sunday issued a fresh evacuation order for residents in the southwestern parts of Deir al-Balah, as it intensified its military campaign in central Gaza.Army spokesperson Avichay Adraee announced that civilians sheltering in residential blocks between numbers 130 and 2351 — including those in tents — must evacuate the area and move south toward the coastal zone of al-Mawasi.The designated “safe zone” of al-Mawasi has grown increasingly overcrowded, with tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians living in extreme and deteriorating conditions.Despite repeated Israeli military assurances, the area has been bombed multiple times throughout the war, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of civilians.Israel’s ongoing military offensive in Gaza, which began...

July 20, 2025

Israel orders new evacuation in Deir al-Balah as Gaza offensive expands

Japan's ruling coalition at risk of losing upper house majority as voting closes

TOKYO — Voting closed Sunday in Japan’s upper house elections, with early projections showing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition at risk of losing its majority in the House of Councilors.National broadcaster NHK projected the coalition — led by Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior partner Komeito — could fall short of the 50-seat threshold needed to retain control, as ballots were counted. Final results are expected late Sunday.The election is seen as a critical test for the embattled ruling bloc, which lost its grip on the more powerful lower house last year.Of the 248 seats in the upper chamber, 125 were contested in this round — 75 constituency seats and 50 through proportional representation. One additional seat was up for grabs due to a...

July 20, 2025

Japan's ruling coalition at risk of losing upper house majority as voting closes

Iran, European powers agree in principle to resume nuclear talks

TEHRAN — Iran and the European trio — the UK, France, and Germany — have agreed in principle to resume nuclear negotiations next week, Iranian state broadcaster Press TV reported on Sunday.Citing an informed source, the report said that both sides had agreed to restart talks, though the exact time and venue have yet to be finalized.The diplomatic breakthrough comes after a Thursday meeting between Iran’s foreign minister and the top diplomats of the UK, France, Germany, and the European Union, where the Europeans emphasized the urgency of returning to nuclear diplomacy.They warned that failure to engage could lead to the triggering of the United Nations "snapback" mechanism, which would reimpose international sanctions on Tehran.Nuclear negotiations between Tehran and...

July 20, 2025

Iran, European powers agree in principle to resume nuclear talks

UK faces legal action over refusal to evacuate Gaza's critically ill children

LONDON — The British government is facing a legal challenge over its refusal to medically evacuate critically ill children from Gaza, a move campaigners say sharply contrasts with the UK’s response in other global conflicts. According to The Guardian, the action was filed on behalf of three children in Gaza against both the Foreign Office and the Home Office. The legal complaint argues that ministers failed to adequately consider the desperate lack of medical care in the war-torn enclave before denying evacuation requests. The case also highlights what lawyers describe as a double standard, noting that the UK facilitated medical evacuations during the Bosnian war in the 1990s and amid the current conflict in Ukraine. Carolin Ott, a solicitor at the law firm Leigh Day, which is...

July 20, 2025

UK faces legal action over refusal to evacuate Gaza's critically ill children

UNRWA accuses Israel of starving Gaza civilians, urges end to siege

GAZA — The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on Sunday accused Israeli authorities of using starvation as a weapon of war against civilians in Gaza.In a statement on X, the agency said: “The Israeli authorities are starving civilians in Gaza. Among them are 1 million children.”UNRWA reiterated its urgent call for an end to the ongoing Israeli siege, stating: “Lift the siege: allow UNRWA to bring in food and medicines.”Despite international legal obligations to ensure the protection of civilians and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid, Israel has maintained a total siege on Gaza since March 2. Convoys have been bombed, border crossings blocked, and aid distribution points targeted—actions widely condemned by rights groups as collective...

July 20, 2025

UNRWA accuses Israel of starving Gaza civilians, urges end to siege

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