BBCAs the sun sets over Bangkok, hundreds of rescue workers desperately search for survivors at the collapsed 30-storey skyscraper on a construction site in Thailand’s capital.
Rescuers are trying to reach dozens of workers trapped in the rubble…
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Major earthquake deals further blow to troubled country
People crouch on the tarmac in Mandalay airport After a four-year long civil war, a severe food crisis and an economy on the decline, Myanmar now finds itself devastated by a powerful earthquake.
On Friday, the 7.7 magnitude quake hit the city of…
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Moment pagoda collapses in Myanmar after earthquake
The top of Myanmar’s Shwe Sar Yan Pagoda, to the south-east of Mandalay, has collapsed following a huge earthquake.
Onlookers can be heard screaming and shouting as part of the building crashed to the ground.
The strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit…
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Hezbollah not involved in recent missile attack on Israel
A source in Lebanon told the Al-Mayadeen news network that Hezbollah is fully committed to the ceasefire agreement and that the missiles fired from southern Lebanon toward northern occupied territories have no connection with Hezbollah.
He…
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Israeli assassinations have strengthened resistance
The daughter of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, says Israel’s assassinations of senior figures will fail to weaken the resistance axis.
“The criminal Zionists shouldn’t think that…
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Aid Workers, Civilians Targeted in Latest Gaza Strikes: UN – World news
The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated that eight more aid workers were killed in Gaza over the past week, bringing the total number of humanitarian personnel killed since Israel launched its military…
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Israeli Army Raids West Bank Towns, Besieges Homes – World news
In a separate military raid, the Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian resident of Burqin, west of Jenin. The army also fired heavy gunfire and tear gas to remove worshippers from a mosque in the village of Burin before storming the town of Deir…
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Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Quds Day is a call for unity of Islamic Ummah in defending justice
TEHRAN – Thanking the Islamic Republic of Iran, Yemen and the Lebanese Hezbollah, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad said the International Quds Day is a call for the unity of Islamic ummah in support of “right and justice”.
“We are proudly…
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Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa names new army chief
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a new army chief ahead of planned protests on Monday, called by a group of war veterans who want to force the president to resign.
The former major general, Emmanuel Matatu, takes over with…
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