The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Thursday that the number of Palestinians displaced in Gaza has risen to more than 338,000 amid intensified fighting. An OCHA official in Gaza, Hamada Al-Bayari, called for a humanitarian truce to allow relief

Summary Essential supplies of food, fuel and water must be allowed to reach civilians in Gaza under Israeli bombardment and blockade, says the UN secretary-general "We need rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access now," says Antonio Guterres Palestinian health officials

At least four people were killed and several others injured when an express train derailed in the Indian state of Bihar, local media and officials reported. The train from Anand Vihar Terminal railway station in Delhi came off the rails at around 9:35pm local time (16:05 GMT) on

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin have exchanged another set of letters – a month after Kim made a rare trip to Russia –  with Kim wishing Putin victory over “imperialists’ anti-Russia scheme” and both men lauding their

As hundreds of thousands of Israeli troops, regular and reservist, gather on Gaza's borders, the Israeli government faces a near impossible situation. At least 150 hostages seized by Hamas gunmen from southern Israel last Saturday are now being held at secret locations inside Gaza.

The Gaza Strip’s sole power plant went out of service on Wednesday due to a lack of fuel. A source with the Palestinian Energy Authority told Anadolu that the power plant ran out of fuel leading to a complete electricity outage in the strip. Earlier on Wednesday, the head of

A 104-year-old Chicago woman who recently set out to break a world record as the oldest person to ever jump from a plane has died. Dorothy Hoffner was found dead Monday morning by staff at the Brookdale Lake View senior living community after passing away in her sleep Sunday night, her

A hurricane described as "extremely dangerous" has made landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast. Hurricane Lidia, a Category 4 strength storm, will bring wind speeds of up to 140mph (220km/h) in the state of Jalisco, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said before it hit.

The French army confirmed Tuesday it had begun withdrawing its troops from Niger. "The first troops have left," the spokesman of the French chief of staff told AFP. A French defence source said a first group of soldiers that were considered priority for evacuation for

A second large earthquake has hit Afghanistan just days after a 6.3 magnitude quake in the same region killed more than 1,000 people. The latest quake, of the same magnitude, struck at around 05:10 local time (00:40 GMT) on Wednesday. The epicentre is 28km (17 miles) north of the

There have been appeals for the the global community to help Afghanistan following Saturday's deadly 6.3 magnitude earthquake which the Taliban government said killed more than 2,000 people in the west of the country. Aid group CARE USA — a member of CARE International

Russian President Vladimir Putin has voiced concern at the “catastrophic increase” in the number of civilians killed in Israel and the Gaza Strip amid days of fighting between Hamas and the Israeli military. The Russian leader also took aim on Tuesday at Washington’s

Summary The death toll in Israel has reached 1,200, while more than 900 people have been killed in Gaza US President Joe Biden has described Hamas' assault on Israel - launched on Saturday - as an "act of sheer evil" Details of a massacre in an Israeli village where

Nobel prize winner Amartya Sen’s family on Tuesday denied news circulated on social media that the economist had died. Earlier, several posts on X claiming that Sen had died went viral. “It is fake news. I have just spent a week with him in our family home in Cambridge. He

At least 29 people, including women and children, have been killed in an artillery strike on a refugee camp in Myanmar, according to local media reports. The camp in Kachin State was struck close to midnight on Monday, three miles from a base in the town of Laiza, which borders China.

The death toll from flash floods unleashed by a glacial lake bursting its banks in India's Himalayas has climbed to 74 with 101 people still missing days after the calamity struck. Following days of torrential rain in the northeastern state of Sikkim, torrents of water swept down

Survivors of a series of powerful earthquakes that struck western Afghanistan on Saturday have spent a second night sleeping amid the rubble of demolished villages as they search for loved ones using shovels. The death toll is approaching 3,000, according to senior Taliban officials.

Leading international airlines have suspended or reduced flights to Israel’s capital Tel Aviv amid the conflict with Hamas and escalating attacks on Gaza. About half of all scheduled flights at the airport did not operate on Sunday and a third were cancelled as of Monday evening.

The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has fired a barrage of rockets into Israel after at least three of its members were killed during an Israeli bombardment of southern Lebanon amid soaring tensions on Israel’s northern border. Hezbollah in a statement on Monday said it had fired

A large demonstration in support of Palestinians in Gaza was held in London on Monday night. Protesters gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in the capital to demand an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestine. The event was organized by several UK groups, including Friends of