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At least 70 al-Shabaab terrorists were eliminated and 30 others wounded in a military operation in Somalia’s northern Mudug region, Anadolu Agency reported on Thursday. The operation happened in the vicinity of Tabar-mooge, about 28 kilometers (17 miles) north of…

Dozens of students were arrested Wednesday across US campuses, with police clashes and political tension. The arrests come amid a wave of demonstrations at campuses across the US, which began last week after students at New York’s Columbia University set…

Amid escalating conflicts and violence around the globe, UN-affilliated agencies and other development groups confirmed in their reports that food insecurity exacerbated around the world in 2023, with about 282 million people suffering from acute hunger, particularly in Gaza and…

Nearly four in 10 people in the US are exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution, a new report has found. Four of the five most polluted cities are in California, where wildfires, drought and extreme heat are driving the…

The European Parliament approved a new law on Tuesday to ban in the EU the sale, import and export of goods made using forced labour, targeting China’s use of forced labor in Xinjiang, RFA reported. The Forced Labour Regulation places…

Vaccines have saved an estimated 51.2 million lives in the African region over the past 50 years, Africanews reported yesterday citing the World Health Organization. The WHO announced the achievement on Wednesday at the start of this year’s African Vaccination…

Multiple research and media centers in Iraq have proposed an important idea to enrich the Vatican Library and other world libraries with reliable Shia religious books and sources, making them accessible to researchers and Christian studies students interested in Islamic…

Amnesty International said in its 2023 report, released yesterday, 23 April, that the world is experiencing the dire consequences of escalating conflicts and ongoing violation of international law. The rights organization warned in its annual report that the pace of…

Asia was the region most impacted by climate change, weather and water-related hazards globally last year, Al Jazeera reported yesterday citing the United Nations weather agency WMO. In a report published on Tuesday, the World Meteorological Organization said floods and…

Twenty-one migrants drowned and another 23 are missing after a boat carrying 77 people capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the second such incident in two weeks, Reuters reported Tuesday citing the United Nations migration agency. The accident occurred on…