The Israeli Air Force intercepted a missile fired from Yemen Friday night, triggering sirens across central Israel, including the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, the Sharon region, the Shephelah lowlands and areas surrounding Jerusalem. As a precaution, incoming flights to Ben Gurion International Airport were temporarily halted. A FlyDubai flight en route from Dubai was held … Read more
Christopher Lockyear on war, racism allegations, and front-line aid workers. Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, provides more than 16 million medical consultations every year, often in the world’s most dangerous places. But even this Nobel Peace Prize-winning organisation is sounding the alarm: the global humanitarian system is falling apart. MSF Secretary-General … Read more
Havana CNN — Cuba’s power grid collapsed Friday night, triggering a nationwide power outage and plunging its more than 10 million people into darkness. “At around 8:15 p.m. tonight, a failure at the Diezmero substation caused a significant loss of generation in the west of #Cuba and with it the failure of the National Electric … Read more
Authorities say Antonio Guiteras power plant shut down overnight, prompting collapse of national power grid. Cuba’s national power grid has collapsed again, leaving millions of people across the Caribbean island without electricity in the latest such failure in recent months. Authorities said the Antonio Guiteras power plant in Matanzas, the country’s top electricity producer, shut … Read more
Indians are celebrating Diwali as bright earthen oil lamps and colourful lights light up homes and streets across the country to mark the Hindu festival that symbolises the victory of light over darkness. Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India and for Hindus in particular. It is celebrated across faiths in … Read more
Muslims around the world have celebrated Eid al-Fitr, the festival marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, with prayer, reunions with family and friends, new clothes and sweet treats. But the celebrations on Wednesday were overshadowed by the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and Israel’s threatened ground offensive in the southernmost … Read more
Known as ‘El Gordo’, the world’s richest lottery is set to pay out close to $3bn in prizes. People across Spain have been tuning in to watch the televised draw of the Christmas lottery known as “El Gordo” (‘The Fat One’), as pupils from Madrid’s San Ildefonso school began singing out the prize-winning numbers. A … Read more