Explosion in the Mezzeh district of Damascus injures one woman and causes material damage, according to Syrian state media. Published On 14 Nov 202514 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A woman has been injured in an explosion in the Mezzeh district of Damascus, according to Syrian state media. Rockets … Read more
The Israeli blockade of aid has caused a hunger crisis in Gaza and is condemning a growing number of its people to death by starvation. Nonetheless, Palestinian journalists are risking their lives to expose what Western media often softens or obscures: the use of starvation as a tool of genocide. Contributors:Diana Buttu – human rights … Read more
Tomiko Itooka died on December 29 at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo prefecture, in central Japan. Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died at the age of 116. Yoshitsugu Nagata, an official in charge of elderly policies, said Itooka died on December 29 … Read more
A Japanese woman, recognised as the world’s oldest person by Guinness World Records, has died aged 116. Tomiko Itooka died in a nursing home in the city of Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, according to officials. She became the oldest person in the world after Spain’s Maria Branyas Morera passed away in August 2024 at age 117. … Read more
Tomiko Itooka went mountain climbing into her 70s, scaling Japan’s 3,067-metre Mount Ontake – in sneakers. A Japanese woman aged 116 is set to be named the world’s oldest person by Guinness World Records. The United States-based Gerontology Research Group announced on Wednesday that former mountaineer Tomiko Itooka, born on May 23, 1908, would assume … Read more
The incident comes hours before the German city staging a Euro 2024 match between Netherlands and Poland. The German police have fired shots at a person who allegedly threatened officers with a pickaxe and an incendiary device on the sidelines of a Euro 2024 football fan parade in central Hamburg, according to a police post … Read more
One person was killed and children were among the 21 injured after a mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade triggered panic among huge crowds of fans. Shots rang out on Wednesday in Kansas City in the United States moments after jubilant Chiefs players addressed a vast, cheering crowd, sending shocked … Read more
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, New York police deputy commissioner for operations says ‘no ongoing threat’ after shooting. One person has been killed and five others injured in a shooting at a subway station in New York City, authorities in the United States’s biggest city have said. The shooting occurred at a train platform in the Bronx … Read more