16 dead in bus crash in Egypt’s Sinai
Cairo: A bus crash in Egypt’s eastern Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday killed 16 people and injured 28 others, the health ministry reported.Twenty ambulances rushed to the scene of the…
US and Iran exchange attacks as lull in war appears over
The U.S. and Iran found themselves back on a war footing on Wednesday after the most significant exchange of fire in weeks, with Washington threatening more devastating strikes wh…
US aircraft carrier in Thailand after months at sea
Laem Chabang, Thailand: A US aircraft carrier at the centre of controversy over conditions on board arrived in Thailand on Wednesday for its first port call in nine months.The 5,00…
Hopes of finding survivors dim in Nepal
KATHMANDU: Hopes of finding more survivors among the thousands still missing in Nepal were fading, authorities said on Wednesday, a week after a glacier collapse in the Himalayas…
Global temperature to exceed 1.5 Celsius ‘within a few years: UNEP
SINGAPORE: Global temperature rises are set to exceed the key threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) “within a few years”, the UN’s environmental body said on…
Markets tumble as US-Iran escalation lifts oil prices to $95
SINGAPORE: Asian stocks slumped on Wednesday after renewed U.S. airstrikes on Iran pushed oil prices to a five-week high and drove the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield to its highest le…
World will miss climate target, warming must be reversed: UN
The world has failed in its goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial times, the United Nations said Wednesday, in a sober assessment that laid out…
Iran strikes back against latest US attacks
Tehran: Iran struck US interests around the Middle East on Wednesday, vowing “severe” consequences for renewed American attacks on the Islamic republic.The latest fighting over the…
11 dead in US strikes on its territory: Iran
Tehran: Iran said Wednesday that US strikes on its territory killed 11 people, state media reported, after a fresh attack in the southwestern province of Khuzestan.”The Deputy Gove…
Nepal disaster a climate ‘warning signal’
KATHMANDU: A devastating glacial collapse in Nepal that unleashed deadly floods was a “warning signal” over the growing risks climate change poses to the Himalayan nation, its fore…