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7,900 people died, disappeared on migration routes in 2025: UN

News April 21, 2026

Around 7,900 people died or disappeared on migration routes in 2025, taking the total dead and missing since 2014 beyond 80,000, the United Nations’ migration agency said on Tuesday. The UN’s Inte...

‘Strangled’: Pakistan faces economic imperative in Iran war peace push

Business April 21, 2026

Sheikh Nadeem sat on a plastic chair outside his bedding store in Islamabad, scrolling through his phone as he waited for customers he knew were not coming. Between rising fuel costs and rolling black...

Israeli fire kills two more in Gaza; Hamas confronts pro-Israel militia

Health April 21, 2026

CAIRO: Israeli strikes killed two Palestinians in separate incidents in the Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials said, and fighters from Hamas confronted gunmen from an Israeli-backed militia. Medic...

Is Israel replicating Gaza’s ‘Yellow Line’ in south Lebanon?

News April 21, 2026

BEIRUT: Israel says it has established a “Yellow Line” in south Lebanon near the border, where its forces are operating despite a 10-day ceasefire with Iran-backed Hezbollah group. What is the so-...

Over $71bn needed over next decade to rebuild Gaza: UN, EU

Health April 20, 2026

More than $71 billion will be needed over the next decade for recovery and reconstruction in war-ravaged Gaza, according to a European Union and United Nations assessment published on Monday. In their...

Money, lobbyists, inertia: Why fossil fuels are so hard to quit?

News April 20, 2026

When the international community agreed to transition away from fossil fuels at the 2023 COP28 global climate summit, some hailed the moment as the beginning of the end for oil. But little progress ha...

Japan records 80cm tsunami after powerful 7.4-magnitude quake: JMA

News April 20, 2026

An 80-centimetre tsunami wave hit a port in northern Japan on Monday after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the region, Japan’s Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. The wave was observed at 5...

Russia arrests German woman in alleged bomb plot

News April 20, 2026

Russia said Monday it had arrested a German woman found with a homemade bomb in her backpack in what it alleged was a Ukrainian-hatched plot to blow up a security services facility in the south. Russi...

Japan records 80-centimetre tsunami after powerful quake: JMA

News April 20, 2026

An 80-centimetre tsunami wave hit a port in northern Japan on Monday after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the region, Japan’s Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. The wave was observed at 5...

Unicef decries water suppliers’ killing in Gaza

Health April 20, 2026

JERUSALEM: Two civilian contractors delivering water for the UN children’s fund were shot dead by Israeli troops in northern Gaza, Unicef said on Saturday, expressing fury over the deaths the previo...