Russia’s Far East Suffers Damage From Earthquake and Tsunami
Regional authorities in Sakhalin Oblast declared an emergency after a tsunami hit the Kuril Islands, and Kamchatka region was watching for volcanic activity.
Lebanon sentences six Hezbollah men
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s military tribunal has sentenced six people over the 2022 killing of an Irish peacekeeper in southern Lebanon, two judicial sources told Reuters on Tuesday, and a Lebanese security source said all six were members of Hezbollah. Hezbollah’s media office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The judicial sources said one … Read more
8.8-magnitude quake strikes Russia’s Far East
Listen to article A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula triggered 4-metre (13-foot) tsunami waves and sparked evacuation orders across the Pacific on Wednesday. The shallow earthquake damaged buildings and injured several people in the remote Russian region, while much of Japan’s eastern seaboard – devastated by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami … Read more
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Hamas asked to disarm, give up Gaza
Listen to article UNITED NATIONS: Arab countries, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, joined calls on Tuesday for Hamas to disarm and end its rule of Gaza, in a bid to end the devastating war in the Palestinian territory. Seventeen countries plus the European Union and Arab League threw their weight behind a seven-page text agreed at … Read more
UK unveils plan to recognise Palestine
LONDON: Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday the UK will formally recognise the State of Palestine in September unless Israel takes various “substantive steps” in Gaza, including agreeing to a ceasefire. The potentially landmark move, part of a plan for “lasting peace” that Starmer is putting forward, came after the UK leader recalled his cabinet … Read more
PSX dips on monetary policy uncertainty
[ Listen to article KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed bearish on Tuesday as investors resorted to profit-booking, pulling the benchmark KSE-100 index down by 1,415 points, or 1.02%. In the morning, the session resumed on a strong note, with the index hitting intra-day high of 140,331, up 951 points, on optimism about reports that a … Read more
What is the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’?
Many of the world’s biggest earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis occur along a chain of seismologically active regions that encircle the Pacific Ocean.
Power consumers to get Rs53b refund
[ Listen to article ISLAMABAD: The government is set to pass on Rs53.4 billion worth of refunds to electricity consumers across the country, including those of K-Electric, under quarterly tariff adjustment for the fourth quarter (April-June) of fiscal year 2024-25. The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) will hold a public hearing on August 4 on a … Read more
Wednesday Briefing: U.K. May Recognize a Palestinian State
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