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Hong Kong's deadliest blaze in decades kills at least 94, scores missing
Families of the scores still missing after Hong Kong's worst blaze in decades scoured hospitals Friday as firefighters searched the last of the torched housing estate's flats, with the death toll now at least 94.
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Hong Kong's deadliest blaze in decades kills at least 94, scores missing
Families of the scores still missing after Hong Kong's worst blaze in decades scoured hospitals Friday as firefighters searched the last of the torched housing …
Bangladesh tribunal sentences ex-PM Sheikh Hasina to death for ‘crimes against humanity’
On Monday afternoon, Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal‑1 (ICT‑1) found ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina guilty of “crimes against humanity” committed during the July–August 2024 …
Lockdown, unrest grip Bangladesh ahead of Hasina trial verdict. Yunus pushes reform vote
The ex-prime minister is being tried in absentia for crimes against humanity; Yunus’s decision to pair a reform referendum with February elections and Hasina’s media …
Monsoon flash floods leave hundreds dead, thousands displaced in Pakistan
Relentless cloudbursts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and other northern provinces have destroyed homes, roads, and bridges, while the country’s disaster agency reports over 650 deaths nationwide.
China’s ‘project of the century’: 70,000 MW megadam in Brahmaputra
Known as Motuo Hydropower Station, the project planned to be completed in the 2030s will be the world’s largest hydropower facility, but India and Bangladesh …
Gaza faces ‘catastrophic hunger’
UN human rights office says over 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since May while trying to get food while Israel bows to …
One in 10 children in Gaza malnourished, warns UN agency
UNRWA said severe shortages of food, medicine, medical supplies, and hygiene supplies are pushing child malnutrition to critical levels. UN agencies call for an immediate …
Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear and military sites, Iran retaliates with drones
The attack on nuclear and military sites, and killings of Iran’s military commanders, raise fears of an all-out war between the two military powerhouses, who …
Israel’s blockade in Gaza risks famine, malnutrition and more. How the world order responds
The entire Gaza population is at severe risk of famine by September 30, and nearly 71,000 children and 17,000 pregnant and breastfeeding mothers risk acute …
Israel escalates attack—Bombs hospitals; kills over 100
Israel has intensified its offensive in Gaza with a wave of airstrikes—bombing hospitals and killing over 100 people, including dozens of children, while the death …
Updates on India-Pakistan conflict
Claims, counterclaims, misinformation and nationalistic rhetoric can risk conflict to turn into a full-fledged war, despite both sides claiming desire for de-escalation.
India launches retaliatory strikes following Pahalgam terror
India launched ‘Operation Sindoor’ after two weeks of the deadly Pahalgam attack that killed at least 26. Pakistan called India’s actions ‘an unprovoked and blatant …
