Tag Archives: war

GAZA | Xinhua | In the rubble of southwestern Gaza City’s Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, an abandoned Israeli armored vehicle now serves an unexpected purpose: Draped with a red-cloth sign that reads “Charging Station,” it has become a rare source of electricity in an area left in the dark by over …

HELSINKI | Xinhua |  Global arms revenues of the world’s 100 largest arms companies hit a record 679 billion U.S. dollars in 2024, with U.S. arms producers accounting for nearly half of the total, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a report released on Monday. In 2024, …

WASHINGTON | TASS | Andrey Yermak, a former chief of staff of Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, announced several hours later after his resignation that he was ready to head to the battlefront, the New York Post reported. “I’m going to the front and am prepared for any reprisals… I am an honest and …

TOKYO | Xinhua | Japan’s main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) leader Yoshihiko Noda on Sunday criticized Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent erroneous remarks on China’s Taiwan, local media reported. At a party meeting in Nagasaki Prefecture, Noda, a former prime minister, said Takaichi “went too far” and …

TOKYO | TASS |  The United States would prefer to avoid involvement in any wars, but if it must fight, it will win decisively, US President Donald Trump said while addressing US servicemen aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington, based in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture, at the Yokosuka naval …

GAZA | Xinhua | On a dusty patch of land in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, a worn-out canvas canopy offers scant protection from the autumn sun. Below it, dozens of girls sit on the ground, their notebooks resting on knees, their eyes fixed on a small blackboard hanging from a …

KHARTOUM, EGYPT | Xinhua | As the sun dips over the rooftops of Sudan’s capital Khartoum, bathing the open spaces in a pale golden hue and the earth cools after a heavy day, a different kind of life begins to stir in the city. On makeshift football pitches carved into …

GAZA, PALESTINE | Xinhua | Residents of the Gaza Strip are watching closely as Palestinian and Israeli delegations arrived in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El Sheikh in a renewed effort to secure a comprehensive ceasefire after nearly two years of war. On the streets of Gaza, the mood …

KHARTOUM | Xinhua |  At least 32 journalists have been killed since the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted in April 2023, the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate announced on Sunday. “Since the outbreak of the armed conflict in the country, 32 journalists …

KHARTOUM | Xinhua |  At least 95 people have died from hunger and disease over the past 40 days in Abu Shouk displacement camp in El Fasher, western Sudan, volunteer groups said on Sunday. In a statement, the Abu Shouk Camp Emergency Room said 73 children under five and 22 …