Day: August 6, 2022

Israeli forces, Palestinian militants launch airstrikes and rockets attacks in cross-border clash

Israeli air strikes pounded Gaza while the militant Islamic Jihad group fired hundreds of rockets into Israel on Saturday as a cross-border clash continued into a second day, killing at least six people, including four children. Hamas, the Islamist group which controls the enclave, said the children were among the dead from a blast close… Read More Israeli forces, Palestinian militants launch airstrikes and rockets attacks in cross-border clash

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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara grants presidential pardon to predecessor Laurent Gbagbo

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara on Saturday said he had offered a presidential pardon to longtime rival Laurent Gbagbo, as part of a reconciliation drive with his predecessors ahead of elections in 2025. Gbagbo, president from 2000-2011, returned to Ivory Coast last year after being acquitted in 2019 by the Hague on war crimes charges… Read More Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara grants presidential pardon to predecessor Laurent Gbagbo

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Twelve dead, dozens injured as bus conveying Polish pilgrims in Croatia

Twelve people were killed in Croatia on Saturday when a Polish bus filled with religious pilgrims slipped off a road and crashed near Varazdin, authorities said. Thirty-two people were injured in the crash which happened at 5:40 a.m. (0340 GMT) on the highway between Varazdin, in northwest Croatia, and capital Zagreb. Croatian Health Minister Vili… Read More Twelve dead, dozens injured as bus conveying Polish pilgrims in Croatia

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Ukraine calls for extension of Black Sea grain deal to other products

Ukraine has called for the deal that relaxes Russia’s blockade of its Black Sea grain exports to be extended to include other products, such as metals, the Financial Times reported on Friday. “This agreement is about logistics, about the movement of vessels through the Black Sea,” Ukraine’s Deputy Economy Minister Taras Kachka told FT. “What’s… Read More Ukraine calls for extension of Black Sea grain deal to other products

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U.S. President Joe Biden tests negative, recovers from coronavirus

President Joe Biden has tested negative for COVID-19 after testing positive with a breakthrough case for days, the White House physician said on Saturday. The Democratic president will remain in isolation until he tests negative on a second test, Dr. Kevin O’Connor said in a letter. Biden, 79, emerged from isolation on Wednesday after testing… Read More U.S. President Joe Biden tests negative, recovers from coronavirus

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Eight dead, several injured following bomb blast in Kabul

A bomb blast in a busy shopping street in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least eight people and injured 22, hospital officials and witnesses said. The bomb exploded in a western district of the city where members of the minority Shi’ite Muslim community regularly meet. Islamic State, a Sunni Muslim militant group, claimed… Read More Eight dead, several injured following bomb blast in Kabul

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