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Photo courtesy of Anadolu Nearly 5 million children in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen face heightened health risks after supplies of routine childhood vaccines ran out. Yemen’s internationally recognized government blamed the shortage on Houthi restrictions that allegedly disrupted vaccine deliveries, limited the movement of immunization teams and interfered with humanitarian work. The Houthi-run Health Ministry…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu North Korea said expanding military cooperation among the United States, Japan and South Korea was creating a new security crisis in the Asia-Pacific. In commentary carried Tuesday by the state-run Korean Central News Agency, a military commentator criticized the three countries for strengthening their joint combat capabilities through large-scale exercises. Pyongyang…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing will make his first official visit to Thailand since taking office when he travels to Bangkok from Aug. 6 to 7, the Thai Foreign Ministry said. Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul invited Min Aung Hlaing for the two-day visit, which will include bilateral talks on political…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu The death toll from two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela in late June rose to 6,125, a senior government official said Monday. National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said emergency teams rescued 6,642 people following the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes on June 24. He added that 60,992 people required hospital treatment…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu Denmark assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council for August, pledging to prioritize women, peace and security, climate-related risks and the humanitarian impact of armed conflict. Denmark’s UN ambassador, Christina Markus Lassen, said the council faced worsening conflicts, growing humanitarian suffering and rising geopolitical tensions in Ukraine, Sudan,…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu At least nine people were killed and 28 others were injured in a Russian attack on Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital’s mayor said Saturday. Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said four children were among those wounded in the assault. Seventeen injured residents were taken to hospitals for treatment, according to the city government. The…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu Three Palestinians were killed and several others were injured in two Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to witnesses and medical sources. The attacks occurred a day after US President Donald Trump and the Board of Peace announced an agreement to move forward with the next phase of…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu The death toll from flooding in Assam, northeastern India, climbed to 82, the state disaster management authority said late Friday. More than 1.1 million people across the state were affected by the floods, according to local officials. Authorities said relief camps and distribution centers continued operating for displaced and affected families….
Photo courtesy of Anadolu China denounced the United States’ decision to add more than 40 Chinese entities to a trade blacklist over alleged links to forced labor in Xinjiang. A spokesperson for China’s Commerce Ministry said the move lacked factual basis and amounted to economic coercion, according to state-run Xinhua News Agency. Beijing said Washington…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu North Korea said NATO’s expanding military logistics network showed that the alliance was preparing for possible conflicts beyond Europe, including in the Asia-Pacific. In a commentary carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency on Saturday, Pyongyang criticized plans to modernize and extend NATO’s fuel supply system across Europe. The project…