KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Rescue personnel Tuesday scrambled to relocate over 100,000 people from Pakistan’s southeastern coastal belt as cyclone Biparjoy drew closer. Over 35,000 people from the coastal areas of Pakistan have already been evacuated, while operations are underway to relocate another 65,000, Salman Shah, the director genera...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): The Pakistani government has ordered an immediate evacuation of over 50,000 residents of the country’s southeastern coastal belt as cyclone Biparjoy is heading towards Pakistan and neighboring India, an official said on Monday. Evacuation orders have been issued for the coastal towns of Shahbandar, Keti Bandar and...
ISLAMABAD (AA): At least 28 people, including women and children, died after heavy rains battered parts of Pakistan on Saturday, local media reported. At least 145 others were also injured due to the rains in some parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces, according to Geo News broadcaster. At least 69 houses were partially damaged [&he...
ISTANBUL (AA): Powerful cyclonic storm “Biparjoy” is moving across the Arabian Sea and is expected to hit the coasts of India and Pakistan soon. Pakistani meteorological authorities issued a warning ahead of the “Biparjoy” storm on Friday, urging fishermen not to venture out into the open sea from Monday onwards. Pakist...
MOSCOW (AA): Kazakhstan’s Emergency Ministry reported on Friday that a wildfire in the Semey-Ormany national reserve has engulfed an area of 30,000 hectares. The ministry said in a statement that more than 600 personnel, six helicopters and 168 pieces of equipment are involved in firefighting efforts. Residents of three villages in the A...
Dhaka, Bangladesh (AFP): Bangladesh has shut thousands of schools as it struggles through its lengthiest heatwave in half a century, with widespread power cuts compounding locals’ misery. Temperatures in the South Asian nation’s capital of Dhaka have surged to around 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), with the poor bearin...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Ali, 24, willingly relocated to the remote Bangladeshi island of Bhasan Char from the mainland refugee camp nearly one-and-a-half years back. Inspired by the lucrative offer of better living conditions and livelihood facilities, Ali, along with his pregnant wife, migrated to the concrete infrastructure developed by Bang...
Herat, Afghanistan (AFP): Six people have been killed and dozens of homes washed away in central Afghanistan after heavy rains were funnelled down mountain valleys causing devastating floods, a local official said Wednesday. Research describes Afghanistan as highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, which scientists say is making ext...
Nairobi, Kenya (AFP): More than a million Somalis have been displaced within their own country in just over four months through a “toxic” mix of drought, conflict and floods, humanitarian agencies said Wednesday. Around 433,000 people were forced from their homes between January 1 and May 10 as a grinding insurgency raged and clash...
DOHA, Qatar (AA): The Qatari energy minister has said the only thing that “will save humanity and Europe this year is a warm winter.” “If the economy starts churning back up in 2024, and you have just a regular winter, I think the worst is yet to come,” Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi said during the Qatar […]
