Civic authorities use a vehicle with an anti-smog gun amid heavy smog conditions in New Delhi on November 9, 2023. Indian scientists are preparing cloud seeding technology to clean poisonous smog in the capital with rain, but environmental critics fear it is an expensive distraction from tackling...
People put out cigarettes by a MeGo ashtray in Plougonvelin, western France, on May 29, 2018. The price of a pack of cigarettes will be raised to a minimum of 13 euros during 2026, with a first stage of 12 euros in 2025, Health Minister Aurelien Rousseau announced on November 28, 2023. (Photo by...
AFP/MANILA BULLETIN BRUSSELS, Belgium– Israeli restrictions on fuel supplies to Gaza are hampering aid deliveries and humanitarian access required under an UN resolution, an EU commissioner, Janez Lenarcic, said Tuesday. Lenarcic -- who is in charge of crisis management -- was speaking...
Ambulance and emergency vehicles are seen on standby near the entrance (R) of the under construction Silkyara tunnel during a rescue operation for trapped workers after a section of the tunnel collapsed, in the Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state on November 28, 2023. Indian rescuers...
TEL AVIV, Israel - The Israeli government said Monday it had put Hamas "on notice" that an "option for an extension" of the truce in the Gaza Strip was open. "We want to receive another additional 50 hostages beyond tonight on our way to bringing everyone home," government spokesman...
BARCELONA, Spain - The EU's top foreign policy official Josep Borrell called for an extension of the truce in the Gaza Strip, which is due to end on Tuesday. The four-day pause has seen tearful reunions of families and hostages, released in exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners, in the...
CRÉPOL, France - The French government urged calm Monday after the killing of a teenage boy at a village dance party earlier this month was followed up with violent demonstrations by the extreme right. The death of the 16-year-old, named only as Thomas, has been seized upon by the...
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories - Palestinian authorities have demanded the Israeli military release information about more than 100 people thought to have been detained in Gaza during its assault on the territory following Hamas attacks. The head of the Palestinian Authority's commission...
SILKYARA TUNNEL , India - Indian military engineers were preparing to dig by hand Monday to reach 41 workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for 16 days, a rescue operation hit by repeated setbacks. Soldiers plan to use a so-called "rat-hole mining" technique, digging by hand to clear the...
MOSCOW, Russia - Almost two million people in Russia and occupied Ukraine were left without power on Monday, after hurricane force winds and heavy rains cut electricity lines and caused widespread flooding. Huge waves crashed over beachside areas of Russia's Black Sea coast, video from social...
CRÉTEIL, France - A father in France on Sunday confessed to killing his three young daughters and turned himself in, said prosecutors and a police source. The man, 41, went to the police station in the northern coastal town of Dieppe "to report that he had killed his three children", the...
AFP/MANILA BULLETIN SILKYARA TUNNEL , India– India's military brought in specialised equipment Sunday as efforts to free 41 trapped workers entered a third week, with digging ongoing in three directions after repeated setbacks to the operation. The Indian air force said Sunday that...
