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Famine looming in Myanmar’s Rakhine state: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 08 (AFP): Myanmar's conflict-torn Rakhine state is heading toward famine, the United Nations warned on Thursday, as the country's civil war squeezes commerce and agricultural production."Rakhine's economy has stopped functioning," a new report from the UN Development Programme said, projecting "famine conditions by mid-2025" if current levels...

Italy PM urges EU to focus on itself after Trump's victory

BUDAPEST, Nov 08 (Reuters): The EU must focus on setting its own house in order, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday, citing tariffs, competitiveness and defence as the most pressing issues the bloc faces as it comes to terms with Donald Trump's election win.Trump's return to power poses...

Israel must comply with ICJ measures to prevent genocide

NEW YORK, Nov 08 (Reuters/Arab News): The UN high commissioner for human rights on Friday called on Israel to "fully and immediately" comply with the provisional measures issued in January by the International Court of Justice demanding action to prevent a genocide from being perpetrated against the Palestinians.Volker Turk also...

S Korea holds missile drill after N Korea launches

SEOUL, Nov 08 (AFP): South Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea in a show of force after North Korea's recent salvo of missile launches, Seoul said Friday.The nuclear-armed North had test-fired what it said was its most advanced and powerful solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) as well as...

Multiple climate disasters trigger first ever Red Cross disaster insurance pay-out

GENEVA, Nov 08 (Reuters): The world was hit by so many floods and landslides in 2024 that it triggered the aid sector's first multi-disaster insurance pay-out, the Red Cross told Reuters, signalling both the scale of the problem and the need for new financing solutions.The International Federation of the Red...

Three killed, 66 injured in Mozambique protest

MAPUTO, Nov 08 (Reuters): Mozambique's largest hospital said on Friday that at least three people were killed and 66 injured during clashes between police and protesters the previous day over a disputed election.The fatalities add to at least 18 people killed in earlier protests since the Oct. 9 poll, which...

Philippine president signs new laws to assert S China Sea rights, sovereignty

MANILA, Nov 08 (Arab News): Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed two laws on Friday aimed at strengthening the country's maritime claims and bolstering its territorial integrity, as tensions with China over disputed areas in the South China Sea persist.The Maritime Zones Act and the Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act would...

News in Brief -2024-11-09

France raises bird flu risk to high as EU cases spreadPARIS, Nov 08: France has stepped up its bird flu risk assessment to 'high' from 'moderate', it said on Friday in a decree that will trigger reinforced security measures around poultry farms. Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu,...