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An Israeli airstrike killed at least 70 people in Gaza over the past 24 hours, local news reports said. The strike hit a tent camp in Al-Mawasi, a designated humanitarian zone. Nine displaced civilians also died in the attack, according…

Planting trees in Arctic regions like Alaska, Greenland, and Iceland may harm the climate rather than help it, according to a study published in Nature Geoscience. Researchers argue that while trees store carbon, their impact on the Arctic’s high albedo—its…

Pakistan has begun collecting biometric data from children aged 10 to 18 as part of updates to its civil registry system, Biometric Update published on its official website. The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) and the Directorate General of…

The Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC) has reported a rise in media freedom violations in 2024, documenting 181 incidents, including the closure of 18 media outlets and the arrest of 50 journalists. The report highlights an eight percent increase in violations…

At least 24 fighters were killed in clashes between Turkish-backed groups and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Syria’s Manbij district, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The violence resulted in the deaths of 23 Turkish-backed…

Over 300,000 migrants crossed the Darien Gap from Colombia into Panama in 2024, marking a 42% drop from the record 520,085 crossings recorded the previous year, according to Panama’s National Migration Service. Venezuelans accounted for 69% of the total crossings,…

On Thursday, a civil defense official reported that 27 migrants, including women and children, tragically lost their lives when two boats capsized off the coast of central Tunisia, according to Arab News. The incident occurred near the Kerkennah Islands, a…

A new initiative, Migrant Disaster Victim Identification (MDVI) Action, launched in November 2024, is addressing the growing humanitarian crisis of unidentified deceased migrants in Europe, The Gurdian reported in an article on Thursday. With an estimated 25,000 individuals having perished…

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has requested additional time to consult party founder Imran Khan regarding its final demands before the upcoming third round of negotiations with the government, scheduled for next week, Dawn reported yesterday. This request follows a second…

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology have discovered that a low-cost blood pressure medication may effectively treat craniopharyngioma, a rare noncancerous brain tumor located near the pituitary gland and hypothalamus, Anadolu Agency reported…