More than 6,000 prisoners escaped from a high-security facility in Maputo on Christmas Day following a rebellion, during which at least 33 inmates were killed. The chaos erupted amid violent protests and riots triggered by the confirmation of the ruling Frelimo party’s victory in October’s elections. Source link
The United States military said Thursday it carried out an airstrike in southern Somalia, killing two members of the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab group, including a senior commander. The strike, conducted in coordination with Somalia’s federal government, targeted an area southwest of Quyno Barrow on Tuesday, according to US Africa Command (AFRICOM). Source link
Authorities in Mali say a shipwreck off the coast of Morocco on December 19 left 70 people missing, including migrants from Mali. The vessel, carrying around 80 people, sank while en route to Spain. Eleven survivors were rescued. Source link
Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh, whose economic reforms made his country a global powerhouse, died at the age of 92. Camille Knight looks back at his life. Source link
Hamas says 5 journalists killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza; Israel says they were Islamic Jihad terrorists masquerading as members of the press. Separately, another Israeli airstrike hit an airport in Sanaa, Yemen, following a missile launch by the Houthis. Some experts say that the plane crash in Kazakhstan was caused by Russian anti-aircraft … Read more
highlights Dead body seen as plane lands at Kahului AirportThe temperature in the wheel house remains up to -60 degrees Celsius.One such man was found hidden in Paris in the year 2022 United Flight 202 News: There was a stir when a dead body was found stuck in the wheel of a plane taking off … Read more
Syria’s new authorities have arrested a military justice official who issued death sentences for people held in the notorious Sayednaya prison under the ousted government of President Bashar Assad, the Syria war monitor said on Thursday. Mohammed Kanjo Hassan was arrested along with 20 members of his entourage in Tartus province, a stronghold of Assad’s … Read more
Syria’s new authorities on Thursday arrested a military justice official from the government of ousted President Bashar al-Assad. The arrest of Mohammed Kanjo Hassan was confirmed by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights a day after deadly clashes broke out in Assad’s stronghold, the coastal province of Tartus, where gunmen sought to protect him. Twenty … Read more
Police in Tyrol, Austria, said a father and son were killed in a sudden avalanche around lunchtime on Thursday. A group of four people – a father, his two sons and a friend of the family – had set out from Schwendberg near Hippach on backcountry skis to the Roskopf mountain peak. Just before noon … Read more
Israeli air strikes in Gaza on Thursday killed at least 45 people, according to Palestinian sources, including hospital workers and five journalists. The strikes come as worsening humanitarian conditions and freezing winter temperatures claim the lives of newborns in displacement camps. Source link