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Los Angeles, Jan 10 (UNI) Fierce wildfires continue to burn in the greater Los Angeles area on Thursday, killing at least five people and forcing nearly 180,000 people fleeing their homes. Five active fires in Los Angeles County have grown to more than 29,000 acres (about 117.3 square kilometers). The two biggest ones, Palisades Fire…
Doha, Jan 10 (UNI) A Qatari Air Force plane carrying 31 tons of food aid landed in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Thursday as part of the country’s ongoing air bridge initiative to support the Syrian people, the Qatari Foreign Ministry announced. The aid is provided by the Qatar Fund for Development, a government…
Tehran, Jan 10 (UNI) Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei strongly condemned new airstrikes by the United States and Britain against infrastructure targets in Yemen. He made the remarks in a statement by the ministry after the U.S.-British coalition launched airstrikes on several targets inside the three Yemeni provinces of Sanaa, Amran, and Hodeidah on…
Houston, Jan 10 (UNI) At least 1,650 flights were cancelled across Texas airports on Thursday morning as a winter storm hits the second largest U.S. state, according to FlightAware. More than 13,000 flights were delayed in the state’s major airports as of Thursday morning, data from FlightAware showed. Across an 800-mile expanse of the southern…
Jerusalem, Jan 10 (UNI) Israel’s military reported on Thursday that Houthi forces in Yemen have launched about 40 surface-to-surface missiles and 320 drones toward Israel since October 2023. The Houthis, citing solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, have carried out sporadic missile and drone attacks on Israel. In response, Israel has conducted several large-scale and deadly…
Lhasa, Jan 9 (UNI) A total of 1,211 aftershocks had been detected as of 3 p.m. Thursday after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Dingri County in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday, local authorities said. The largest aftershock had a magnitude of 4.4, and occurred about 18 kilometers from the epicenter of the 6.8-magnitude earthquake,…
Dhaka, Jan 9 (UNI) Following reports of India extending the visa of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) spokesperson Rafiqul Alam said that her visa extension has no bearing on the issue of her extradition. Addressing a weekly press briefing in Dhaka, Alam when asked about the matter, said: “As…
Los Angeles, Jan 9 (UNI) SpaceX will provide free Starlink terminals to the areas in Los Angeles that have been affected by wildfires, Elon Musk, the space technology company’s CEO said on Thursday. “SpaceX will provide free Starlink terminals to affected areas in LA tomorrow morning,” Musk said on X. Multiple wildfires have broken out…
La Paz, Jan. 9 (UNI) Rainy season downpours have claimed at least 16 lives and impacted more than 16,000 families in Bolivia since last November, authorities said on Wednesday. Heavy rains from November through the first week of January have wreaked havoc in the South American nation, sparking deadly floods and mudslides, Juan Carlos Calvimontes,…
Los Angeles, Jan. 9 (UNI) Multiple major wildfires raging across Los Angeles County, the most populous U.S. County, has killed at least five people and damaged at least 1,100 buildings, authorities said Wednesday. The Palisades fire, a devastating wind-driven brush fire in Pacific Palisades starting Tuesday, spread to 15,800 acres (63.9 square km) as of…
