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Lebanese armed forces have captured 64 people who tried to sail from northern Lebanon to Europe, the armed forces have announced. On Tuesday, the potential illegal migrants, which included mainly Lebanese and some Syrians, and Palestinians were all detained and interrogated. They were reportedly taken into custody before their boat could set sail. A few kilometers from the northern city of Tripoli, they were apprehended near the Sheikh Znad area. More than 60 migrants died after their boat capsized off Tripoli, Lebanon’s second-largest and poorest city, on April 23, a few weeks earlier. Seven bodies were recovered from that tragedy,…

There are not many places in America where people feel safe. Ten mass shootings took place in the United States this weekend, killing at least 12 people and injuring more than 60 others. As the nation grieves after a string of deaths over the past month, including a massacre at an elementary school in Texas; a deadly attack at an Oklahoma medical facility; a racist attack at a New York supermarket; and an attack at a Taiwanese church service in California. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been at least 246 mass shootings in the United States this…

During a Sunday Mass gathering at a Church in Ondo state, south-west Nigeria, at least 50 people were massacred, including women and children. It remains unclear who the assailants were. During Sunday service, the armed men entered St Francis Catholic church in Owo. As eyewitnesses reported, they also fired into the congregation and kidnapped a priest and others who were attending the Church. In recent months, the violence in Nigeria, especially Islamic insurgency, has increased. It is not known how many people were killed in the Sunday massacre, but reports state that even children were among those killed. According to…

Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) has confirmed on Saturday that neither its facilities nor its oil and gas production have been affected by the earthquake that occurred at dawn today. The Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) said in a press statement that it had stopped its oil facilities for a short period during the quake as a precautionary measure under its safety regulations, noting that the institution’s oil facilities are equipped with sensors that automatically shut down in the event of natural disasters. According to the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information, an earthquake measuring magnitude 5.0 struck Kuwait on Saturday early morning. The…

To avenge a botched operation, a Tulsa gunman fatally shot a doctor and three other people before shooting himself. Wendell Franklin, Tulsa Police chief, told reporters on Thursday morning that Michael Louis, the suspect, wanted to kill Dr Preston Phillips. This is because he had recently had back surgery and was still in pain. The suspect and four victims who were killed at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa on Wednesday have been identified by police. He said the suspect purchased a semi-automatic rifle hours before the shooting on Wednesday afternoon, which killed another physician, a receptionist, and a patient. In…

Bahrain National Guard Commander General His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Isa Al Khalifa honored the Special Operations Unit for winning first place in the combat readiness 2020-2021. As demonstrated by the results of the combat readiness inspection, Shaikh Mohhamed expressed pride in the high level of readiness achieved by the National Guard. The unit’s victory demonstrates the military’s ability to fulfill the national duties entrusted to it with determination and sincerity. This reflects His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s vision. In his directive, Shaikh Mohammed urged all sectors of the Bahrain National Guard to continue developing and modernizing,…

On June 8 and 9, the German and Jordanian governments will host a major regional energy conference. This conference will bring together 700 participants, including ministers, officials, and representatives of international organizations, along the coast of the Dead Sea. The Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Saleh Kharabsheh, announced on Wednesday that the conference, which is the result of a Jordanian-German partnership in the energy sector, will talk about a variety of topics, including hydrogen energy, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and electrical interconnection initiatives. During the MENA Europe Future Energy Dialogue, based on the perspectives of the various participants…

Egyptian, Iraqi, Jordanian, Kuwaiti, Lebanese, and Tunisian permanent representatives met Friday to discuss the water situation in the Arab region in advance of the UN’s 2023 Water Conference. Kuwait’s UN Representative, Mansour Al-Otaibi, said the meeting was organized in coordination with the UN’s Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) whose members are arranging the issues and cases related to water resources for the upcoming conference. The meeting was attended by the Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA, the Special Envoy of the Netherlands for International Water Affairs, the Co-Chair of the International Steering Committee of the 2022…

A fire in a Senegalese hospital resulted in the tragic death of 11 babies, as mothers emerged in tears after the horrific incident. Ndeye Absa Gueye and Diali Kaba rushed to the hospital where Kaba’s two-week-old daughter was being cared for, and 11 babies lost their lives. Following other incidents at hospitals in Senegal, the tragedy in Tivaouane angered the nation. According to the report, she heard about the fire at the Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh hospital during the night. However, she didn’t realize it was inside the neonatal unit, which was in the neonatal ward. In the early…

For the first time ever, the United Nations said Monday that the number of forcibly displaced people in the world has surpassed 100 million for the first time in history, as a result of the conflict in Ukraine. In recent years, the number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution has reached the astounding milestone of 100 million. For the first time, such a high number has been reached. According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), this dramatic increase in refugee numbers has been caused by both the Ukraine crisis as well as other deadly…