“Gaza’s bakeries will run out of flour for bread within a week,” the United Nations (UN) says. Agencies have cut food distributions to families in half. Markets are empty of most vegetables. Many aid workers cannot move around because of Israeli bombardment. For four weeks, Israel has shut off all sources of food, fuel, medicine … Read more
A Buddhist monastery building collapsed following an earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on March 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP In a major development, Myanmar’s rebel National Unity Government (NUG) has called for a “pause” in fighting against the military junta citing the widespread destruction caused by Friday’s (March 28, 2025) earthquake. Announcing the suspension of attacks … Read more
On March 28, 2025, a major 7.7 magnitude earthquake originated near Mandalay, Myanmar, and shook the Earth as far as Bangkok, about 1,300 kilometers away With aftershocks still rattling the city at the epicentre, the country has lost over 1,600 lives and this number is expected to go up. Myanmar earthquake updates: March 30, 2025 Following the severe … Read more
At least one person in a small plane traveling from Iowa to Minnesota died after the aircraft crashed into a house in a Minneapolis suburb Saturday (March 29, 2025), a city official said. The residents of the home were not hurt, Brooklyn Park spokesperson Risikat Adesaogun said. But the house was destroyed. It was not … Read more
Relatives of victims wait as rescuers work at the site of a collapsed under construction high-rise building in Bangkok, Thailand, on March 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP A unilateral partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts was announced on Saturday by Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government, which coordinates the popular struggle against the ruling … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump walks to board Air Force One, as he departs for Florida, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., on March 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Danish Foreign Minister on Saturday (March 29, 2025) scolded the Trump administration for its “tone” in criticising Denmark and Greenland, saying his country is already … Read more
This handout picture released by the Syrian Presidency shows interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaking in Damascus on March 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Syria’s new transitional government was sworn in Saturday (March 29, 2025) nearly four months after the Assad family was removed from power and as the new authorities in Damascus work to … Read more
South Korean Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun, centre, Japanese Trade Minister Yoji Muto and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, right, pose during the 13th Trilateral Economic and Trade Ministers’ Meeting to discuss economic cooperation in Seoul, South Korea, on March 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP South Korea, China and Japan held their first economic dialogue … Read more
Volunteers work at an earthquake affected area in Mandalay, central Myanmar, on March 29, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Residents scrambled desperately through collapsed buildings Sunday (March 30, 2025) searching for survivors as aftershocks rattled the devastated city of Mandalay, two days after a massive earthquake killed more than 1,600 people in Myanmar and at … Read more
A person walks on campus at University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. File. | Photo Credit: AP A University of Minnesota international student is being detained by U.S. immigration authorities, school leaders said in a statement this week. University leadership said Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained the graduate student Thursday at an off-campus residence. They described … Read more