Between January 2019 and June 2022, the agency documented 759 individual attacks against journalists, including five killings, during 89 elections in 70 countries. Most of these attacks – which included beating and arbitrary arrest – were committed by police and security forces. Attacked from all around The findings come in a report published in tandem with the International Day to End…
These are the grim findings of an assessment published by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on Thursday, which calls for both immediate and long-term remediation measures. Hundreds of square kilometres were flooded in the disaster, and thousands of square kilometres of reservoir and wetlands were desiccated. UNEP’s preliminary assessment carried out at the request of…
Photo courtesy of Indian Media 10 people were killed and more than 20 injured when a train caught fire in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. According to Indian media, an illegal gas cylinder was kept in the bogie parked at the station, which caused the fire. According to reports, the passengers in the bogie…
The fire could not be controlled even on the fourth day in the forests of Greece, Photo: File Athens: 18 migrants were badly burned to death in a fire while trying to enter Turkey illegally from a forest in Greece. According to the international news agency, 18 badly burned bodies were found near the Turkish…
Photo courtesy of Foreign Media A forest fire on the Spanish island of La Palma has gone out of control. According to the Spanish authorities, 13 houses were destroyed by the fire, while 4 thousand people have been evacuated from the villages of La Palma. Spanish authorities have said that 300 firefighters, planes and helicopters…
Bandar Abbas Oil Refinery, file photo A fire broke out in the oil refinery of the city of Bandar Abbas in Iran, according to the Iranian news agency, there was a fire in the storage tanks of the oil refinery. This oil refinery is located in the south of Iran, in a video released on…
The cause of the fire in the old home of Milan, Italy, could not be determined; Photo: File Milan: A fire broke out suddenly in a retirement home in Milan, Italy, which could not be extinguished until late at night, killing 6 people and injuring 80. According to the World News Agency, 167 retired people…
6 people were also injured in the fire in the warehouse of the company in Makkah; Photo: File Riyadh: A fire broke out in the warehouse of a company that provides various services to pilgrims in Makkah, as a result of which 2 people died and 6 were injured. According to Arab media, the warehouse…
File photo A fire accident occurred in the warehouse of a company providing services to Hajj in which 2 people died. According to Saudi media reports, a fire broke out in the warehouse of a Saudi company in Makkah, as a result of which 2 people died and 6 were injured. According to the sources,…
Riots and arson continue in France—images courtesy of foreign media During the ongoing unrest in France, rioters also set fire to the house of Mayor Vincent Jean-Bern. According to international media reports, angry protesters rammed a car into the mayor’s house, injuring the mayor’s wife and child. The mayor of Paris, Vincent Jean-Bern, said that…
