The passenger who brought the explosives to the US airport was identified as 40-year-old Mark Muffley; Photo: Reuters Pennsylvania: An explosive device was found in a passenger’s luggage at the international airport in the US state of Pennsylvania, which sent security personnel racing. According to the world news agency, the American agency FBI arrested the…
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“One million species teeter on the brink of extinction, due to habitat destruction, fossil fuel pollution and the worsening climate crisis. We must end this war on nature,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned in his message for the Day. The scores of species of fauna and flora under threat from human activities include some that…
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The UN chief was speaking to journalists following a visit to the Jeddah Rehabilitation Centre in northern Iraq, where he met returnees from the notorious Al-Hol camp, whose residents are mainly women and children under 12. “Iraq is demonstrating with enormous commitment that responsible repatriations are possible, by finding dignified solutions anchored in the principles…
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Currently serving as the United States Ambassador to the UN agencies in Rome – which includes lifesaving food relief agency WFP – the wife of the late US Senator and Republican presidential candidate, John McCain, said in a statement, that she was “deeply honoured” to be appointed, noting that the agency has been “part of…
Al-Qaeda commander Hamad bin Hamud al-Timi was killed in the US attack in Yemen, Photo: File Sanaa: Al-Qaeda commander Hamad bin Hamoud al-Tamimi of Saudi origin was killed along with his bodyguard in an air operation conducted by the US military in Yemen. According to the World News Agency, the American army destroyed a house…
An explosive device has been recovered from a passenger at the international airport in the US state of Pennsylvania. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says that 40-year-old Mark Muffley, a passenger on his way to Florida, checked his suitcase and found an explosive device. The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said that a suspicious…
