Brussels: Belgium’s judicial authorities said on Tuesday they have repatriated six women of Belgian citizenship who were held in a Syrian detention camp for foreigners affiliated with Daesh, along with 16 children. The federal prosecutor’s office said it’s the second repatriation operation of this kind after

London: Britain s railway network this week faces its biggest strike action in more than three decades in a row over pay, as soaring inflation erodes earnings, triggering fears of wider industrial action. Last-ditch talks to avert a strike broke down Monday afternoon, meaning more than

Seoul: South Korea said Tuesday it had successfully launched its homegrown space rocket and placed a payload into orbit in a “giant leap” for the country’s quest to become an advanced space-faring nation. The Korea Satellite Launch Vehicle II, nicknamed Nuri and emblazoned with the South

United Nations: United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for the Security Council to extend its authorization of cross-border aid into northwest Syria by a year. The UN resolution allowing aid deliveries across the Syrian-Turkish border at Bab al-Hawa has been in effect since 2014, but

New York: Several popular websites were unreachable on Tuesday afternoon after Cloudflare — a DNS service — reported a "widespread outage". In a statement, available on its website, Cloudflare confirmed the outage. "A critical P0 incident was declared at approximately 06:34AM UTC (11:57am PST). Connectivity in

Beijing: The heaviest rainfall in decades has triggered floods and landslides in southern China, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people, state media reported. The downpours have dangerously swelled waterways in the low-lying Pearl River basin in recent days, threatening manufacturing, shipping and logistics

London: British couples adopting children in Pakistan have been left stuck in the country due to visa processing delays caused by the sudden Ukraine refugee crisis, the Guardian reported. The British newspaper found that Home Office visa delays were part of “wider failings” in processing, with

Gimbi: At least 200 civilians are believed to have been killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region by rebel group the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) according to reports, a rights group and local officials. Most of the victims are from the Amhara ethnic group, a police officer