DUBAI: A drone attack on Sunday caused damage to a merchant ship in the Red Sea, near the Yemeni coast. Two maritime security agencies informed of the attack, and reported minor injuries. Vessels in and around the Red Sea (which is vital to world trade) have come under repeated attack in recent-months, by Houthi rebels in Yemen. The rebels say they are acting in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The latest attack occurred about 65 nautical miles (120 kilometres) west of the Yemeni port city of Hodeida, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), which is…
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KHAN YUNIS: Under normal circumstances teenagers across the Gaza Strip would have been taking their final examinations, this month. These exams are seen as the last hurdle before university and before students embark upon chasing their lifelong dreams. However, the assault on the Palestinian territory has crushed those hopes. According to the education ministry in the Gaza Strip, 85 per cent of educational facilities in the territory are out of service because of the crisis. “I was eagerly awaiting the exams, but the war prevented that and destroyed that joy”, said Baraa al-Farra, who is an 18-year-old student displaced from…
PARIS: On Sunday, thousands of people took to the streets in France, for feminist-led demonstrations against the ‘far right’. The ‘far right’ is being tapped to emerge triumphant in the snap elections, scheduled for the 30 of June. The protests occurred as parties attempt to shore up support, with ‘days to go’ until the polls. With the far-right ‘National Rally’ (RN) polling at around 35 percent, “we have to remind people that they’re the ones who talked about ‘comfort abortions’, who are always attacking family planning services,” said Morgane Legras, who is a nuclear engineer and feminist activist taking part…
JENIN: Israeli troops tied a wounded Palestinian to a military vehicle during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the army said on Sunday, admitting that soldiers had violated operational procedures. Footage of the incident, which occurred on Saturday, has gone viral and shows a man strapped horizontally to the bonnet of a military jeep as it passes through a narrow alley. Medics identified the Palestinian as Mujahid Raed Abbadi, 24, who lives in the Jenin refugee camp. The military said a Palestinian man was wounded during a “counterterrorism operation” to arrest wanted suspects in the area…
CAIRO: The number of deaths during this year’s Haj pilgrimage totalled 1,301 people, Saudi Arabia’s health minister Fahad Al-Jalajel said on Sunday. The minister, quoted by state television, said that deaths were caused by pilgrims “walking long distances under direct sunlight without adequate shelter or comfort”. Fatalities also included a number of elderly people and those suffering from chronic diseases. Some 83 per cent of the fatalities were among people who were not authorised to make the pilgrimage, he said. Most of the dead were Egyptians. Security and medical sources said on Sunday that the Egyptian death toll had risen to…
NAIROBI: A Kenyan force will leave for Haiti on June 25 to lead a UN-backed mission to tackle gang violence, despite court challenges against it, government and police sources said on Sunday. Kenya offered to send about 1,000 police to stabilise Haiti alongside personnel from several other countries, but the deployment has run into legal challenges in the East African nation. President William Ruto has been an enthusiastic backer of the mission and said this month that the deployment would begin within weeks. “The departure is this week on Tuesday,” an interior ministry official said. “Preparations are set for the…
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Doctors in Denmark should limit how many packs of Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic diabetes drug patients can pick up at one time, the Danish Patient Safety Authority said on Monday, amid worries that some may acquire a larger supply than needed. Neighbouring Norway meanwhile said it would tighten restrictions on the use of Ozempic, requiring doctors to seek cost reimbursements on behalf of each individual patient rather than an automatic coverage for all users. Demand for the diabetes treatment has spiked as some people take it for weight loss since it contains the same active ingredient as Novo’s popular Wegovy obesity…
• Experts say proposed rules are ‘vague’; will add massively to CAA’s workload; may discourage hobbyists and cinematographers RAWALPINDI: The Ministry of Aviation has finalised a fresh framework to register drones and unmanned aircraft, but the draft rules developed for the purpose have left stakeholders and experts skeptical, as they believe the ‘vague’ nature of the proposed regulations would throttle the general use of such aerial equipment. The draft rules, titled ‘Civil Unmanned Aircraft Rules, 2024’, are set to be presented before the federal cabinet for approval, a senior official from the Aviation Division told Dawn. He claimed that after the…
CAIRO: Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly ordered 16 tourism companies stripped of their licences and referred their managers to the public prosecutor on Saturday over illegal pilgrimages to Makkah, the cabinet said. The order came after countries whose citizens performed this year’s Haj reported more than 1,100 deaths, many attributed to the oven-like summer heat in Saudi Arabia. A tally on Friday, compiling official statements and reports from diplomats involved in the response, put the toll at 1,126, more than half of them from Egypt. Arab diplomats said earlier this week that Egyptians accounted for 658 deaths — 630 of…
