Syria's defence ministry has announced a ceasefire in the Druze-majority city of Suwayda, saying an agreement has been reached with the city’s “notables and dignitaries” after days of deadly clashes with Bedouin tribes.
“To all units operating within the city of Suwayda, we declare a complete ceasefire,” Defence Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra posted on X on Tuesday.
Violence erupted from Friday last week across Suwayda governorate, killing at least 99 people.
Nigeria’s former President Muhammadu Buharihas died in London, United Kingdom at the age of 82 following a long illness.
“President Buhari is dead following a prolonged illness,” President Bola Tinubu’s spokesperson announced on Sunday via the social media platform X.
Buhari made history in 2015 when he became the first opposition candidate in Nigeria’s modern era to defeat a sitting president at the polls, unseating Goodluck Jonathan in what was widely praised as the country’s most credible election.
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Sweden's migration minister says he will not resign after it was revealed his teenage son has links to white supremacist groups.
Johan Forssell confirmed that the person named by the anti-racism watchdog Expo recently as being a "close relative" of an unnamed minister and "active in the far right" was his 16-year-old son. Forssell said he had not known about his son's activities until he was contacted by the country's security service a few weeks ago and that he had followed all proper protocol.
Ten crew members have been rescued and at least three others killed after a cargo ship was attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels.
The Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated Eternity C was carrying 25 crew when it sustained significant damage and sank in the Red Sea, a European naval mission says.
It lost all propulsion after being hit by rocket-propelled grenades fired from small boats, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency.
The attack continued as search rescue operations commenced.
The Iran-backed Houthis said they attacked the Eternity C because it was heading to Israel, and that they took an unspecified number of crew to a "safe location
The US embassy in Yemen said the Houthis had "kidnapped many surviving crew members" and called for their immediate release.
Authorities in the Philippines said 21 of the crew were citizens. Another of them is a Russian national who was severely wounded in the attack and lost a leg.
Greece-based maritime security firm Diaplous released a video on Wednesday that showed the rescue of at least five seafarers who it said had spent more than 24 hours in the water.
A passing merchant vessel safely rescued all 22 crew of Magic Seas.
Since November 2023, the Houthis have targeted around 70 merchant vessels with missiles, drones and small boat attacks in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden
They have now sunk four ships, seized a fifth, and killed at least seven crew-members.
The group has said it is acting in support of the Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, they claim to target ships only linked to Israel, the US or the UK, who have carried out air strikes on Yemen in response.
Just in the Kerr County area alone, there are 161 people who are known to be missing
More than 160 people remain unaccounted for after devastating floods in Texas, Governor Greg Abbott announced. This is a dramatic increase in the number of missing from a disaster that has already killed 109 people. Five days after flash floods ravaged several Texas counties, some striking while residents slept, hopes of finding survivors have dwindled.
Governor Abbott warned that the number of missing people could still rise further. “Just in the Kerr County area alone, there are 161 people who are known to be missing,” he added. That figure comes from individuals reported missing by friends, relatives and neighbours.
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