Chile has declared a state of disaster in several central-southern regions after a devastating heat wave provoked forest fires that left at least 13 people dead, authorities said. According to international media reports, more than 100 homes have been affected and 47,000 hectares of forest destroyed since the fires broke out on Wednesday, officials said. مزید پڑھیں

Israeli forces have shot dead an unarmed Palestinian man in the West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. Abdullah Sami Qalalweh, 26 was killed on Friday evening by “Israeli occupation bullets near the town of Huwara, south of Nablus”, the Palestinian ministry said in a statement. International media quoted Ahmad Jibril, a spokesperson for the Palestinian مزید پڑھیں

Hong Kong’s government has announced plans to give away 500,000 free airline tickets as part of efforts to revive its tourism industry and attract visitors back to the city. According to international media reports, the “Hello Hong Kong” initiative was unveiled on Thursday but has been in the works for over two years.Tickets will be مزید پڑھیں

A Chinese spy balloon has been flying over the United States for a couple of days, US officials said on Thursday, just days ahead of a planned trip to Beijing by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Fighter jets were mobilised, but military leaders advised US President Joe Biden against shooting the balloon out of مزید پڑھیں

US Secre­tary of State Antony Blinken shuttled from Israel to the Palestinians’ West Bank on Tuesday, appealing for an end to resurgent violence and reaffirming Washington’s backing for a two-state solution to the decades-long conflict. Blinken is urging calm on both sides after last week’s killing by a Palestinian gunman of seven people outside a مزید پڑھیں

French protesters have launched a new push to pressure President Emmanuel Macron into dropping a pension reform plan, with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets and strikes disrupting transport and schools. According to international media reports, from tiny islands to major cities, demonstrators poured by the thousands into France’s streets on Tuesday. Labour unions مزید پڑھیں

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved loans of $4.7 billion to Bangladesh for disbursal starting immediately, making it the first to secure such funds out of three South Asian countries that applied last year amid economic trouble. The loans are a win for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ahead of a general election early next مزید پڑھیں

At least 28 people, including soldiers and civilians, have been killed in two attacks by armed assailants in Burkina Faso, a regional governor and the army said in separate statements. According to international medi reports, the army said on Monday that a combat unit in Falagountou, in the north of the country near its border مزید پڑھیں

The US city of Memphis on Saturday disbanded the special police unit whose officers fatally beat a young Black man, after graphic video of the assault sparked widespread shock and outrage. The video, which shows five officers repeatedly kicking and punching 29-year-old Tyre Nichols as he moans and calls out for his mother, triggered calls مزید پڑھیں

A wave of attacks on villages in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo attributed to Daesh-affiliated ADF militants have killed at least 15 people. According to international media reports, the Sunday’s killings come a week after a similar attack left at least 23 people dead. “There were simultaneous attacks this Sunday between 4:00 and مزید پڑھیں