M23 rebels killed at least 171 civilians during a massacre in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in November, the United Nations said Tuesday, revising an earlier reported toll of 131. The post UN revises toll from DR Congo's Kishishe massacre to 171 appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
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Rescuers in Turkey and Syria braved freezing darkness, aftershocks and collapsing buildings Tuesday, as they dug for survivors buried by a string of earthquakes that killed at least 4,800 people. The post Earthquake kills more than 4,800 in Turkey, Syria appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
The body of Pakistan’s exiled former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who became a key US ally during the “war on terror”, is expected to be repatriated on Monday. Musharraf, who fled Pakistan in 2016 for medical treatment after a travel ban was lifted, died on Sunday aged 79 in Dubai, after a long illness. Senior officials who asked not to be named said his body would be repatriated on Monday. The funeral would take place on Tuesday, a military source told AFP, and it was expected he would be buried in Karachi, where his family settled after leaving Old Delhi…
India unveiled on Monday its largest helicopter factory, which can turn out at least 1,000 aircraft a year, as part of a defence self-reliance push to counter China’s growing assertiveness. The post India opens its largest helicopter factory in new defence push appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
The most powerful earthquake in nearly a century struck Turkey and Syria Monday, killing nearly 1,800 people in their sleep, levelling buildings and causing tremors felt as far away as Greenland. The post Quake kills nearly 1,800 in Turkey, Syria appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
President Vladimir Putin on Monday expressed condolences and offered Russian aid to Turkey and Syria after the earthquake that killed hundreds of people in both countries, the Kremlin said. The post Putin offers condolences, aid to Turkey, Syria after quake appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
A Cameroonian tycoon was arrested on Monday in connection with the high-profile abduction and murder of a journalist, his company and a communications ministry official said. The post Tycoon held over journalist killing in Cameroon appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
Dozens of people were killed and hundreds injured in rebel-held areas of Syria after an earthquake rattled neighbouring Turkey on Monday, rescue workers said. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck before dawn near the Turkish city of Gaziantep, about 40 kilometres from the Syrian border. It left northwestern Syria “in a state of catastrophe” with “destruction, devastation, and collapse of buildings,” the White Helmets rescue group said on Twitter. “Hundreds of injuries, dozens of deaths, many trapped under the rubble or stranded in the winter cold,” the group which operates in rebel-held parts of the war-torn country said, without providing a…
Rescue teams look for survivors under the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in the regime-controlled northern Syrian city of Aleppo on February 6, 2023. – A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria early on February 6, killing hundreds of people as they slept, levelling buildings and sending tremors that were felt as far away as the island of Cyprus, Egypt and Iraq. (Photo by – / AFP)
The government of Peru on Sunday expanded and prolonged a state of emergency to deal with a two-month-old revolt against President Dina Boluarte that has claimed 48 lives in clashes between protesters and security forces. The post Crisis-hit Peru expands state of emergency appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.