Author: Rytham Jain

Satellite images show major destruction after Israel targets a Syrian missile facility. While Syria’s state media says most of the missiles were shot down over the Mediterranean sea. | photo source: Times of Israel Israel’s missiles hits one of the biggest military facilities in Syria. The attack was targeted in Western Syria. Syria’s state media reported that the missiles were launched over the Mediterranean sea. While some of them hit the target, most were shot down in the air. The attack led to blowing up a depot housing hundreds of missiles for Iran-backed fighters. UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights…

European drought is its worst in 500 years, as per European Drought Observatory. Almost 47 percent of Europe is in a clear deficit of soil moisture. photo source: Reuters With almost two-third of the continent under warning & critical alert, Europe is on the edge of its worst drought in 500 years. The places in alert have been slammed with reduced inland shipping, electricity production & even yield of some crops, as told by the European Union agency. The August report of the European Drought Observatory (EDO) tells that around 47 percent of the continent is under warning conditions ,…

After recent terror attacks in US & the country giving it back to the terror groups in Syria, a question has been catching up – What are the US forces still doing in Syria? | photo source: Reuters The United States’ air attacks which it says are in connection with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in eastern Syria have again helped the question against the country’s continued force deployment in Syria. Though in the previous years we have seen that the US has pulled back its extensive interference in Syria but still, it does not change the limited but…

Afghan capital Kabul, witnesses a huge explosion in one of its mosques. Several killed & dozens wounded in the explosion, which took place during the evening prayers, yesterday. | photo source: Reuters (representative image) Kabul (Afghanistan) 17, August- A huge explosion took place in a mosque situated in the capital Kabul. At Least three people have been killed & dozens others have been wounded & hospitalised in the explosion, according to the police & hospital. An Italian non government organisation (NGO), which has a hospital in the capital, told media that it is treating around 27 patients, out of which…

NATO asks the UN’s nuclear watchdog to inspect the Russian captured nuclear plant.Says it is an urgent call amid high risk. In several meetings on Wednesday, NATO said that it’s “urgent” to send the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to inspect the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. The plant Russia seized in Ukraine. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg told the reporters in Brussels that Russia’s seizure of the Zaporizhzhia plant “poses a serious threat to the safety and the security of this facility (and) raises the risks of a nuclear accident or incident”. “It is urgent to allow the inspection by the International…

India contributes 400,000 to UN trust funds. The funds are directed towards four Human Rights trust funds of the UN. |Photo credit: UN Geneva (Switzerland): India, reflecting its commitment for the protection of human rights, has contributed 400,000 USD to four voluntary Human Rights trust funds of the UN. The funds are eventually sanctioned for Victims of Tourture, Technical Cooperation, Implementation of Universal Periodic Review(UPR) & for supporting participation of least developed countries (LDCs)/ Small Island Developing States (SIDs).  The information came through a tweet from India’s Permanent Mission of India at the UN. The tweet eventually read “Reflecting our…

Russian shelling hits eastern Ukraine, killing around three civilians, while leaving 20 others wounded. Ukrainian officials gave the statement on Monday. | Photo source: AP Donetsk, the province of eastern Ukraine experienced intense shelling from Russia on Monday. Regional officials told the media that at least three people were killed while more than 13 were wounded in the attack. The Russian offensive hit numerous towns & villages in the Donetsk region, taking 24 hours. The bombing left dozens of civillian buildings & residential infrastructure shattered. Ukraine’s second largest city of Kharkiv, was also targeted by Russia. The city’s resident buildings…

Drug cartel arson & shooting kills 11 people in seven days. Mexicans wonder the question why. Tijuana (Mexico) : Seven days of widespread drug cartel arson & random shootings killing more than 11 people so far have terrorized Mexicans of life & the government of power. The 11 people killed in the shooting include a young boy & four radio station workers, who were aimed randomly on the streets of Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas on Thursday. Two days earlier more than 24 convenience stores owned by a national chain were torched in the northern state of Guanajuato. …

A five-member US delegation reaches Taipei (Taiwan) for talks. Which led China to raise aggression on its borders. The delegation went to Taiwan after US house speaker Nancy Pelosi. |photo source: AP| 12 days after Nancy Pelosi, a five-member delegation led by Sen. Ed Marky of Massachusetts arrived in Taiwan today. A local news channel shared the video of a US government plane landing at Songshan Airport in Taipei on Sunday. The delegation met with President Tsai-Ing Wen & some other officials. The delegation came to talk about reducing tensions with China on borders. They supposedly also talked about the…

12 were killed in a mass shooting in Montenegro on August 13th, including the gunman who executed the shooting. source: stock photo In Podgorica [Montenegro] A gunman got on the street in a mass shootout to kill as many as 12 people in mass shooting The gunman ended up getting himself shot in a police confrontation. The gunman shot a total of 17 people out of which 11 were found dead while six were wounded, including a police member, eventually reported by Montenegro’s public broadcaster, Radio & Television of Montenegro (RTCG). Four people were hospitalised in Cetinje hospital while two…