The United Nations has warned that freedom of expression is under threat in many countries across the Middle East due to the war. Volker Türk, the UN human rights chief, reported on Wednesday that around 3,000 people have been arrested since the start of the war.
A new rule to limit fuel price hikes took effect in Germany on Wednesday, limiting petrol station to raising prices no more than once a day in a bid to bring down costs for motorists amid a surge in oil prices caused by the Iran war. Under the new restrictions, petrol stations are only allowed to raise prices once at midday to limit price fluctuations and ensure greater transparency.
For more than a decade, South Africa’s economy has barely grown, leaving it with crumbling infrastructure and the need to create jobs.
The army has been deployed to five of South Africa's nine provinces for a year-long operation.
No further attempts will be made to rescue a humpback whale who has gotten repeatedly stuck off Germany's Baltic coast, officials said on Wednesday, as experts believe the animal will not survive its week-long ordeal. Till Backhaus, environment minister for the north-eastern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern region where the whale is currently stranded, said a restricted zone has been established around the animal to allow it to die in peace as there was no more hope of freeing it.
The European Commission has prepared the legal groundwork to disburse the first tranche of a €90 billion ($104. 5 billion) loan for war-torn Ukraine that remains blocked amid resistance from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Leopards are among the most adaptable big cats on Earth, living across parts of Africa and Asia in habitats that range from forests to dry grasslands and mountain slopes. Their ability to stay hidden and adjust their behavior has allowed them to survive in places where other large predators have disappeared. However, increasing human development
The Israeli military announced on Wednesday that it had killed a high-ranking Hezbollah commander in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Telegram that it had "eliminated Hajj Yusuf Ismail Hashem, the Hezbollah's Southern Front Commander.
Two pro-Palestine campaign leaders are found guilty of breaching police conditions at a protest.
Rescuers said Wednesday that they have given up hope for the humpback whale that has become stranded repeatedly off Germany's Baltic Sea coast and now expect it to die in the inlet where it currently lies. Last week, it was rescued from even shallower water at Timmendorfer Strand, a resort town around 50 kilometers (over 30 miles) from its current location, with the help of an excavator, but it soon ran into trouble again. Burkard Baschek, the scientific director of the Ocean Museum Germany an