North Korea shows first photos of banned uranium enrichment site
North Korea for the first time showed images of the centrifuges that produce fuel for its nuclear bombs on Friday,...Geostrategy
Oil tanker ablaze off Yemen threatens environmental disaster
An abandoned tanker carrying more than one million barrels of crude oil could contaminate vast areas of the Red Sea...Geostrategy
1bn tons of food wasted every year while 783m people face hunger: FAO
Rome, Italy - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN Environment Program (UNEP) said one billion tons...The agencies said that stopping food loss and waste boosts food security, saves resources and helps reduce our carbon footprint.
Both the bodies called for urgent action from the public and private sector as well as consumers to save and preserve food
India space chief unfazed by Moon mission’s apparent end
New Delhi, India - As hopes dim of further contact with India's Moon rover, the country's space chief has said he...Rover Pragyan -- "Wisdom" in Sanskrit -- surveyed the vicinity of the Moon's south pole but was powered down before the start of lunar night
"It is OK if it does not wake up because the rover has done what it was expected to do," ISRO chief S. Somanath told reporters late Wednesday
Four more officials held after Libya flood disaster
Benghazi, Libya - Libya's prosecutor general has ordered the arrest of four more officials, bringing to 12 the number held as...The four additional suspects, including two members of the Derna municipal council, were arrested for suspected mismanagement
Flooding caused by hurricane-strength Storm Daniel tore through eastern Libya on September 10, leaving at least 3,893 people dead
Women play ‘prominent’ role as hundreds protest in Syria
Peaceful protests have swept Sweida province, the heartland of the country's Druze minority, since President Bashar al-Assad's government ended fuel...An activist and a witness told AFP that between 2,000 and 2,500 people took part in Friday's protests, some chanting anti-government slogans and waving Druze flags.
Protests against deteriorating economic conditions have erupted sporadically in the province in recent years.
Europe should move faster on energy transition, say IEA, ECB
PARIS, FRANCE - Europe must invest more quickly and massively in its energy transition if it wants to remain a global...Europe must invest more quickly in its energy transition if it wants to remain a global industrial power, top policymakers said.
Private sector investment faces barriers including policy uncertainty, bureaucratic red tape and higher energy costs, they said.
Qatar calls for subjecting Israel’s nuclear facilities to IAEA safeguards
Vienna, Austria -- Qatar Friday called for intensifying international efforts to subject all Israeli nuclear facilities to International Atomic Energy...Qatar said this demand was confirmed by international legitimacy resolutions half a century ago, including the resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly since 1974.
Qatar said AEA's subjecting Israel to comprehensive safeguards regime is a prerequisite for establishing a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East.
GCC, Pakistan ink preliminary free trade agreement
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi said that preliminary free trade agreement...The agreement was signed by GCC Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi and Pakistani Commerce Minister Dr. Gohar Ejaz.
The Secretary-General stressed that the GCC countries are proceeding with free-trade negotiations with other countries.
Jailed Tunisia opposition chief Rached Ghanouchi begins hunger strike
The 82-year-old leader of Ennahdha was sentenced to one year in prison on terrorism-related charges in May following his arrest...He is the most prominent of roughly two dozen opponents of President Kais Saied arrested since February, including former ministers and business figures.
Ghannouchi "decided to begin a three-day hunger strike to denounce the arbitrary and unfounded prosecution of the opposition", said Imed Khemiri, Ennahdha spokesman.
Politicians fail to understand scientific facts of climate, says expert
PARIS, FRANCE - Wavering ambition by governments and a growing belief that science is politically subjective are great causes for concern...Several extreme weather events have occurred in 2023, which the European Union's climate monitor says is likely to be the hottest in human history.
These underscores the urgency of slashing planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions to avert the catastrophic impacts of greater global warming.
US State Department says 60,000 emails taken in alleged Chinese hack
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said that the State Department has not formally assigned blame but had no reason to...Microsoft revealed in July that a Chinese hacking group had breached its email platform and accessed messages from around 25 organizations including US government agencies
"It was approximately 60,000 unclassified emails that were exfiltrated as a part of that breach," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters
