Spain announced it was installing a 500-meter-long (1,600-foot) containment barrier on the sea border between its North African territory of Ceuta and neighbouring Morocco after between 50,000 and 60,000 migrants breached the frontier earlier this week. The death toll climbed to 67, including some who drowned and others who were killed in a…
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0 claims checkedBritish-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal “Nimsdai” Purja has tragically lost his life alongside fellow climbers in a devastating avalanche in Pakistan, as confirmed by his climbing company on Saturday,…
Italy said on Friday (July 31, 2026) it was suspending the EU’s border-free Schengen arrangements with Spain for one month in response to a mass influx of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta…
The Indian government has over the last few months been walking a tightrope between maintaining its strategic objectives and encouraging more trade and investment from the two largest economies in…
Veteran Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal Purja died in an avalanche on Broad Peak, located in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s Gilgit Baltistan, his expedition company said on Saturday (August 1, 2026). Purja,…
At least one inmate was killed, and another six were taken to hospital after a riot at a prison outside Sri Lanka’s capital on Saturday (August 1, 2026), police said. The violence at the Mahara…
U.S. embassies in several West Asia countries’ capitals warned American citizens to beware of an “unforeseen escalation” in the regional conflict and urged them to be ready to leave. “Americans in…
China on Saturday (August 1, 2026) issued management measures for the Huangyan Dao National Nature Reserve in the disputed South China Sea, a move likely to further escalate its maritime row with the…
West Asia war LIVE: U.S. embassies urge citizens to ‘consider departing’ from West Asia There were no U.S.