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Pakistan: nearly half a million displaced by floods

04 Sep 2025
Catastrophic flooding has displaced nearly half a million people in Pakistan’s Punjab province after days of torrential monsoon rain swelled three major rivers. More than 2,300 villages have been inundated, affecting over 1.5 million residents, including…

Peru: Indonesian diplomat assassinated

04 Sep 2025
Peru is reeling after the shocking assassination of Indonesian diplomat Zetro Leonardo Purba, who was fatally shot three times in Lima. The government expressed deep condolences and condemned the killing as a ‘heinous act’, pledging full…

USA: two children killed in shooting at Catholic school in Minneapolis

29 Aug 2025
Tragedy struck Minneapolis when a gunman opened fire during a worship service at a Catholic school, killing two children aged eight and ten and injuring at least seventeen others. The attacker, 23-year-old Robin Westman, heavily armed…

Israel / Gaza: attack on hospital condemned, famine officially declared, Pope’s plea

29 Aug 2025
A deadly double strike on a hospital in Gaza has drawn sharp international condemnation. At least twenty people were killed, including five journalists and four health workers, when two consecutive strikes targeted the facility. The UN,…