Heavy rain falls over the Kaaba in Mecca Heavy rain and thunderstorms hit Mecca creating dramatic scenes as worshippers prayed at the Grand Mosque. Saudi authorities issued flood warnings, urging residents and visitors to avoid valleys and low-lying areas.
Heavy rain falls over the Kaaba in Mecca
Heavy rain and thunderstorms hit Mecca creating dramatic scenes as worshippers prayed at the Grand Mosque. Saudi authorities issued flood warnings, urging residents and visitors to avoid valleys and low-lying areas.
Nach der Wahl in Sachsen-Anhalt wird über die Brandmauer zur AfD diskutiert. Der strikte Abgrenzungskurs sollte die AfD von der Macht fernhalten. Dieses Ziel könnte sie nun verfehlen. Ist die Brandmauer jetzt Geschichte? Von Jürgen P. Lang.
Bei der Parlamentswahl in Schweden sind die Sozialdemokraten von Ex-Regierungschefin Andersson stärkste Kraft geworden. Ob das Mitte-links-Lager eine Regierung bilden kann, ist aber offen - noch läuft die Auszählung.
China could improve its image in the United States by highlighting areas such as tourism and technology and positioning itself as a responsible major power, a survey has concluded. Researchers from Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou said that although concepts such as “decoupling” and “de-risking” had been increasingly prominent in media coverage of China, this had not entirely wiped away positive impressions of the country. When evaluating China’s strengths on a scale of 1 to 5, the...
Hong Kong’s inaugural five-year plan will not change the capitalist system and instead fully exploit its advantages to map the city’s long-term development, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has said. In an opinion piece published in the South China Morning Post on Monday, the city leader also stressed that the blueprint, in focusing on the economy, would ultimately “enable citizens to flourish” by creating employment opportunities and upward mobility. Lee will unveil Hong Kong’s first-ever...
A report that eight Indonesians were allegedly tricked into fighting for Moscow in its war on Ukraine may be just the tip of the iceberg, analysts warn, cautioning that Southeast Asia’s existing scam networks could already be a hunting ground for Russian fraudsters. Ukraine’s intelligence agency revealed on August 27 that the Indonesians had been lured with promises of well-paid civilian jobs. Jakarta has confirmed it is aware of the case. The agency said Indonesia had become the “latest...
A homeless man suspected of killing over twenty cats was arrested and later released on bail. Animal activists expressed alarm and disappointment following the suspect's immediate release from custody. The RCF police had arrested Shiva based on CCTV footage and eyewitness accounts of the incidents. PETA India plans to approach senior police officers seeking the suspect's re-arrest.