12 dead, 260 injured in Aqaba crane failure which resulted in gas leakage

An explosion caused by a crane malfunction in the Aqaba Port on Monday led to the deaths of 12 people and the injuries of 260 others, including 123 who are currently in hospitals, according to the National Center for Security and Crisis Management (NCSCM) in Jordan. The unfortunate incident is one of the deadliest accidents to strike Jordan in the last few years. The accident happened when the crane tried to place the gas tank on a ship; however, it failed to move the tank all the way and dropped it halfway, causing a major explosion and a lea…

India sends another shipment of 3000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan

Yesterday, the Indian Government sent a shipment containing 3,000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan. Arindam Bagchi, the spokesperson for the Indian External Affairs Ministry, has said that India’s commitment to providing humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people remains steadfast. So far, the government of India has been able to deliver 33,500 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan in partnership with the World Food Programme. Afghanistan has a very dire need for support, with one third of the population hungry and two million children maln…

Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 rocks the Kermadec Islands in New Zealand

The Kermadec Islands northeast of New Zealand’s north island were rattled by a 5.1 magnitude earthquake , although there have been no immediate reports of damage or casualties. Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre reported that the epicenter of the earthquake sat at a depth of ten kilometers beneath the surface of the ocean. There is a subduction zone between the Kermadec Plate and the Tongan Plate which runs east of the Kermadec Islands and marks the boundary between the Australian and Pacific Plates. The convergent boundary is the point w…

Kuwait returns five pharaonic artifacts to Egypt after failed smuggling attempt

It has been reported that the Kuwaiti government has handed over to Egypt five pharaonic artifacts that were confiscated by the Kuwaiti customs department at Kuwait’s airport in 2019. National Council for Culture Arts and Literature (NCCAL) head Sultan Al-Duwaish said that these valuable artifacts were smuggled from Al-Uqsur and examined again by experts from Kuwait University, Poland, and Egypt, who concluded that three were original pieces dating back to 1400 BC. Two of them were of questionable origin. Kuwaiti entities, including the foreig…

Clean Ocean campaign to be promoted by UAE initiatives – HE Almheiri

MENA Newswire : Her Excellency HE Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment addressed a packed gathering of environmentalists, ecologists, ocean explorers, researchers, marine biologists, public and private sector officials and members of the media at the Global Marine Sustainability Forum held at Abu Dhabi’s Grand Hyatt Hotel yesterday evening. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Environment for the Democratic Republic of Congo , Her Excellency Eve Bazaiba Masudi, delivered the keynote addre…