World·14d ago
Ten killed in fire at India hospital intensive care unit
All the victims of the fire in Odisha state are patients, and 11 hospital staff are being treated for burns. Emergency responders carried patients out of a government hospital in Odisha, India.
Al Jazeera · BBC World
National·14d ago
Cuba electric grid collapses amid US oil blockade causing national blackout
Cuba has not received oil shipments since early January amid US pressure, worsening humanitarian crisis on the island. Ten million people left without power in latest of outages that sparked violent protest last weekend Cuba’s national electric grid has collapsed, the country’s grid operator has said, leaving approximately 10 million people without power amid a US-imposed oil blockade that has crippled the island’s already obsolete generation system. The grid operator, UNE, said on social media on Monday that it was investigating the causes of the blackout, the latest in a series of.
Al Jazeera · The Guardian World
World·13d ago
Drone strike hits Baghdad hotel near U.S. Embassy amid intercepted attacks
A drone strike damaged the Al-Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad's Green Zone near the U.S. Embassy, with no casualties reported. Iraqi air defenses intercepted attacks on the embassy area, and separate strikes targeted oil infrastructure and paramilitary checkpoints elsewhere in Iraq.
Al Jazeera
