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Vanuatu ends search for 37 people missing in ferry sinking

Vanuatu ends search for 37 people missing in ferry sinking

WELLINGTON: A search has ended for those missing after a passenger ferry sank in rough seas off the coast of Vanuatu, with 39 people believed dead, an official told The Associated Press on Friday. No more people have been pulled from the…

How fantasy fans are keeping a Turkish blacksmithing tradition alive

Al Jazeera

How fantasy fans are keeping a Turkish blacksmithing tradition alive

In Izmir’s historic Kemeralti bazaar, the Akdemir family is finding new customers for a four-generation craft.

Al Jazeera

Jember police warn of 15-year jail term for forest burning

Jember police warn of 15-year jail term for forest burning

Jember police in East Java have warned that those who deliberately burn forests or land face criminal penalties, ...

BKSDA sends rescue team after 12 proboscis monkeys die in fire

BKSDA sends rescue team after 12 proboscis monkeys die in fire

The South Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) deployed a wildlife rescue team after receiving a ...

Algeria: Algeria Shifts Towards English As French Loses Ground in Schools

[RFI] Primary school pupils in Algeria are in for a change this year when, for the first time, the national curriculum will focus on English over French. The move follows a general trend across former French colonies in North Africa that…

Africa: Can Africa Turn Red Sea Rivalries to Its Advantage?

[ISS] Growing competition for African ports and security partnerships offers new leverage - if countries can avoid deeper geopolitical fragmentation.

Yemeni forces battle Houthi assaults on strategic heights overlooking Bab Al-Mandab

Yemeni forces battle Houthi assaults on strategic heights overlooking Bab Al-Mandab

AL-MUKALLA: Heavy fighting between Yemeni government forces and the Iran-backed Houthis continued on Thursday for a fourth consecutive day around a strategic mountain in Al-Madaribah Wa Al-Aarah overlooking the Bab Al-Mandab Strait, as the…

Automotive design council to strengthen ethics, discipline among workers

The Punch

Automotive design council to strengthen ethics, discipline among workers

The National Automotive Design and Development Council has pledged to promote ethical conduct among its staff to strengthen discipline and accountability. Read More…

The Punch

Italy's minister calls for more ships to protect Red Sea navigation

Straits Times

Italy's minister calls for more ships to protect Red Sea navigation

ROME, Sept 18 - Italy's defence minister on Friday called for a stronger naval presence in the Red Sea to protect merchant shipping amid concerns over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a vital waterway threatened by the widening Middle East…

Straits Times

The five keys of global shipping in the 21st century

The five keys of global shipping in the 21st century

Back in 1904, when Adm. Sir John “Jacky” Fisher became Britain’s First Sea Lord, he set about modernizing the Royal Navy. He looked across Britain’s global empire, understood that he had finite resources and a limited number of ships, and…

Philippine Daily Inquirer

School shooting ‘cannot be our new normal’ – Hontiveros

Philippine Daily Inquirer

School shooting ‘cannot be our new normal’ – Hontiveros

MANILA, Philippines – Following the school shooting incident in South Cotabato, Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Friday stressed that such incidents must not become the country’s “new normal.” Six students were killed and 17 others injured after a…

KRI Sriwijaya commander-designate recounts Red Sea voyage

KRI Sriwijaya commander-designate recounts Red Sea voyage

KRI Sriwijaya commander-designate Col. Fuad Hasan recounted his experience sailing through the Red Sea aboard the ...