July 16th, 2026 - 03:02 GMT
ALBAWABA- At least one person was killed, and more than 100 others were hospitalized after a crowd crush during the annual Rath Yatra festival in the eastern Indian city of Puri, officials said on Thursday. The incident occurred as thousands of Hindu devotees gathered along the procession route to witness and pull the towering chariots carrying Lord Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra, and sister Subhadra, one of India's largest and most ...
![The Saudi Foreign Ministry, headed by Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, announced its rejection of its UNSC seat Friday in protest of "[how] the method and work mechanism and the double standards in the Security Council prevent it from properly shouldering its responsibilities towards world peace" (Andrew Burton/Reuters)](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/saudalfaisal_saudi-arabia-un.si.jpg?itok=e1zuyROh "The Saudi Foreign Ministry, headed by Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, announced its rejection of its UNSC seat Friday in protest of \"[how] the method and work mechanism and the double standards in the Security Council prevent it from properly shouldering its responsibilities towards world peace\" (Andrew Burton/Reuters)")
