Israeli Troops Patrol Golan Heights

Israeli Troops Patrol Golan Heights

People of Druze community are seen in the buffer zone in the Golan Heights, on July 16, 2025. Dozens of Druze citizens of Israel crossed from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights into southern Syria on Tuesday afternoon, Israeli sources said, amid deadly clashes between Druze fighters and the Syrian interim government's forces. Israel's military said in a statement that troops were operating to return the civilians safely. The individuals crossed from Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights into the Druze village of Hader in southern Syria. According to Israel's Army Radio, the incident followed calls on social media by Druze in Lebanon to support their counterparts in Syria's southern province of Sweida. Israel launched a series of airstrikes on Tuesday targeting convoys of Syrian forces in and around the southern Syrian city of Sweida, killing and wounding several personnel and further escalating days of deadly clashes between local Druze armed factions, Bedouin tribes, and the Syrian interim gover

Israeli Troops Patrol Golan Heights

Israeli Troops Patrol Golan Heights

People of Druze community are seen in the buffer zone in the Golan Heights, on July 16, 2025. Dozens of Druze citizens of Israel crossed from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights into southern Syria on Tuesday afternoon, Israeli sources said, amid deadly clashes between Druze fighters and the Syrian interim government's forces. Israel's military said in a statement that troops were operating to return the civilians safely. The individuals crossed from Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights into the Druze village of Hader in southern Syria. According to Israel's Army Radio, the incident followed calls on social media by Druze in Lebanon to support their counterparts in Syria's southern province of Sweida. Israel launched a series of airstrikes on Tuesday targeting convoys of Syrian forces in and around the southern Syrian city of Sweida, killing and wounding several personnel and further escalating days of deadly clashes between local Druze armed factions, Bedouin tribes, and the Syrian interim gover

Israeli Troops Patrol Golan Heights

Israeli Troops Patrol Golan Heights

People of Druze community are seen in the buffer zone in the Golan Heights, on July 16, 2025. Dozens of Druze citizens of Israel crossed from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights into southern Syria on Tuesday afternoon, Israeli sources said, amid deadly clashes between Druze fighters and the Syrian interim government's forces. Israel's military said in a statement that troops were operating to return the civilians safely. The individuals crossed from Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights into the Druze village of Hader in southern Syria. According to Israel's Army Radio, the incident followed calls on social media by Druze in Lebanon to support their counterparts in Syria's southern province of Sweida. Israel launched a series of airstrikes on Tuesday targeting convoys of Syrian forces in and around the southern Syrian city of Sweida, killing and wounding several personnel and further escalating days of deadly clashes between local Druze armed factions, Bedouin tribes, and the Syrian interim gover

Egypt seeks to secure 3.5 mln tonnes of local wheat in 2024 supply season

STORY: Egypt seeks to secure 3.5 mln tonnes of local wheat in 2024 supply season SHOOTING TIME: Archive DATELINE: April 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Egypt's Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade 2. shot of the minister of supply and internal trade speaking 3. various of wheat harvesting STORYLINE: Egypt's Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade has announced that its silos and receiving points will commence the purchase of local wheat from farmers starting Monday. According to Ali Moselhi, minister of supply and internal trade, Egypt has set its sights on acquiring 3.5 million tonnes of local wheat in the 2024 procurement season. The ministry further emphasized that farmers will receive their financial dues within 24 hours just after supplying the wheat quantities. While wheat supplying remains optional this season, the ministry pointed out that transporting wheat from one location to another, without an official permit in the respective gover

Myanmar commemorates 77th anniversary of Union Day

STORY: Myanmar commemorates 77th anniversary of Union Day SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 12, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 12, 2024 LENGTH: 0:03:12 LOCATION: Nay Pyi Taw CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Union Day event in Nay Pyi Taw STORYLINE: Myanmar commemorated the 77th anniversary of the Union Day with a state ceremony in the capital Nay Pyi Taw on Monday morning. The Union Day marked the historic moment on Feb. 12, 1947, when the country's national hero General Aung San, along with over 20 ethnic leaders, signed the Panglong Agreement, pledging to strive for regaining independence from British colonialists. In his Union Day message, Chairman of the State Administration Council Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said that independence and sovereignty gained through union spirit of all ethnic people will continue to be protected only through union spirit. Min Aung Hlaing also urged all ethnic people to protect the country for long-term existence with union spirit. Over 1,000 representatives from gover

Wildfires continue to rage in western Canada

STORY: Wildfires continue to rage in western Canada DATELINE: Sept. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:20 LOCATION: Ottawa CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of wildfires in Canada 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BOWINN MA, Minister of Emergency Management, Province of British Columbia 4. various of firefighters 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CLIFF CHAPMAN, BC Wildfire Service STORYLINE: Wildfires continue to rage in many parts of Canada. In the western provinces of British Columbia and Northwest Territories, both have hundreds of wildfires burning out of control. Severe draught and prolonged unseasonal high temperature are making matters worse for firefighters and evacuees. According to the latest fire statistics released by BC Wildfire Service Thursday, there have been nearly twenty new fires in the past 24 hours, most of which are caused by lightning, bringing up the total number of burning wildfires to almost 420. In a press conference with ministers and officials responsible for wildfire-related matters, BC gover

Turkish president vows to sharply ease inflation in 2023

STORY: Turkish president vows to sharply ease inflation in 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:05 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaking 2. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish President 3. various of Turkish Lira 4. various of Turkish Central Bank 5. various of people shopping STORYLINE: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged Wednesday to sharply slow the inflation in the coming months and relieve citizens of the burden of a high cost of living. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish President "Hopefully, we will witness that inflation will go downhill in the coming months. Let's make 2023 the turning point of our liberation from the trouble of living cost." The world has been struggling with waves of economic crisis, but Türkiye has reached its growth targets, Erdogan said, adding that he believed the country would see a growth rate of 4-5 percent by the end of 2022. Erdogan said his gover

New Senegalese PM forms government

STORY: New Senegalese PM forms government DATELINE: Sept. 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Dakar CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the presidential palace of Senegal 2. Minister Abdou Latif Coulibaly with the General Secretariat of the government reading the statement 3. Newly-appointed Senegalese Prime Minister Amadou Ba presenting members of the new government STORYLINE: Newly-appointed Senegalese Prime Minister Amadou Ba formed a 38-member government team Saturday evening, according to a statement read out Saturday night to the press by Minister Abdou Latif Coulibaly with the General Secretariat of the Government. Ba, who was appointed to the position of prime minister Saturday morning, explained in a statement made on the occasion that his government was "a mission team" to fulfill the vision of the Head of State, Macky Sall, which centers on the realization of the Senegalese Emerging Plan (PSE), a 10-year strategy launched in 2014 to speed up the country's development. The previous gover