•UK Prime Minister Sunak The UK yesterday joined the United States and Canada in announcing a fresh set of sanctions against Iran’s drone and missile industries after its recent attack on Israel. Tehran launched its first direct military assault on Israeli territory nearly two weeks after an April 1 air strike — widely blamed on […]...
•Heavy rains At least 155 people have died in Tanzania as torrential rains linked to El Nino triggered flooding and landslides, the country’s prime minister said today. Tanzania and other countries in East Africa — a region highly vulnerable to climate change — have been pounded by heavier than usual rainfall during the current rainy […...
•Vietnamese soft drink boss Tran Qui Thanh (C) being led into a court in Ho Chi Minh City today Vietnam’s top soft drinks tycoon was jailed for eight years today in a $40 million fraud case — the latest high-profile business figure snared in the country’s sweeping crackdown on corruption. The communist nation’s wide-ranging campaign […]...
•Policemen push away the friends of the abductee Hersh Goldberg-Polin Palestinian militant group Hamas released today a video of an Israeli-American man held hostage in Gaza and seen alive in the footage. Israeli media identified him as Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was abducted from the Nova music festival in southern Israel during the Hamas atta...
•Smoke rising from the plane crash site outside Fairbanks, Alaska Two people were feared dead after a rare cargo plane crashed in the far north of the United States yesterday, troopers in Alaska said. The Douglas DC-4, one of just a handful left in the world, came down just after leaving Fairbanks International Airport in […]
•Trump in court for criminal trial Former US President Donald Trump arrived in court today for opening statements in his criminal trial and condemned the high-stakes case as a “witch hunt” designed to derail his White House bid. “It’s a very, very sad day in America,” the 77-year-old Republican presidential candidate told reporters before ente...
•Nadeem Anjarwalla The Kenya Police Service has arrested fleeing Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, as the International Criminal Police Organisation moves to extradite him to Nigeria within the week. Government sources familiar with the case who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak on the matter confirm...
•Aerial photo taken today shows flooded buildings and streets Eleven people are missing following storms that battered southern China, state media said today, with tens of thousands evacuated away from the torrential downpours. Heavy rain has descended upon the vast southern province of Guangdong in recent days, swelling rivers and raising fea...
•Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday said Israel will increase “military pressure” on Palestinian militant group Hamas in a bid to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza. “In the coming days we will increase the military and political pressure on Hamas because this is the only way to free ...
•South African Police The Nigerian Union South Africa (NUSA) has refuted claims made by the South African Police Service (SAPS) of the alleged involvement of eight Nigerians in the attack on its personnel in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. A statement by the union’s spokesman, Habib Miller, which was made available to our correspondent...
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