A US Osprey military aircraft with eight crew on board crashed on Wednesday off the coast of Japan, the coastguard said. “We received information that the US military’s Osprey crashed off Yakushima Island,” a spokeswoman told the newsmen. “We were also notified that there were eight crew members on board,” she added. “There is no…
Officials of the Sierra Leone government have disclosed that nearly 2,000 inmates escaped during Sunday’s attack on a military barracks, a prison and other locations in the country. The Acting Director-General of the Sierra Leone Correctional Service, Colonel Shek Masakui, said the attack lasted two hours. According to a situation report that prison officials shared…
An elevator carrying workers to the surface at a giant South African platinum mine plunged out of control killing 11 and injuring 75, the mine operators said Tuesday. Impala Platinum said the “devastating accident” happened on Monday at its Rustenburg mine, northwest of Johannesburg, as more than 80 employees were leaving a shaft at the…
Indian military engineers were preparing to dig by hand Monday to reach 41 workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for 16 days, a rescue operation hit by repeated setbacks. Soldiers plan to use a so-called “rat-hole mining” technique, digging by hand to clear the rocks and rubble over the remaining nine metres (29 feet),…
At least 18 people were killed in lightning strikes across western India’s Gujarat state during unseasonably intense storms on Sunday, officials said. Such big rainstorms are not expected in Gujarat during winter months, and fierce downpours caught many off guard. While flash floods and lightning kill dozens of people in India each year, scientists warn…
Hamas fighters were set Sunday to release a third group of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, a day after freeing captives including a young woman snatched from a desert rave. In a sign of the fragility of the exchanges, the latest swap Saturday was delayed for hours after Hamas accused Israel of breaching…
The government of Sierra Leone has confirmed that some “unidentified individuals” attempted to break into the country’s armoury. This was contained in a release signed by Chernor Bah, the Minister of Information and Civic Culture on Sunday. The release stated that the said individuals had been identified and arrested. “PUBLIC NOTICE: Security Update and Nationwide…
Ukraine said it had downed 71 Russian attack drones overnight in what Kyiv authorities said was the biggest attack on the capital since the start of the invasion. Kyiv’s city administration said five people were injured, including an 11-year-old child. “The air force destroyed 71 Shahed 131/136 attack UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). The vast majority…
France is fighting for the role of the French language in the European Union and against applications for EU positions in English only. A corresponding complaint before the European Court of Justice is set to enter the decisive phase today with the oral hearing in Luxembourg. France is criticising “unjustified unequal treatment on the basis…
The Swiss government announced it would bring forward a draft law by the end of February explicitly banning Hamas activities or support for the Palestinian militant group within Switzerland. “The Federal Council decided to draft a federal act banning Hamas, considering this to be the most appropriate response to the situation that has prevailed in…