Russian drone and bomb fire killed at least six people across Ukraine’s east and south, local authorities said Friday, as Russia resists US President Donald Trump’s call to halt its invasion. Moscow has escalated long-range aerial attacks on Ukraine’s towns and cities as well as frontline assaults and shelling over the past weeks, defying Trump’s…
Lightning strikes during monsoon storms in eastern India this week killed at least 33 people and injured dozens. The deaths in Bihar occurred during fierce storms between Wednesday and Thursday, a state disaster management department statement said, with the victims mostly farmers and labourers working in the open. More heavy rain and lightning are forecast…
Reuters Palestinians mourn people who were killed in an incident at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s aid distribution centre in Khan Younis, at Nasser hospital, southern Gaza) Reuters. Casualties from the incident were brought to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Twenty people trying to get food have been killed “amid a chaotic and dangerous surge” at…
The death toll from flash floods that struck central Texas on Friday has now climbed to more than 100 people and an unknown number of others are missing. Search and rescue teams are wading through mud-piled riverbanks as more rain and thunderstorms threaten the region, but hope was fading of finding any more survivors four…
Afghanistan’s government said on Thursday that Russia had become the first country to officially recognise its rule, calling it a “brave decision”. The Taliban swept back to power in 2021 after ousting the foreign-backed government and have imposed an austere version of Islamic law. They have keenly sought official international recognition and investment, as the…
Asian stocks rose Tuesday amid optimism that countries will strike US trade deals, but Tokyo’s Nikkei sank after president Donald Trump threatened to impose a fresh tariff rate on Japan as he hit out at Japan over rice and autos. The dollar fell again as investors grew increasingly confident that the Federal Reserve would cut…
Former senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, Jason Miller, has called on African countries to steer clear of debt-laden deals disguised as development assistance, describing such arrangements as exploitative and unsustainable. Delivering a keynote at the 32nd Afreximbank Annual Meetings in Abuja on Thursday, Miller advocated for a shift from dependency to strategic partnerships…
The longstanding tensions of President Donald Trump of the United States with the US intelligence community are resurfacing over conflicting assessments of the impact of recent American airstrikes on Iran. An early intelligence assessment concluded that Iran’s nuclear programme was only set back by a few months following last weekend’s strikes on three sites. President…
Israel’s defence minister on Wednesday designated Iran’s central bank a “terror organisation”, saying the move was aimed at halting financing for Iran-backed militant groups, the day after a ceasefire between the two foes took hold. Minister Israel Katz “signed a special-order designating Iran’s central bank, two additional Iranian banks (and) an Iranian armed forces-affiliated company……
Qatar has officially reopened its airspace following a temporary closure triggered by an Iranian missile strike on the Al Udeid Air Base, which hosts United States forces. In a statement posted Tuesday on its verified social media account, the Qatari General Civil Aviation Authority confirmed the resumption of normal air traffic operations. “The General Civil…