World
One of tech billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX Starships exploded during a routine test late Wednesday in Texas, law enforcement said, adding that no one was injured.The Starship 36 suffered "catastrophic failure and exploded" at the Starbase launch facility shortly after 11:00 pm (0400 GM...
More than 200 victims of last week's Air India jet crash have been identified through DNA testing, a hospital official said Wednesday, inching towards ending an agonising wait for relatives. There was one survivor out of 242 passengers and crew on board the London-bound plane on Thursday w...
World,Politics
AFP, TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced the beginning of battle in a post on X, declaring, “In the name of the noble Haidar, the battle begins.”The name Haidar refers to Ali, regarded by Shia Muslims as the first Imam and rightful successor to the P...
World,Back Page
A Russian attack on Ukraine killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens in the capital, authorities said Tuesday, with more wounded reported in the Odesa and Chernigiv regions.Interior Minister Igor Klymenko wrote on Telegram: "27 locations in different districts of the capital came under enem...
Sports,Football
Goals from two Argentine internationals denied Boca Juniors victory over Benfica on Monday, as the Buenos Aires side were forced to settle for a 2-2 draw in a stormy Club World Cup Group C clash.An Angel Di Maria penalty on the stroke of half-time and an 86th-minute header from Nicolas Otamendi earn...
US President Donald Trump was on Monday leaving a Group of Seven summit early as he hinted of greater involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict and warned Tehran residents to evacuate.Before flying out of Canada in the middle of the G7 gathering, Trump took to social media to back Israel and issue an ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Central Asian leaders at a summit in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, his second trip to the region in under a year as Beijing competes with Russia for influence there.The summit in the Kazakh capital brings together Xi -- who arrived in Astana on Monday -- and the leade...
Culture & Entertainment
A judge on Monday extended a restraining order pausing Donald Trump's ban on Harvard bringing in and hosting foreign students as part of the US president's escalating campaign against the elite university.Trump has tried a host of different tactics to block the Ivy League institution enrolli...
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz warned Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday he could suffer a fate "similar to" Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, who was toppled and later executed.Katz warned Khamenei risked "a fate similar to Saddam Hussein" during a m...
More than 600 foreign nationals have crossed from Iran into neighbouring Azerbaijan since Israel began striking the country last Friday, a government official in Baku said."Since the start of the military escalation between Israel and Iran, more than 600 citizens of 17 countries have been evacu...
As Israeli air strikes on Tehran show no sign of abating, many residents have fled the Iranian capital. But for others, escape is not an option."I've heard multiple explosions near my home in western Tehran," said Mina, a 37-year-old computer scientist. "I wanted to leave, but I h...
Pakistan has closed all its border crossings with neighbouring Iran for an indefinite period, provincial officials said on Monday, as Israel and Iran trade intense strikes and threaten further attacks."Border facilities in all five districts -- Chaghi, Washuk, Panjgur, Kech and Gwadar -- have b...
The White House insisted Monday evening that US forces remained in a "defensive" posture in the Middle East, despite a military buildup over the Israel-Iran war and a shock warning from President Donald Trump to evacuate Tehran.Trump's brief warning on social media, without further det...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said that killing Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei would bring an end to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran."It's not going to escalate the conflict, it's going to end the conflict," Netanyahu said about plans to t...
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said today that Iran's state television and radio were "about to disappear", after an evacuation warning was issued for the district in Tehran where the broadcaster is based."The Iranian propaganda and incitement megaphone is about to disappear...
The United Nations on Monday said it was drastically scaling back its global humanitarian aid plans due to the "deepest funding cuts ever".The UN's humanitarian agency said in a statement that it was seeking $29 billion in funding compared to $44 billion requested in December, in a &qu...
The UK government has appointed Blaise Metreweli as the first-ever woman to head its MI6 spy service as the country faces "threats on an unprecedented scale", Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Sunday.The MI6 Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) achieved global fame through Ian Fleming&...
Venezuela announced Sunday the resumption of flights to and from the Dominican Republic, reopening the main route Venezuelans take to the United States after it was suspended nearly a year ago.Caracas suspended the flight route on July 29 last year amid international outcry over what many countries ...
Hundreds of protesters supporting various causes assembled peacefully in downtown Calgary on Sunday as the Group of Seven summit began a long drive away in the mountain resort of Kananaskis.In recent years, G7 protests have become tightly controlled affairs. Demonstrators are confined to designated ...
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Peru on Sunday, leaving one person dead and 36 injured as the tremor triggered landslides, officials said.The quake hit shortly before noon and was centered around 30 kilometers (20 miles) from Callao, a port city next to the capital Lima, the National Seismological...
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