27-05-2026 SACRAMENTO: California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency as emergency crews raced to contain a toxic chemical leak at a manufacturing facility in Orange County. A tank containing about 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate, a highly volatile and flammable substance used to make plastic, was at …

27-05-2026 TEGUCIGALPA: Gunmen have killed at least 25 people, including six police officers, in attacks across Honduras. The attacks marked Thursday as one of the most violent days the country has seen in recent years. They came despite ongoing efforts by the government to rein in organized crime and violence. …

27-05-2026 PARIS: A year to go until France chooses its next president, the big question is who can save the election from being a battle of the extremes. For now and perhaps only for now, the answer is pretty clear. It is President Emmanuel Macron’s former Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe. …

27-05-2026 NAIROBI: Not even heavy rain can keep shoppers away from Gikomba, a lively Kenyan market that stands as the largest open-air trading hub in East Africa. Sections of the site were waterlogged, yet shoppers, some wearing rubber boots, still inched their way through the congested pathways, hunting for Gikomba’s …

24-05-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi as part of a four-day visit to the country. Rubio arrived in the eastern city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) on Saturday morning before travelling to the capital. He …

27-05-2026 BELGRADE: Tens of thousands of people, led by university students, have rallied in the Serbian capital to protest against the government and call for early elections. The Novi Sad rail station disaster in November 2024, which killed 16 people, sparked anticorruption protests, calling for a transparent investigation, forcing then-Prime …

27-05-2026 GAZA STRIP: An Israeli ⁠air ⁠strike has killed at least five police ⁠officers and a 13-year-old boy, Gaza police say, as Israel continues its attacks across the Gaza Strip despite the “ceasefire” in place. Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Gaza City on Saturday, said that the police officers …

26-05-2026 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: The US military says it has launched new strikes on southern Iran, targeting Iranian missile sites and boats attempting to place mines. US Central Command said in a statement the strikes were taken in “self-defense”, and were designed “to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian …

26-05-2026 MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin has promised retaliation after accusing Ukraine of carrying out a deadly attack on a student dormitory in an occupied part of eastern Ukraine. Six people were killed and 39 injured in the overnight strike in the town of Starobilsk, in the Luhansk region, the Russian President …

26-05-2026 SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA: A spiraling political conflict is threatening social stability in Bolivia. Just six months after the new administration took office, President Rodrigo Paz is facing a wave of demonstrations, highway blockades and growing calls for his resignation. The unrest began a little more than a month ago …