28-05-2024 ARKANSAS, OKLAHOMA: Dozens of people have been killed as tornadoes and storms tore across central areas of the US, destroying homes and cutting power to hundreds of thousands. Seven people were killed in northern Texas, five in Arkansas, two in Oklahoma and one in Kentucky. Scores more were injured, …

28-05-2024 ABUJA: Boko Haram militias have killed eight and kidnapped hundreds of persons during a raid that lasted for several hours on Kuchi, a town in the Munya Local Government area of Niger state. Media reported that “The attackers killed eight people and abducted a hundred and sixty people, after …

28-05-2024 LONDON: The Colombian government has started exploring a sunk 18th Century Spanish galleon dubbed the “holy grail of shipwrecks”. The South American nation has also declared a protected archaeological area around the San Jose galleon which was sunk by the British Royal Navy in 1708 in the Caribbean Sea. …

27-05-2024 OUAGADOUGOU: Burkina Faso’s ruling junta will remain in power for another five years after participants in national talks on Saturday proposed extending the transition back to democracy by 60 months from July, according to the text of an approved new charter. The military authorities seized power in a 2022 …

27-05-2024 PALMA DE MALLORCA: Thousands of people protested in Spain’s Balearic Islands on Saturday against mass tourism ahead of the summer season. Holding posters reading SOS Residents, Enough Mass Tourism, protesters marched through Palma de Mallorca, the capital of the largest Balearic Island. About 10,000 demonstrators took part, a Spanish …

27-05-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Indian voters braved temperatures of nearly 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in parts of the country as they headed to polling stations in the penultimate phase of the world’s largest election on Saturday. More than 111 million people in 58 constituencies across eight …

27-05-2024 WASHINGTON/ MINNEAPOLIS: Four years after George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, momentum in Washington to pass sweeping reform in the Minnesota man’s name has almost faded away completely. The death of Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, in May 2020 sparked outrage and calls for change. Sensing …

27-05-2024 BEIJING/ LONDON: China has accused the UK of false accusations, “wanton stigmatization” and arbitrary arrests after the unexplained death of a man charged with illegally assisting Hong Kong’s foreign intelligence service. China’s foreign ministry office in Hong Kong said in a statement on its website on Saturday that it …

27-05-2024 CAIRO/ JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: A spokesman for Hamas’ armed wing said on Sunday its fighters had captured Israeli soldiers during fighting in Jabalia in northern Gaza on Saturday, though the Israeli military denied the claim. The Hamas armed wing spokesman did not say how many soldiers had been abducted …

27-05-2024 TAIPEI: Taiwan President Lai Ching-te again offered talks with China on Sunday following two days of Chinese war games near the island, saying he looked forward to enhancing mutual understanding and reconciliation. China, which views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory, carried out the military drills on Thursday and …