19-10-2024 WASHINGTON: The US Secret Service has “deep flaws” that need to be resolved urgently or more assassination attempts like the one at Donald Trump’s rally will happen again, a damning report says. An independent panel tasked with investigating the 13 July shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, released its findings on …
Read More »Seeing double in Nigeria’s ‘twins capital of the world’
19-10-2024 ABUJA: On a normal day a visitor might pass Igbo-Ora with little more than a double take, wondering why so many pairs of residents wear matching clothes but this weekend left nobody doubting what makes the town in southwest Nigeria special. With fanfare, pageantry, talent shows and even a …
Read More »Muslims ‘in constant fear’ amid hate campaign
19-10-2024 SHIMLA: Farhan Khan says he still feels a chill down his spine when he recalls the day an anti-Muslim rally was held in his sleepy town in northern India’s Himachal Pradesh state. On September 17, the 26-year-old tailor opened his shop in Solan as usual at about 11:30am when …
Read More »US sanctions Chinese firms behind Russian drones
19-10-2024 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: The United States has sanctioned two Chinese companies it says are involved in the production of aerial drones used by Russia in its war in Ukraine. In a statement, the US Treasury said it was also targeting a Russian company and its owner, Artem Yamshchikov, who it …
Read More »World reacts to Israel claims Hamas leader Sinwar killed
18-10-2024 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT: Israel has claimed its forces have killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in an attack in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli military confirmed Sinwar’s death on Thursday but Hamas has not yet commented on the claim. According to the Israeli military statement, Sinwar was killed on Wednesday …
Read More »‘Israel stops key commercial food imports to Gaza’
18-10-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA STRIP: Israel has stopped processing requests from traders to import food to Gaza, according to 12 people involved in the trade, choking off a track that for the past six months supplied more than half of the besieged Palestinian territory’s provisions. Since Oct. 11, Gaza-based traders who …
Read More »France to cut prices in Martinique over cost of living unrest
18-10-2024 PARIS: After more than six weeks of protests over the high cost of living on the French Caribbean island of Martinique, the local prefecture has signed a deal to cut soaring food prices. Jean-Christophe Bouvier, France’s prefect in Martinique, said the deal with a number of groups including importers …
Read More »Fire kills 153 people after fuel tanker crash in Nigeria
18-10-2024 ABUJA/ DUTSE: A fuel tanker exploded overnight in northern Nigeria, killing at least 153 people who rushed to the scene of the accident to collect leaking petrol, officials say. The fire engulfed the overturned vehicle, which had been cordoned off by officers after it crashed in Jigawa state, the …
Read More »Australian territory resumes jailing 10-year-olds
18-10-2024 DARWIN: Children as young as 10 will soon be able to be jailed once again in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT), after the government there lowered the age of criminal responsibility. Australian states and territories have been under pressure to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14, …
Read More »Georgia strikes down new Trump-backed election rules
18-10-2024 ATLANTA. GEORGIA: A judge in the US state of Georgia has blocked seven new state election rules favored by Republican Donald Trump after finding that they would unnecessarily interfere with the voting process. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox on Wednesday struck down a rule that requires that …
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