South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has called for calm and urged citizens not to take the law into their own hands, following a spate of attacks on businesses and homes owned by people from neighbouring Sudan. Three people have been killed and seven were wounded in violent confrontations with security officers in the capital, Juba,…
Reuters Donald Trump said Greenland was “critical” for the US’s national and economic security (file photo) France has said the European Union will not allow other nations to attack its “sovereign borders”, after US President-Elect Donald Trump refused to rule out using military force to seize Greenland. On Tuesday, Trump reiterated his desire to acquire…
The head of the World Health Organization has called for an end to attacks on hospitals in Gaza. “Hospitals in Gaza have once again become battlegrounds and the health system is under severe threat,” Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. His warning came after the last functioning hospital in besieged northern Gaza, Kamal Adwan, was raided…
Four rioters have been given short jail terms for violence against football fans visiting Amsterdam for a Europa League match between Ajax and Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv. Sefa Ö, 32, was handed the longest sentence of six months in jail by Amsterdam district court, while another man was given 10 weeks and two others…
Two former Israeli intelligence agents have revealed how members of the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah used Israeli made walkie-talkies booby-trapped with explosives for 10 years before they were detonated in a surprise attack in September this year. The two ex-Mossad agents told US CBS News how the service duped Hezbollah into buying thousands of…
Facebook/Maria Troyanivska Maria was just 14 years old when she was killed by a Russian drone Maria Troyanivska had come home early the night a Russian drone hit her bedroom. “It flew in through the window, right into her room,” her mother Viktoria tells the BBC. After the explosion, she and her husband Volodymyr ran…
America’s aviation regulator has suspended flights by US carriers to Haiti for at least 30 days after three gun attacks in a day on planes departing from the Caribbean nation. Aircraft from JetBlue, Spirit and American Airlines were all hit by bullets on Monday after flying to the capital, Port-au-Prince. In the attack on the…
Fixing LED strip lights to the bottom of surfboards could deter attacks by great white sharks, Australian scientists say. A study conducted in Mossel Bay, South Africa involved towing seal-shaped boards fitted with different configurations of lights behind a boat to see which attracted the most attention. The researchers from Macquarie University in New South…
Reuters Flames rise from a residential building in Russia after a drone attack from Ukraine Russia and Ukraine have carried out their biggest drone attacks against each other since the start of the war. Russia’s defence ministry also said it intercepted 70 Ukrainian drones over six regions, including some approaching Moscow which forced flights to…
Oct 31, 2024 07:44 PM IST Donald Trump has launched fresh attacks on Kamala Harris, accusing the vice president of using inappropriate terms to describe him. Donald Trump has launched fresh attacks on Kamala Harris, accusing the vice president of using inappropriate terms to describe him. Blasting Harris, Trump declared that “this Tuesday is your…
