India’s Conflicts Generated By Demolition Of Mosque, Religious School Claims 5 Lives
Five people were killed in India and dozens more injured after religious clashes sparked by the destruction of a madrassa, officials said Friday, the latest in a spate of demolitions targeting Islamic structures. Hindu nationalist groups have been emboldened in their campaign against Muslim religious structures since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office a decade ago. Authorities in the northern state...
31 Die in Mali As Bus Falls Off Bridge
Thirty-one people were killed in Mali on Tuesday and 10 others wounded when a bus travelling toward Burkina Faso fell off a bridge in the country’s southeast, the Transport ministry said. It added that the accident occurred at around 5:00 pm (1700 GMT) at a bridge crossing the Bagoe river. “A bus that was leaving Kenieba commune for Burkina Faso tipped...
Putin Cautions West To Threat Of Nuclear War
President Vladimir Putin warned Thursday of a “real” risk of nuclear war if the West escalates the conflict in Ukraine, offering a defiant and emboldened stance in his annual speech to Russians. Speaking in Moscow, Putin said his soldiers were advancing in Ukraine and warned the West of “tragic consequences” for any country that dared to send troops to Kyiv. “They...
US House Of Reps To Vote On TikTok Ban
The US House of Representatives will vote Wednesday on a bill that would force TikTok to cut ties with its Chinese owner or get banned in the United States. The legislation is the biggest threat yet to the video-sharing app, which has surged to huge popularity across the world all while causing intense nervousness amongst governments and security officials about...
US House Reps Passes TikTok Ban Bill
The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill on Wednesday that would force TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner or get banned from the United States. The lawmakers voted 352 in favor of the proposed law and 65 against, in a rare moment of bipartisan unity in politically divided Washington.Details later… AFP
Vietnamese Woman Sentenced To Death Over $44bn Bank Fraud
A Vietnamese billionaire, Truong My Lan, has been sentenced to death for looting one of the country’s largest banks over a period of 11 years. It was the most spectacular trial ever held in Vietnam, befitting one of the greatest bank frauds the world has ever seen. Truong My Lan was sentenced at the stately yellow portico of the colonial-era courthouse...
Israel Shuts Down Al Jazeera Office In Gaza, Seizes Equipment
Israel ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close Sunday, escalating a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line government as Doha-mediated cease-fire negotiations with Hamas hang in the balance. The extraordinary order, which includes confiscating broadcast equipment, preventing the broadcast of the channel’s reports and blocking its websites, is believed...
US Suspends Shipment Of Bomb To Israel Over Invasion Of Rafah
The United States paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over fears it would invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah, an official said Tuesday, marking the first time in the conflict that President Joe Biden has squeezed military aid to the key US ally. Washington halted the load of 1,800 2,000-lb (907 kg) bombs and 1,700 500-lb...
Donald Trump And The US President, Joe Biden, Battles In The First US Presidential Debate
The US President, Joe Biden and Donald Trump square off for a historic US presidential debate this week as millions of potential voters tune in. The showdown fires the starting gun on what promises to be a bruising summer on the campaign trail, in a deeply polarized and tense United States still convulsed over the chaos and violence that accompanied...
New UK PM Starmer Says He’s Not Prepared To Transfer Migrants To Rwanda
Britain’s new Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday said he was “not prepared” to continue with the previous Conservative government’s flagship scheme to deport migrants to Rwanda. “The Rwanda scheme was dead and buried before it started… I’m not prepared to continue with gimmicks that don’t act as a deterrent,” he told reporters at his first news conference. Ex-prime minister...
