Sudan Rivals Agree To 72-Hour Ceasefire
The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Sudan’s warring generals had agreed to a three-day ceasefire starting Tuesday (2200 GMT Monday), after previous bids to pause the conflict quickly disintegrated. “Following intense negotiation over the past 48 hours, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have agreed to implement a nationwide ceasefire starting...
Dragon Catches Fire During Disneyland Show
Crowds enjoying a live performance at Disneyland in California were left stunned on Saturday night when a giant animatronic dragon caught fire. Videos online show Maleficent, the 45ft (13m) fire-breathing dragon, quickly being engulfed in flames, as firefighters try to control the blaze. It happened during Fantasmic, a live performance featuring gravity-defying water displays, pyrotechnics and Mickey Mouse (usually) saving the...
Sudanese Army Says It Permits Evacuation Of Stranded Foreigners As Fighting Continues
Sudan’s de facto president and commander-in-chief of the army, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has agreed to the evacuation of citizens and diplomatic representatives from the embattled country. An army spokesman said in a statement on Saturday that the United States, Britain, France and China would begin evacuating from the capital Khartoum “in the coming hours” using military transport aircraft. Al-Burhan has pledged...
India Court Acquits 69 Hindus Of Murder Of 11 Muslims During 2002 Riots
An Indian court on Thursday acquitted 69 Hindus, including a former minister from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), of the murder of 11 Muslims during communal riots in the western state of Gujarat in 2002. The killings occurred in Ahmedabad on February 28, 2002, a day after a suspected Muslim mob set fire to a train carrying Hindu pilgrims,...
Elon Musk Threatens To Sue Microsoft Over Twitter Data
Twitter boss Elon Musk has threatened to sue Microsoft as he accused the technology giant of using data from his social media company without permission. "They trained illegally using Twitter data. Lawsuit time," the multi-billionaire said in a tweet. Mr. Musk was responding to Microsoft's plan to remove Twitter from its corporate advertising platform. He did not provide further details or evidence to...
India Court Dismisses Congress Leader’s Appeal Against Conviction
An Indian court has rejected opposition leader Rahul Gandhi's appeal seeking a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case. The decision extends the uncertainty over whether he can contest in national elections due next year. Mr. Gandhi has been sentenced to two years in jail for 2019 comments about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surname at an election rally. He won't be...
Stampede At Ramadan Charity Distribution In Sanaa: 85 Killed, 322 Injured – Foreign Affairs
One of the deadliest stampedes in a decade claimed at least 85 lives and injured over 300 others on Thursday at a charity distribution event in war-torn Yemen, according to Huthi officials. Days before Eid al-Fitr, a Muslim holiday marked by eating to commemorate the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, the most recent tragedy to hit the poorest...
India To Surpass China In Population This Year — UN
United Nations has predicted that India may likely become the most populous country in the world by the middle of this year. According to data released by the global body, India’s population is expected to reach 1.4286 billion, 2.9 million more than China which stands at 1.4257 billion. The two Asian countries have for over seventy years accounted for more than...
One Dead In New York City Multi-Storey Car Park Collapse
One person has died and five others were injured when a multi-story car park partially collapsed in New York City, officials say. The second floor of the four-story structure in Manhattan's Financial District collapsed first, reports CBS, the BBC's US partner. Authorities said all the workers in the building have been accounted for. A video posted online shows cars and debris stacked...
More Than 100 People Killed, Scores Injured As Fighting Rages In Sudan
As the confrontation between Sudan's military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) rages on in Khartoum, the country's capital, at least one hundred people are claimed to have been killed and many more injured. According to the Voice of America (VOA), both sides are claiming control of important areas, and calls for a truce are mounting. The current key battles...
