Fuel tanker explosion kills more than 150 people in Nigeria | In Pictures News
More than 150 people, including children, were killed and dozens of others wounded after an overturned fuel tanker exploded in northwestern Nigeria. The crash took…
UN report says 1.1 billion people living in acute poverty | Poverty and Development News
Index shows that 83.2 percent of the world’s poorest people live in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.More than one billion people live in acute poverty,…
India all out for 46 in first cricket Test match against New Zealand | Cricket News
Virat Kohli among five Indian batters dismissed for 0 after they opt to bat first in Bengaluru’s overcast conditions.India were bowled out for their lowest…
JD Vance says Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election | US Elections 2024 News
The Republican running mate has previously sidestepped questions about whether he supports Trump’s false claims of voter fraud.Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance has told a…
Three state court rulings ease voting restrictions ahead of US elections | US Elections 2024 News
Court rulings in three separate states – Nebraska, Alabama and Georgia – have reversed or halted controversial measures that would have limited the ability to…
China accuses Japanese vessel of ‘illegally’ entering disputed waters | South China Sea News
The incident is the latest between China and Japan around disputed islands in the East China Sea.China’s coastguard said it ordered a Japanese fishing vessel…
US says B2 bombers launched ‘precision strikes’ against Houthis in Yemen | Conflict News
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says strikes aimed at countering Houthis’ ‘destabilising behaviour’.The United States military has bombed a series of Houthi targets in Yemen,…
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 965 | Russia-Ukraine war News
As the war enters its 965th day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Thursday, October 17, 2024. Fighting Russian forces captured two…
Kamala Harris spars with Bret Baier over immigration in Fox News interview | US Elections 2024 News
From its first moments, the interview was contentious. On Wednesday, United States Vice President Kamala Harris sat down for an interview with the conservative-leaning network…
North Korea blows up road, rail links with ‘hostile state’ South Korea | Conflict News
Pyongyang says move is a response to the ‘grave political and military provocations of the hostile forces’.North Korea has blown up sections of its road…
Harris’ first formal interview with Fox News is combative
In the most combative interview since Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic presidential nominee, she discussed border policy, taxpayer-funded benefits for transgender prisoners and…
Former One Direction member Liam Payne found dead in Buenos Aires | Music News
Police say 31-year-old singer, who gained fame in pop supergroup, fell to his death from a hotel in Argentina’s capital.Liam Payne, a former member of…
UNIFIL says Israeli tank fired at peacekeepers watchtower in Lebanon | Israel attacks Lebanon News
UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon say Israeli forces have fired at one of their positions in the south in a “direct and apparently deliberate” attack…
Texas man faces execution after clemency plea fails | Crime News
Texas is due to execute a man for murdering his two-year-old daughter, despite doubts about his guilt. Robert Roberson is scheduled to receive a lethal…
Columbia University suspends outspoken pro-Israel professor for harassment | Protests News
A divisive and outspoken pro-Israel professor at Columbia University in New York City was temporarily suspended after the prestigious school said he “repeatedly harassed and…
The Sports Report: Can Shohei Ohtani fix his swing before Game 3?
Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news. Newsletter Go beyond the scoreboard Get the latest on L.A.'s teams in the…
UK considering sanctions on Israeli ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir | Israel-Palestine conflict News
The sanctions are in response to Smotrich’s comments that starving civilians in Gaza might be justified and Ben-Gvir’s remarks that violent settlers are heroes.The United…
What’s so spectacular about the new tomb discovery in Jordan’s Petra? | Tourism News
Archaeologists have discovered a tomb beneath the ancient, imposing Al Khazneh in Petra, Jordan. Long before it appeared in Stephen Spielberg’s 1989 blockbuster Indiana Jones…
Palestinians ‘starving’ in northern Gaza as Israel presses assault | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Palestinian health officials have called for a humanitarian corridor to three hospitals in northern Gaza that have come close to collapse after Israeli troops have…
Mexico’s former public security chief to be sentenced in US drug case | Drugs News
A former Mexican public security chief is due to be sentenced in a US court after being convicted of taking millions in bribes to aid…