US opens criminal probe into Boeing 737 MAX mid-flight blowout | transport News
Investigation comes amid heightened scrutiny of Boeing’s safety record following fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019. Prosecutors in the United States have opened a criminal…
Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 155 | Israel War on Gaza News
Three more children die of malnutrition in Gaza as US President Biden says ceasefire by Ramadan ‘looking tough’. Here’s how things stand on Saturday, March 9,…
Biden makes contradictory remarks on ‘red lines’ for Israel in Gaza | Politics News
US president says Israel’s Netanyahu is ‘hurting Israel’ more than helping in his handling of the war. United States President Joe Biden has warned that…
US-led coalition shoots down 15 drones fired by Yemen’s Houthis in Red Sea | Israel War on Gaza News
US military says it was responding to a large-scale attack by the Iran-aligned group that posed an ‘imminent threat’. United States Navy ships and aircraft…
UN Security Council calls for ceasefire in Sudan during Ramadan | Conflict News
Fighting has forcibly displaced more than eight million people, with millions more in need of food and humanitarian aid. The United Nations Security Council has…
Iran condemns UN experts’ report on protest crackdown as ‘false’, ‘biased’ | Human Rights News
Report by UN fact-finding mission says Iran’s brutal suppression of 2022 protests amounted to crimes against humanity. Iran has condemned a report by United Nations…
Verstappen wins F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to extend winning streak | Motorsports News
The Dutchman made it nine wins in as many races as he cruised to a comfortable victory at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Max Verstappen…
India blast their way past Bazball to seal Test series win against England | Cricket News
India win the fifth and final Test in three days to take the series against England 3-1 as Bazball is questioned again. India maintained their…
Varadkar concedes defeat in Ireland’s referendum on family, women’s roles | Women’s Rights News
The Irish PM had called the referendum a chance to do away with ‘very old-fashioned, very sexist language about women’. A dual referendum in the…
Israel’s ‘anti-Zionists’ brave police beatings, smears to demand end to war | Israel War on Gaza News
Tel Aviv/West Jerusalem – In 2015, Maya, a Jewish Israeli, travelled to Greece to help Syrian refugees. At the time, she was an exchange student…
Asif Ali Zardari elected Pakistan’s president for second time | Elections News
Pakistani lawmakers vote for return of widower of Benazir Bhutto after elections marred by rigging claims. Pakistan Peoples Party’s co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari has won a…
Israel hits landmark residential tower in Rafah as Gaza truce talks stall | Israel War on Gaza News
Israeli forces have struck one of the largest residential towers in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, residents said, stepping up pressure on the last…
Sweden resumes aid to UN agency for Palestinians | Israel War on Gaza News
First payment of $20m to be disbursed after Sweden gets assurances of the UNRWA’s checks on spending and personnel. Sweden has said it is resuming…
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 745 | Russia-Ukraine war News
As the war enters its 745th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Saturday, March 9, 2024. Fighting Politics and diplomacy…
Why Google’s AI tool was slammed for showing images of people of colour | Technology News
America’s founding fathers depicted as Black women and Ancient Greek warriors as Asian women and men – this was the world reimagined by Google’s generative…
Israeli official faces corruption allegations in Honduras president’s trial | Courts News
New York City, United States – The allegations shocked the courtroom. Last week, a confidential witness in a high-profile criminal case alleged that an Israeli…
US Senate passes $460bn spending bill to avert government shutdown | Politics News
Vote is a major step towards finalising the 2024 federal budget after months of deadlock in the divided Congress. Lawmakers in the United States Senate…
‘Most vexing’ test: Can Pakistan’s Sharifs revive talks with India’s Modi? | Politics News
Islamabad, Pakistan — It was a brief, formal exchange. On March 5, two days after Shehbaz Sharif became Pakistan’s 24th prime minister, his Indian counterpart posted…
Snubs, protests and history makers: What to know about the 2024 Oscars | Arts and Culture News
The red carpet has been unfurled for the 96th annual Academy Awards, one of the movie industry’s oldest and most acclaimed ceremonies. It’s a night…
‘Incendiary and wrong’: Biden spurs anger for calling migrant ‘an illegal’ | Joe Biden News
Rights advocates have slammed United States President Joe Biden for referring to an undocumented immigrant as “an illegal” during his State of the Union address,…