Britain’s hottest day ever

LONDON, July 18 (ONLINE) Yesterday (Monday) was the hottest day in Britain’s history on record with temperatures hitting 40C for the first time, forcing train companies to cancel services, schools to close early and ministers to urge the public to stay at home, Reuters News […]

Israel strikes Gaza Strip after rocket fire

GAZA 17 July (Online): Israel hit the Gaza Strip before dawn on Saturday in what it said was a retaliatory strike for rocket fire from the Palestinian territory controlled by the Islamist movement Hamas. The exchange of fire came hours after US President Joe Biden […]

All eight crew killed in cargo plane crash in Greece

Kavala, Greece, July 17 (AFP/APP): All eight crew members of a cargo plane that crashed near the Greek city of Kavala died in the accident, Serbia’s defence minister said on Sunday. The Ukrainian-operated Antonov An-12 was carrying mines and around 11 tonnes of weapons to […]

Indian journalist Muhammad Zubair gets bail in 2018 tweet case

NEW DELHI 16 July (Online): An Indian court on Friday granted interim bail to Muslim journalist Muhammed Zubair, co-founder of fact-checking site Alt News, in another case relating to one of his tweets in 2018, however, he will stay in jail over two more cases, […]

Pilot killed after firefighting plane crashes in Portugal

isbon, July 16 (AFP/APP): A plane that was battling forest fires in northern Portugal crashed Friday, killing its pilot, the civil defence said. No one else was on board the single-engine air tanker that plunged to its end near Vila Nova de Foz Coa, as […]

Bomb scare at San Francisco airport sparks evacuation

San Francisco, July 16 (AFP/APP): A bomb scare at San Francisco airport sparked an evacuation of the international terminal on Friday evening, local police said. By about midnight (0700 GMT), operations had returned to normal, the airport said. Officers received a bomb threat and found […]

Colombian forces kill FARC dissident leader

Bogota, July 15 (AFP/APP): Colombian forces have killed FARC dissident leader Nestor Vera and nine other rebels in a raid in the country’s southwest, the defense minister said on Friday. The operation “allowed us to neutralize nine individuals on the FARC dissident frontline as well […]

Mali to suspend all new UN peacekeeping rotations

Bamako, July 14 (AFP/APP): Mali said Thursday it was suspending rotations of the UN’s peacekeeping mission for “national security” reasons, in the latest complication in ties between the ruling junta and international partners. Rotations of the MINUSMA mission are being suspended, including those that have […]

Sri Lanka leader flees as protesters storm home, office

Colombo, July 9 (AFP/APP): Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence on Saturday shortly before protesters, angered by an unprecedented economic crisis, overran the compound and stormed his nearby office. Thousands of people had surrounded the leader’s home to demand his resignation, blaming […]