International

25-01-2024 BAMAKO: Over 70 individuals lost their lives in a tunnel collapse at a gold mining site in Mali last week, as confirmed by a local gold mining group leader and a regional official on Wednesday, Times of India reported. The incident occurred in the southwestern town of Kangaba, where …

25-01-2024 ADDIS ABABA: Festivities for the Orthodox Christian celebration of epiphany have been muted this year in Gondar, in the northwest Ethiopian region of Amhara where conflict has raged for months. “How can you celebrate when many people are dying?” said an auto rickshaw driver, who wished to remain anonymous. …

25-01-2024 PYANGYONG: South Korean media reported Wednesday that North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea, days after conducting two separate weapons testing. According to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), the launches took place at around 7am, without giving further details, Yonhap reported. “While strengthening …

25-01-2024 UNITED NATIONS: UN’s Antonio Guterres tells UN Security Council: “Nothing can justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people”. At least 14 people were killed in Israeli attacks on two residential homes in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, the Wafa news agency reports. Medical sources have told …

25-01-2024 NEW HAMPSHIRE: Joe Biden has won New Hampshire’s Democratic presidential primary, even though the incumbent refused to campaign in the state and had to rely on a write-in campaign powered by his allies and surrogates to secure a victory. Leading up to Election Day in New Hampshire, much more …

24-01-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: The Israeli army says 24 of its soldiers have been killed in Gaza, the deadliest day for Israeli forces since the start of their ground operation. Twenty-four (24) Israeli soldiers were killed during fighting in southern Gaza on Monday, the military said, in the biggest single …

24-01-2024 JOLIET, CHICAGO: Seven people were found shot and killed in two different homes in Joliet Monday afternoon, and a manhunt has been launched for a suspect, police said. Police also believe a fatal shooting on Sunday is connected with the mass-casualty incident. At a news conference, Joliet police Chief …

24-01-2024 WASHINGTON: The Biden administration is allowed to cut the razor wire deployed by Texas at the border with Mexico, the US Supreme Court ruled on Monday. The concertina wire, deployed at the direction of the Republican Texas governor, Greg Abbott, runs roughly 30 miles (48km) along the Rio Grande …

24-01-2024 MONROVIA: Liberia’s new President Joseph Boakai failed to reach the end of his speech and had to be helped away from the podium during his swearing-in ceremony. Boakai, 79, had been speaking for around 30 minutes at his inauguration ceremony when it became clear that he was having difficulty …

24-01-2024 WASHINGTON: A major US airline has said it expects to lose money in the three months between January and March due to the grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 jets. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded 171 of them after an unused door broke away mid-flight. United Airlines …