A suspect has been arrested after eight people were killed and at least 14 injured in Serbia’s second mass shooting this week. The gunman fired an automatic weapon from a moving vehicle near a village 37 miles, south of Belgrade. According to the interior ministry said the suspect was Continue Reading
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The death of a well-known actress, killed in crossfire in the north of Khartoum, has shocked residents of Sudan’s capital as they hear of more and more friends and relatives caught up in the fighting. Asia Abdelmajid, who turned 80 last year, was famous for her theatre performances – first coming to prominence in the […]Continue Reading
Television and movie writers in Hollywood late Monday declared they will launch a strike for the first time in 15 years over fair pay in the streaming era. The Writers Guild of America said its 11,500 unionized screenwriters will head to the picket lines on Tuesday. Negotiations between studios and the writers, which began in March, […]Continue Reading
The UN has warned 800,000 people may flee Sudan as rival military factions battle in the capital, Khartoum, despite a supposed ceasefire. There seems little prospect of a quick resolution to the crisis, which has unleashed a humanitarian disaster, damaged swathes of Khartoum, risked drawing in regional powers, and reignited conflict in the western Darfur region. […]Continue Reading
A newly wedded bride, Samantha Miller, was killed by a drunk driver who slammed into the newlywed’s golf cart on a South Carolina beach, authorities disclosed on Monday. According to the Charleston County coroner’s office, the 34-year-old who had just gotten married hours earlier died in the wreck which left three others in the golf […]Continue Reading
Russia has launched a series of missile and artillery attacks on Ukraine, the second pre-dawn attack in three days. One person died in the Kherson region and 25 people – including three children – were injured in Dnipropetrovsk. Ukraine’s armed forces said 15 of 18 missiles fired were intercepted by the country’s air defence. One […]Continue Reading
Fighting has intensified in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, shattering the latest ceasefire aimed at allowing people to flee to safety. On Sunday the army said it was attacking the city from all directions, with air strikes and heavy artillery, to flush out its paramilitary rivals. The truce was due to end at midnight on Sunday. Millions […]Continue Reading
An operation to evacuate people from Sudan has been “extremely successful”, a government minister has said, as the UK ended its evacuation operation. The Foreign Office said the last flight left the capital, Khartoum, at 22:00 local time (21:00 BST) on Saturday. “We can’t stay there forever in such dangerous circumstances,” said Foreign Office Continue Reading
Rival factions of Sudan’s military agreed to renew a three-day ceasefire, shortly before it was due to expire. The extension for another 72 hours follows intensive diplomatic efforts by neighboring countries, as well as the US, UK, and UN. But there are continuing reports of heavy fighting in the capital Khartoum. The previous truce allowed […]Continue Reading
A wave of Russian air strikes on cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, has left at least 19 people dead. Seventeen people including a child were killed in an attack that hit a block of flats in the central city of Uman, officials said. Also, a woman and her three-year-old daughter were killed in the city […]Continue Reading
Parents in Pakistan are now putting padlocks on their late daughters’ graves to prevent them from being raped by some randy men. According to a report, necrophilia cases are on the rise in the country and some social media users, including activists and authors have raised the matter once again on Thursday. First Post reports […]Continue Reading
Police say one escaped prisoner has died and three others are on the run in the US state of Mississippi. Escapee Dylan Arrington, 22, is believed to have murdered a man and stolen his truck. On Wednesday, police said Arrington’s body was found in a burned building in the city of Carthage. According to authorities, […]Continue Reading
Fighting is continuing in parts of Sudan despite a 72-hour ceasefire largely holding. Speaking via phone from Omdurman, the city adjoining the capital Khartoum, the BBC’s Mohamed Osman says fighting broke out near TV and radio buildings. Reports say there is no fuel and a lack of doctors, and people are struggling to access food […]Continue Reading
US President, Joe Biden has announced he will run for re-election in 2024. Biden, who formally launched his campaign in a video on Tuesday, will also have Vice-President Kamala Harris, as his running mate “When I ran for president four years ago, I said we are in a battle for the soul of America – […]Continue Reading
The Federal Government, on Monday, confirmed that some Nigerian students fleeing the conflict in Sudan were denied entry into Ethiopia, but stated that the situation was being handled. The Federal Government said Nigerian authorities in Ethiopia were addressing the issue, as they had sought clearance for the fleeing students, stressing that it was, however, risky […]Continue Reading
Jury selection is scheduled to start Tuesday in a civil trial pitting Donald Trump against a prominent former American columnist, who says he raped her in the 1990s. E. Jean Carroll, 79, says Trump sexually assaulted her in a New York department store and then defamed her after she went public with the allegations years […]Continue Reading
A growing list of countries have evacuated diplomats and citizens from Sudan’s capital as fierce fighting continues to rage in Khartoum. The US and UK announced on Sunday they had flown diplomats out of the country. France, Germany, Italy and Spain have also been evacuating diplomats and other nationals. A vicious power struggle between the […]Continue Reading
Fighting in Sudan’s capital entered a second week Saturday as crackling gunfire shattered a temporary truce, the latest battles between forces of rival generals that have already left hundreds dead and thousands wounded. Overnight, the heavy explosions that had previously rocked the city in recent days had subsided, but on Saturday morning, bursts of gunfire […]Continue Reading
Residents of Sudan’s capital say parts of Khartoum feel like a ghost town, in stark contrast to the joyful mood usually seen during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. After a week of fighting between two factions of the country’s military leadership at least 400 people have been killed. Witnesses say bombing, shelling and gunfire […]Continue Reading
At least 78 people have been killed in a crush at a school in the Yemeni capital Sanaa during the distribution of charity for Ramadan, officials say. TV footage shows a crowd of people unable to move and many in distress in the Bab al-Yemen area of the city. Hundreds of people reportedly crowded into […]Continue Reading
Sudan’s paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) alleges it has shot down two military helicopters in a reprisal attack against the army. The group said the army attacked its fighters in Omdurman, near the capital Khartoum on Thursday morning despite the truce announced on Wednesday. “But the forces responded to the attack and inflicted heavy […]Continue Reading
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni is due to meet MPs from the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) on Thursday to discuss the controversial anti-homosexuality bill passed by parliament last month. The meeting will take place at State House in Entebbe, according to a statement by the NRM parliamentary caucus chairperson, Denis Obua. All MPs are required […]Continue Reading
Twelve people have been detained by police for questioning after a hospital fire in Beijing killed at least 29, most of them patients. The fire, among the deadliest in recent years, broke out in Changfeng Hospital at about 13:00 local time on Tuesday. Angry and concerned relatives rushed to the hospital hours later, only learning […]Continue Reading
… 185 dead in three days The United Nations, UN, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Sudan’s army and the paramilitary, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighting in Khartoum to sheathe their swords as no fewer than 185 people have lost their lives in the crisis. Guterres made the call for the ceasefire on Monday […]Continue Reading
The birthday girl at an Alabama party where four people were shot dead was saved by her brother who later died in her arms. Alexis Dowdell was celebrating her 16th birthday at a dance studio in rural Dadeville when her 18-year-old brother Phil Dowdell came to get her after hearing that someone at the party […]Continue Reading