World
A massive fire at an oil refinery in Iraqi Kurdistan injured at least 10 people including firefighters battling to control the blaze, which was ongoing Thursday, the civil defence agency reported.The fire broke out in an asphalt tank on Wednesday night before spreading to a second refinery on a road...
The Republican-led US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden's questioning in a criminal investigation.The move -- seen as symbolic, since Garland's Justice Department wo...
A Russian-Israeli journalist labelled a "foreign agent" by Moscow was banned from entering Serbia over alleged security risks, he said in a video late Wednesday.Roman Perl said he was on a private visit when he landed at Belgrade airport Saturday.He was kept waiting for hours before finall...
French right-wing parties were mired by infighting Thursday as campaigning intensified for snap elections called by President Emmanuel Macron, but his government faces a more unified challenge from the left.Coming just two years after he failed to secure a majority in parliament to buttress his seco...
Sports,Cricket
India captain Rohit Sharma admitted it was a "big relief" for his highly-fancied team to reach the T20 World Cup second round after a seven-wicket win over the United States on Wednesday.India made it three wins from three Group A games and join Australia and South Africa in the Super Eigh...
Sherfane Rutherford rescued the West Indies with the bat and their bowlers contained New Zealand to complete a 13-run victory in a Group C match of the T20 World Cup in Trinidad on Wednesday.Rutherford's unbeaten 68 off 39 balls (two fours, six sixes) lifted the home side from the depths of 30 f...
Sports,Football
Euro 2024 kicks off on Friday in Germany as the continent's footballing heavyweights prepare to fight it out over the next month with the aim of taking the crown away from reigning champions Italy.Germany play Scotland in the opening game in Munich and the host nation are hoping their journey wi...
World,Back Page
A jury found Hunter Biden guilty on Tuesday of federal gun charges in a historic first criminal prosecution of the child of a sitting US president.The 54-year-old son of President Joe Biden was convicted on all three of the felony counts stemming from his 2018 purchase of a handgun while addicted to...
It is Islam's holiest pilgrimage, but the hajj to Makkah in Saudi Arabia has in recent decades been plagued by deadly disasters, from stampedes to militant attacks.Yet the last time the pilgrimage was cancelled outright was in 1798, when Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt.The coronavirus pandemic ...
Hundreds of thousands of Muslims have flocked to the Saudi holy city of Makkah for the hajj pilgrimage unfolding this year in the shadow of the Gaza war.One of the world's largest annual religious gatherings officially begins on Friday, and Saudi officials are trying to keep the focus on prayers...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday hailed his country's ties with Russia, saying the two nations were "invincible comrades-in-arms", amid reports President Vladimir Putin will visit Pyongyang imminently.Kim made a rare overseas trip to meet Putin in Russia's far-east last...
Ahead of the first summit on peace in Ukraine, Kyiv said Tuesday it wanted Russia to attend a second summit, to receive an internationally agreed roadmap towards ending the conflict.Moscow said it had no interest in joining this weekend's meeting and so was not invited by hosts Switzerland, whil...
An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed a senior Hezbollah commander on Tuesday, the Iran-backed militant group said.It named the commander as Sami Abdallah, also known as Abu Taleb, born in 1969, in a statement reporting his death. A Lebanese military source said the commander was "the mo...
AFP, Aveiro Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice for Portugal as they comfortably beat the Republic of Ireland 3-0 on Tuesday in their final Euro 2024 warm-up friendly.Joao Felix was also on target as Roberto Martinez's side bounced back from a defeat by Croatia last week to build confidence for ...
Adam Zampa took four for 12 from four overs as unbeaten Australia stormed into the Super Eights at the Twenty20 World Cup with one Group B match to spare after hammering Namibia by nine wickets in Antigua on Tuesday.Leg spinner Zampa picked up where he left off in last weekend's win over reignin...
Business & Commerce
Consumer prices in China rose slightly last month, data showed Wednesday, though analysts warned more work was needed to boost demand as leaders struggle to reignite growth in the world's number two economy.The consumer price index rose 0.3 percent on-year in May, unchanged from the increase rec...
A boat carrying more than 200 migrants sank off Yemen, leaving at least 49 dead in the latest disaster on the perilous migration route from Africa, a UN agency said Tuesday.Each year many tens of thousands of migrants from the Horn of Africa set off across the Red Sea in a bid to reach the oil-rich ...
Gunmen from criminal gangs killed 26 people, including four policemen, and kidnapped dozens more in a raid on a northwestern Nigerian village, the latest in a spate of attacks, police and a local official said.Katsina is one of several states in northwestern and central Nigeria terrorised by heavily...
The United Nations Security Council on Monday adopted a US-drafted resolution supporting a ceasefire plan in Gaza, as Washington leads an intense diplomatic campaign to push Hamas to accept the proposal.The text -- passed with 14 votes in favor and Russia abstaining -- "welcomes" the truce...
Malawi's Vice President Saulos Chilima was killed in a plane crash, the nation's president said on Tuesday, after searchers located the wreckage of the aircraft in a foggy forest.The military plane carrying Chilima, 51, and nine others disappeared on Monday, after it failed to land in the no...
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