The pre-dawn stampede at the massive Hindu festival in northern India created havoc. But order was restored swiftly in the next few hours. On Wednesday […]
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Rescuers in Japan Try to Reach Driver Trapped in Sinkhole For Days
Emergency workers are struggling to rescue a truck driver who was swallowed by a sinkhole more than two days ago in a city just north […]
Flood Museum Forced To Shut Due To…Er, Flooding
New Delhi: A museum in Pennsylvania that was built to commemorate the victims of a 19th century flood has been temporarily shut due to flooding […]
What Israel’s UNRWA Ban Could Mean for Palestinians
Israeli legislation taking effect on Thursday will threaten the operations of a major United Nations agency that provides critical humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip […]
Salwan Momika, Who Burned a Quran in Sweden, Is Killed
Salwan Momika, an Iraqi immigrant who set off enormous protests when he burned a Quran in Stockholm in 2023, has been killed, the Swedish Prosecution […]
Acquitted Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate Seeks $1.3 Million From Japan
Tokyo, Japan: The world’s longest-serving death row inmate is demanding the Japanese government pay him more than $1.3 million in compensation after his conviction was […]
Did The US Spend $50 Million On Condoms For Gaza Aid? A Fact Check
President Donald Trump blocked a $50 million foreign aid programme intended for condoms in Gaza, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday. During […]
Migrants at Paris Theater Hope to Prove They’re Just Kids
The Gaîté Lyrique theater has been a jewel in Paris’s glittering cultural scene since the 19th century. It once hosted the operettas of Jacques Offenbach […]
Thai Families Wait in Anxious Hope for Gaza Hostage Release
In the impoverished villages of Isaan, as Thailand’s northeast is known, families have become used to a vigil from half a world away. On Thursday, […]
Trump Calls Canada a Big Player in the Fentanyl Trade. Is It?
Standing behind heaping piles of drugs stacked in clear plastic bags and storage boxes, Toronto’s police chief last week announced the force’s largest-ever cocaine seizure, […]