All 23 US marines accounted for after deadly Australia crash

All 23 US marines on board a military aircraft that crashed in northern Australia have been accounted for, police said Monday, as investigators worked to uncover the cause of an accident that left three dead and five seriously injured
28 August 2023

Prigozhin’s Death: Genetic tests confirm he died in plane crash

Russian investigators said yesterday that genetic tests had confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the Wagner mercenary group, was among the 10 people killed in a plane crash last week.
27 August 2023

Iran files legal case against singer urging veil removal

Authorities in Iran have begun legal proceedings against a prominent pop singer over his latest song urging women to take off their mandatory headscarves, the judiciary said yesterday.
27 August 2023

Gunman kills 3 black people in Florida

A white man driven by racial hatred shot dead three Black people in a Florida discount store Saturday before taking his own life after a standoff with police, authorities said.
27 August 2023

Japan reports wave of Chinese phone harassment

Tokyo has urged Beijing to “ensure the safety of Japanese residents in China” after a wave of telephone harassment targeting businesses in Japan sparked by the controversial discharge of Fukushima wastewater.
27 August 2023

3 US Marines die in Australia

Three US Marines died in an aircraft crash off the coast of northern Australia yesterday while transporting troops during a routine military exercise, officials said. Five others were “transported to Royal Darwin Hospital in serious condition”, Marine Rotation Force - Darwin said in a press release.
27 August 2023

Russia downs two Ukrainian drones

Russia said it downed two Ukrainian drones flying over border regions yesterday, after the governor of Belgorod region said a drone carrying explosives had killed a man.
27 August 2023

Wagner boss Prigozhin's death confirmed after genetic test: Moscow

The death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner paramilitary group, following a plane crash on Wednesday has been confirmed by formal genetic analysis, Russia's Investigative Committee said Sunday
27 August 2023

India's sun mission to be launched in first week of Sept

India's space agency's Chairman S Somanath has said the country's first sun observatory will be ready for launch in the first week of September
27 August 2023

3 US Marines dead after aircraft crashes during drills in Australia

Three US Marines died Sunday after an Osprey aircraft crashed on a remote tropical island north of Australia during war games, US military officials said
27 August 2023

Trump raised $7.1 million since he was booked at Atlanta jail

Former President Donald Trump has raised nearly $20 million in the past three weeks, a period that roughly coincides with his indictment in federal and state cases connected to his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him, Trump's campaign spokesman said on Saturday
27 August 2023

Florida gunman driven by racial 'hate' kills 3: authorities

A white man driven by racial hatred shot dead three Black people in a Florida discount store Saturday before taking his own life after a standoff with police, authorities said
27 August 2023

Divided US embraces Trump mug shot merchandise

Former US president Donald Trump’s historic mug shot, posted by a Georgia courthouse on Thursday evening, is being turned into T-shirts, shot glasses, mugs, posters and even bobblehead dolls by friends and foes alike.
26 August 2023

Outrage in India after teacher asks students to slap Muslim boy

Indian authorities yesterday vowed to take action after a primary school teacher ordered her pupils to take turns slapping a Muslim classmate, with footage of the incident stoking outrage online.
26 August 2023

Rescue ship saves 438 migrants in Med: NGO

Rescue ship Ocean Viking has saved 438 migrants in distress in the Mediterranean over the last two days, the organisation that runs it, SOS Mediterranee, said on Friday.
26 August 2023

Sign oath of allegiance

President Vladimir Putin has ordered Wagner fighters to sign an oath of allegiance to the Russian state after a deadly plane crash believed to have killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, the volatile chief of the mercenary group.
26 August 2023

Nasa and SpaceX crew of four blast off to ISS

Nasa and SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft blasted off on Saturday carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station.
26 August 2023

Disinformation ‘first sin’ of journalism: Pope

Pope Francis yesterday denounced “disinformation” and fake news spread in an effort to influence public opinion as journalism’s principal offence.
26 August 2023

Japan says no radioactivity found in fish

Japan’s fisheries agency yesterday said fish tested in waters around the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant did not contain detectable levels of the radioactive isotope tritium, Kyodo news service reported.
26 August 2023

9 killed in Indian train coach fire

At least nine people were killed yesterday after a train coach parked in southern India caught fire when a passenger tried to make tea, officials said.
26 August 2023