Tom Lehrer (Picture source: X) Tom Lehrer, the sharp-witted American singer and satirist known for his darkly comic songs, has died at the age of 97. He was found dead on Saturday at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Lehrer first found fame in the 1950s with his self-produced albums, but it was the 1960s TV […]
Boat capsizes in Nigeria’s Niger state, at least 25 people feared dead Abuja, Jul 27 (AP) A boat transporting passengers to a market in north-central Nigeria capsized, killing at least 25 people, authorities said Sunday.The accident happened Saturday near Gumu village in the Shiroro area of Niger state, Ibrahim Hussaini, an official with the National […]
Czech Republic president meets Dalai Lama in Ladakh (Pic: X/@DalaiLama) Leh, Czech Republic president Petr Pavel on Sunday met Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Ladakh, an official said. This is for the first time that a sitting head of a state has visited India to meet his holiness Dalai Lama, who had reached Leh […]
Trump, Golf foce one (AP, X images) During Donald Trump‘s visit to his Turnberry golf course in South Ayrshire, Scotland, on Saturday, an armoured golf cart nicknamed “Golf force one” was deployed for his security. The reinforced buggy followed him throughout the game. The buggy, believed to be a reinforced Polaris Ranger XP, appeared heavily […]
The Velana International Airport project was co-financed by ADFD alongside the Saudi Fund for Development, Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, and OPEC Fund for International Development/ Image: WAM The Republic of Maldives and the United Arab Emirates have marked another milestone in a longstanding partnership centered on sustainable development and infrastructure enhancement. Over four […]
Representational AI image A small twin-engine plane crashed into the waters near Pacific Grove, California, late Saturday night. Three people were on board, and two of them were found unresponsive. Crews are still searching for a third, according to the US coast guard. The Beechcraft aircraft had taken off from San Carlos Airport just before […]
Screen grab from X @NewsWire_US An EasyJet flight from London Luton to Glasgow was forced to make an emergency landing on Sunday after a passenger allegedly issued bomb threats mid air.A video of the incident, which quickly went viral on social media, shows a man standing in the aisle of the plane shouting “Allahu Akbar.” […]
Three men from El Salvador, currently in the US without legal status, were arrested in Houston, Texas, after being caught in a police sting targeting online predators. Officers from the Houston police department posed as teenage girls on the dating app Jaumo. Over the last ten days, they arrested Abner Ruiz, 37, Erick Menjivar, 30, […]
Dubai’s 29,577 registered brokers facilitated 42,181 transactions in H1 2025, nearly doubling commissions to AED 3.23 billion/ representative Image A Record Year in the Making Dubai’s real estate market is not just having a good year, it’s having its best one yet. In the first six months of the year, the market recorded its strongest […]
John Brennan (AP file photo) John Brennan, the former CIA director who once played a key role in America’s post-9/11 security strategy, is back in the news this time, not for stopping a threat, but for allegedly fuelling a political one.A newly declassified report from the house intelligence committee claims Brennan and other senior officials […]
