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‘We are hunting you’: Trump says US military hit Venezuela-based drug traffickers, 3 ‘terrorists’ killed

Trump announced 2nd strike on Venezuelan boat trafficking drug to US. President Donald Trump Monday announced the second military operation a boat allegedly carrying narcotics from Venezuela, killing three aboard the vessel. No US forces were harmed in the strike, the president announced in a warning to drug transporters. “BE WARNED — IF YOU ARE […]

Charlie Kirk assassination: Shooter Tyler Robinson once bragged about long-range shooting skills; claimed 450-yard hit

Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, once bragged about his long-range shooting skills, according to a former coworker. The 22-year-old Robinson has been arrested without bail for allegedly killing Kirk during a speech at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. The accused previously worked as a first-year electrician on a new […]

Powerful earthquake at Russian coast: Far East hit with tremors of magnitude 7.4; ‘hazardous’ waves possible

An earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck off Russian Far East’s Kamchatka on Saturday, USGS reported. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center warned that “hazardous” waves were possible along coasts within 300 kilometres of the epicentre.In July, a massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Kamchatka peninsula, unleashing tsunamis up to four metres high across the Pacific. The […]

Donald Trump hit with $83mn defamation penalty: Appeals court backs E Jean Carroll; jury cites malice

US President Donald Trump A federal appeals court on Monday upheld an $83.3 million jury award against US President Donald Trump for defaming writer E Jean Carroll in 2019, after she accused him of a decades-old rape in a Manhattan department store.The ruling from the 2nd US circuit court of Appeals in Manhattan was unanimous […]

‘Caught on camera’: Pakistan’s jailed former PM Imran Khan’s sister hit with egg – Video

Screengrab of the incident from video (X/@dauranbaloch1) Aleema Khan, sister of Pakistan‘s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, was attacked with an egg while addressing reporters outside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail on Friday.A video of the episode has gone viral on social media, showing the egg hitting Aleema as she spoke to the media.Supporters of Khan’s […]

Data snooping: Google hit with $425m verdict, accused of tracking users; case covers 98m people

A federal jury has ordered Alphabet’s Google to pay $425 million after finding the company violated users’ privacy by continuing to collect data even when millions had switched off a key tracking feature.The verdict, delivered on Wednesday in a San Francisco court, followed a class-action lawsuit filed in July 2020, which alleged that Google had […]

Benny Johnson accuses New York Times of ‘hit piece’ over DC arson ordeal involving his newborn: ‘There’s a baby inside!’

File photo: Benny Johnson (Picture credit: X/@bennyjohnson) Conservative commentator Benny Johnson launched a fierce attack on The New York Times this week, accusing the paper of downplaying an arson incident that, he says, nearly killed his newborn child in Washington, DC.In a detailed post on X, Johnson said the Times dismissed the danger to his […]

‘Blatant interference by Russia’: EU chief’s plane hit by GPS jamming; lands safely in Bulgaria

The European Union on Monday said that a plane carrying EU chief Ursula von der Leyen was hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming while preparing to land in Bulgaria on Sunday.The Bulgarian authorities suspected that the disruption “was due to blatant interference” from Moscow but it was unclear if the chartered flight was deliberately targeted.Speaking […]

Trump’s federal job cuts: Black women hit hardest; experts say ‘this is stark warning’

When US President Donald Trump began dismantling federal agencies and removing civil servants earlier this year, many thought their position would be safe.Black women make up about 12% of the federal workforce, nearly double their share in the overall US labor force. For generations, federal jobs provided a path to the middle class for Black […]

Watch: Ukrainian Navy ship hit by Russian drone; one killed, several missing

Russia strikes Ukrainian Navy vessel Escalating its attacks on Ukraine, Russia struck the Ukrainian Navy reconnaissance ship Simferopol. The Ukrainian Navy later confirmed the strike and reported the death of a crew member.The vessel was hit by a naval drone in the Danube River delta, part of which lies in Ukraine’s Odesa region, Russia Today […]