A commuter passenger train derailed near the Spanish city of Barcelona on Tuesday night (local time) after a retaining wall collapsed onto the tracks following heavy rain, killing the train driver and injuring 37 people, regional authorities said.The accident occurred near the town of Gelida, around 35 minutes outside Barcelona, involving a commuter service on […]
Democratic Congressman and Indian-origin leader Shri Thanedar is under fire after he remained seated during Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress while the US president honoured families of children raped and murdered by illegal immigrants.Thanedar was later confronted over his actions during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity. Thanedar defended his decision, saying […]
Wildfires sweeping through southern Chile have left at least 15 people dead and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes, as authorities declared a state of emergency in the worst-hit areas.Security Minister Luis Cordero said the fatalities were linked to fires burning across the Ñuble and Biobío regions, around 500 kilometres south of the […]
UDAIPUR, January 18: (Udaipur Kiran). Four friends lost their lives and six others were injured after two cars collided head-on on the old Ahmedabad bypass near Nela Talab in the Savina area of Udaipur early Saturday morning. The impact of the crash was so severe that both vehicles were completely mangled, and victims had to […]
At least 2,500 people have died in protests across Iran, as the Khamenei-led Islamic Republic faces weeks of massive unrest triggered by rising prices and inflation. Meanwhile, some Iranians were able to make phone calls abroad on Tuesday for the first time after the government partially lifted a communication blackout, reported AP.The US-based Human Rights […]
DHAKA: In the latest in a series of attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh, Samir Das, an auto driver, has been beaten to death in Daganbhuiyan in Feni district, with police saying it appears to be a “pre-planned murder”.Samir (28), who was killed on Sunday night, is the eighth to die since the lynching of garment […]
As the Iranian authorities impose a near-total communication blackout on a country convulsed by mass protests, videos and witness accounts slowly emerging suggest that govt is waging one of its deadliest crackdowns on unrest in more than a decade. Eyewitnesses say govt forces have begun opening fire, apparently with automatic weapons and at times seemingly […]
As the trial of the three Indian men accused of killing an elderly couple in BC begins, Crown prosecutor Dorothy Tsui said they were motivated by “debt, financial pressure and greed”. The couple — Arnold and Joanne De Jong — were found dead in their home on May 9, 2022. Three Indian men, Gurkaran Singh, […]
A young Somali-American couple, who were staying at an Airbnb in Minneapolis, booked a last-minute flight to California this week because of the worsening political atmosphere in the city.One of the Airbnb home owners, in a post on X, described the incident and said that during the Trump era, a climate of fear has thickened […]
Syria clashes: Security forces deploy in Aleppo; dozens killed in fighting with Kurdish forces Syrian security forces began deploying on Saturday in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood of the northern city of Aleppo after several days of intense clashes with Kurdish fighters that left dozens dead and wounded.According to Syria’s state news agency SANA, two Kurdish […]
