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 […]
Israeli strikes killed at least 13 Palestinians, including five children, across the Gaza Strip on Thursday despite a ceasefire that has largely halted fighting.Medics said one Israeli airstrike hit a tent in the western area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing at least four people and wounding three others, including children, according to Gaza’s […]
The former brother-in-law of Renee Nicole Good, the 37-year-old woman shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, has said she should have “minded her own business.”After a federal officer shot the woman in self-defence, Joseph Macklin told The Daily Mail: “She had no reason to be there, in my opinion. It had nothing to do […]
