Kyiv: At least 27 people have been killed after a Russian strike hit the Bucha district near Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, officials said on Saturday. The attack also damaged around 50 residential buildings and triggered a major fire that spread through homes and a nearby restaurant. Tymur Tkachenko, head of the regional military administration, said emergency […]
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Beijing: Rescue operations along the Tibet-Nepal border are facing a fresh threat after Chinese authorities warned that a rapidly filling barrier lake could overflow further, potentially triggering another wave of flooding in the disaster-hit region. The warning comes after a massive mudslide struck the border area, sending torrents of water and debris through communities
Washington: US authorities have disrupted an alleged Chinese state-sponsored hacking operation that targeted sensitive American institutions, including NASA, the US Senate and the Federal Reserve, the Justice Department said. The US Justice Department and FBI announced that they had seized internet domains allegedly used by a Chinese hacking group known as QTFY. Officials
Washington: Six months after the United States launched its war with Iran, what began as a campaign focused on Tehran’s nuclear and military capabilities has evolved into a much broader and increasingly complicated conflict. When President Donald Trump ordered the strikes in late February, he predicted the war could be over within four to five […]
Rasuwa, Nepal : A powerful chain of natural events may have been behind the devastating flash floods that struck Nepal’s Rasuwa region, according to a preliminary satellite-based assessment by scientists associated with India’s space programme. India’s National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), a key organisation under the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has been
Nepal : The devastating flash floods in Nepal have triggered concern across the border in India, highlighting how closely the two countries are connected by rivers and the risks they carry. Although political boundaries separate Nepal and India, rivers continue to flow naturally from one country to the other, carrying both water and, during extreme […]
Japan : Japan was shaken by two significant earthquakes on Sunday, with a magnitude 6.0 tremor striking northern Hokkaido just hours after a 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit the eastern part of the country, injuring more than 40 people. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Hokkaido at around […]
Washington is preparing fresh economic sanctions on Iran and has warned countries doing business with Tehran of serious consequences. Iran, in response, has threatened to stop oil exports and could consider support for the US economic campaign an “act of war.” Washington, August 24, 2026: Tensions between the United States and Iran have entered a […]
Edmonton, Canada: Two men were injured after a 27-year-old man allegedly stabbed them inside a gurdwara in Edmonton, Canada, on Friday morning. Police said the suspect had been released from a federal correctional institution just one day before the incident and was supposed to report to a halfway house in the city. The incident took […]
A major armed attack in Mali’s capital left an estimated 77 people dead and around 200 injured, exposing the continuing security challenges facing the country’s military government BAMAKO: Mali’s capital Bamako has witnessed one of its deadliest attacks in years, with an estimated 77 people reportedly killed and about 200 others injured after armed fighters […]
