Two Die, Dozens Injured In Gas Tanker Blast
At least two people were killed and dozens injured, some severely, when a gas tanker exploded and ignited a major fire in Lima on Thursday, emergency services said. The driver…
Iraq President Warns Against Making Baghdad Pick Sides In US-Iran Tensions
Iraq’s president, Barham Saleh, warned Wednesday against pushing the country to choose sides in escalating tensions between neighbouring Iran and the US, both allies of Baghdad. Addressing world leaders at…
Trump Threatens EU With High Tariffs If There Is No Trade Deal
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned that the United States will impose painful tariffs on imports from the European Union unless the block agrees to a trade deal. “Europe…
Greece Elects First Woman President
Greece’s parliament on Wednesday elected the first woman president in the country’s history, a senior judge with expertise in environmental and constitutional law. A cross-party majority of 261 MPs voted…
World’s Shortest Man Dies At 27
The world’s shortest man who could walk, as verified by Guinness World Records, died Friday at a hospital in Nepal, his family said. Khagendra Thapa Magar, who measured 67.08 centimetres…
Man Burnt To Death Over Rape, Murder Of Six-Year-Old Girl
Villagers in Mexico are thought to have taken the law into their own hands by setting a suspected paedophile on fire. Alfredo Roblero, was accused of raping and killing a…
Ukraine Gets Access To Crashed Plane’s Black Boxes
Ukrainian experts have gained access to the black box flight recorders of the Ukrainian plane that crashed in Iran, Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said on Friday. Kiev sent around 50…
Remains Of 141 Genocide Victims Exhumed At Rwanda’s Airstrip
Remains of 141 victims of 1994 Rwandan genocide against Tutsi have so far been exhumed from mass graves at Rubavu airstrip in the western part of the country, a local…
Saudi Arabia Condemns Iran’s Retaliatory Strikes Against US
Saudi Arabia denounced Thursday “Iranian violations of Iraqi sovereignty” after Iran fired missiles at Iraq bases there where US troops are deployed in retaliation for the killing of a top…
Dozens Killed By Heavy Rain In Angola
At least 41 people have been killed by torrential rain in Angola this week, Interior Minister Eugenio Laborinho said on Thursday. “In recent days we have been witnessing heavy rainfall,…
