Category: World

Iran said on Friday that it successfully carried out an air defence drill using drones designed to intercept hostile targets in an area stretching from its southwestern to southeastern coasts, amid heightened tensions in the region. On Thursday, Pakistan launched strikes on terrorists’ hideouts inside Iran in a retaliatory attack two days after Tehran violated […]

The United States has declared the Houthi rebel group a terrorist organisation, following a series of drone and missile attacks by the Yemen-based group on both US military ships and commercial vessels in the Red Sea, NBC News reported.  National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan emphasised the severity of the attacks, stating: “These attacks fit the textbook definition […]

As his legal troubles continue to exacerbate with temperatures reaching freezing levels in Iowa, former President Donald Trump refreshes the memory of his fellow citizens Sunday about the “safety and security” of America when he was in the White House.     Donald Trump recalled referring to North Korea that the US was “more secure” when […]

Local authorities reported Sunday that Perry High School Principal Dan Marburger lost his life while battling with his injuries which were inflicted during the shooting, taking the death toll to two. During the Perry High School shooting, an 11-year-old student lost his life. Media, at the time of the shooting, reported that at least seven […]

The world’s top five richest people have more than doubled their wealth since 2020, while five billion people around the globe have become poorer, CNN reported citing a report by Oxfam. According to the annual inequality report by Oxfam, published just before the start of the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Switzerland, the world’s five richest […]

At least four people were killed while one was injured in a hot air balloon crash in the Arizona desert on Sunday morning, according to the local police. The hot air balloon crash landed in a rural desert area east of Sunshine Boulevard and Hanna Road and about five miles from Eloy, Arizona around 7:30am, […]

WASHINGTON/ADEN: The United States and Britain launched strikes from the air and sea against Houthi military targets in Yemen in response to the movement’s attacks on ships in the Red Sea, a dramatic regional widening of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. As witnesses in Yemen confirmed explosions throughout the country to Reuters, President Joe Biden cautioned […]

Iran’s seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Oman has raised the prices of oil, threatening further hikes. On Thursday, while the oil tanker was approaching Turkey, armed men directed it to proceed to a port in Iran, BBC reported on Friday. After the event, the price of a barrel of Brent crude oil increased […]

Zac Goldsmith, former UK minister for environment, and brother to Jemima Goldsmith has pleaded guilty to four over-speeding incidents and has been banned from driving until mid-March, Sky News reported. Goldsmith, also faces three other driving-related offences, including one in Somerset. According to the court proceedings, the first offence happened on April 27 2023, when he was […]

A months-long legal battle of civil fraud against former United States president Donald Trump concluded on Thursday with him accusing the New York court of having an “agenda”. Trump repeatedly refuted claims of fraud and accused the state of political persecution, Reuters reported on Friday. He told Justice Arthur Engoron: “You’re following your path. I know you’re […]