Category: World

Plane, which took off from Sapporo, collided with coast guard plane, according to Japanese media A Japan Airlines plane burst into flames as it landed on a runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday evening, according to footage broadcast by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The footage showed flames coming out of the aircraft’s windows and beneath […]

In the wake of pandemic-induced restrictions, 2023 saw a surge in “revenge travel,” with tourists flooding back to previously inaccessible destinations.  However, the evolving landscape has led to closures and transformations, leaving us with a list of places that will remain off-limits for travel in 2024. Centre Pompidou, Paris: The iconic Centre Pompidou in Paris, […]

Donald Trump on Sunday directed his focus towards former female White House staffers who voiced concerns about his potential second term during an interview on ABC’s This Week.  Cassidy Hutchinson, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Sarah Matthews shared apprehensions about the dangers they believe a second Trump presidency could pose to American democracy.  Trump, in response, took […]

President Vladimir Putin has pledged to “intensify” attacks against Ukraine, following days of aerial bombardment by both sides in the long-running war. Speaking during a visit to a military hospital in Moscow, Mr Putin said the military would continue targeting Ukrainian “military installations”. He called an air raid on the Russian city of Belgorod by […]

housands of people in Japan are spending the night in evacuation centres after a powerful earthquake. Four people are confirmed to have been killed, the Kyodo news agency reports, and dozens of others have been injured. An unknown number of people are trapped beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings in several towns. The 7.6-magnitude quake […]

TEHRAN — The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog met Saturday with Iranian officials as talks in Vienna over Tehran’s tattered atomic deal with world powers appear to be reaching their end. Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency described his weekend visit to Tehran as a means “to address outstanding questions” […]

KABUL – Afghan Taliban on Friday strongly condemned the attack on a mosque in Peshawar martyring more than 50 people and wounding around 200 others. Taliban spokesman and Afghanistan s Deputy Information Minister Zabihullah Mujahid in his latest Tweet while strongly condemning the Peshawar bombing said that there was “no justification” for attacking people in places […]

LVIV – The Russian military initiated a temporary cease-fire in two areas of Ukraine to allow civilians to evacuate, Russian state media reported Saturday, the first breakthrough in allowing people to escape the war. The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement it had agreed on evacuation routes with Ukrainian forces for the strategic port […]

LASHKAR GAH – Once the winter residence of sultans from illustrious Islamic dynasties, the ruins of a thousand-year-old royal city in southern Afghanistan have become home to hundreds of people who have fled Taliban clashes. The astonishing ochre clay complex juts from the cliffs along the Helmand River, threatened by decay and encroaching urban sprawl […]

LONDON – Prime Minister Boris Johnson was to chair a crisis meeting Monday as a growing number of countries from France to Argentina blocked flights to Britain over a new highly infectious coronavirus strain the UK said was “out of control”. The World Health Organization also called for stronger containment measures across Europe, which has […]