Armenia claims Azerbaijan ‘completed’ ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh | News

Armenia claims Azerbaijan ‘completed’ ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh | News

Azerbaijan systematically ‘erasing’ all traces of ethnic Armenians in the disputed region, Yerevan says. Azerbaijan has “completed” the ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia claimed to the UN’s top court. In a case brought by Yerevan against its Caucus neighbour and rival over alleged discrimination and ethnic cleansing, lawyers for Armenia…

Heavy rains, lightning in Pakistan kill at least 50 people | Floods News

Heavy rains, lightning in Pakistan kill at least 50 people | Floods News

At least 50 people have been killed in heavy rains and lightning across Pakistan in the past three days, officials said, as authorities declared a state of emergency in some regions. Farmers harvesting wheat died after being struck by lightning. Rains caused dozens of houses to collapse in the northwest…

Two arrested for firing at Bollywood star Salman Khan’s Mumbai home | Bollywood News

Two arrested for firing at Bollywood star Salman Khan’s Mumbai home | Bollywood News

Khan has been in the crosshairs of an armed gang since 1998 for shooting two blackbucks on a recreational hunting trip. Two members of a notorious criminal gang have been arrested for firing at the home of Bollywood actor Salman Khan in apparent retaliation for the superstar’s killing of two…

Pro-Palestinian protesters paralyse roads in US cities over Israel attacks | Israel War on Gaza News

Pro-Palestinian protesters paralyse roads in US cities over Israel attacks | Israel War on Gaza News

Demonstrators block highways and shut down travel in Illinois, California, New York and the Pacific Northwest. Pro-Palestinian protesters have blocked major roads in the states of Illinois, California, New York and the Pacific Northwest, temporarily preventing travel into some of the United States’s most heavily used airports, onto the Golden…

Singapore says Lawrence Wong will take over as prime minister on May 15 | Politics News

Singapore says Lawrence Wong will take over as prime minister on May 15 | Politics News

Wong, currently deputy prime minister, will replace Lee Hsien Loong who has led the city-state since 2004. Singapore has announced that Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will take over as the country’s next leader on May 15. Wong, 51, will succeed Lee Hsien Loong who has held the top job…

Solomon Islands prepares for ‘most important election since independence’ | Elections News

Solomon Islands prepares for ‘most important election since independence’ | Elections News

The people of the Solomon Islands are set to vote for their next government on April 17, in an election that could have repercussions for the rest of the Asia Pacific region due to the country’s close relationship with China. The Pacific state’s 760,000 citizens are spread across its 900…

Tesla to lay off more than 10 percent of staff worldwide amid falling sales | Automotive Industry News

Tesla to lay off more than 10 percent of staff worldwide amid falling sales | Automotive Industry News

CEO Elon Musk says in memo that job cuts will leave firm ‘lean, innovative and hungry for the next growth phase cycle’. Electric carmaker Tesla plans to lay off more than 10 percent of its global workforce, according to a memo sent to employees by CEO Elon Musk. Musk told…

Armourer for the film Rust sentenced to 18 months in fatal on-set shooting | Courts News

Armourer for the film Rust sentenced to 18 months in fatal on-set shooting | Courts News

A New Mexico state judge cited Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s apparent lack of remorse in her decision to impose the sentence. The weapons supervisor for the film Rust has been sentenced in the United States to 18 months in prison for her role in the fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins….