Six people died in the disaster and 280 others were injured in Thursday’s explosion in a Nairobi residential area. Kenyan police on Tuesday said they had arrested the main suspect in a deadly gas blast that triggered a huge fireball in a densely populated area of Nairobi last week. Six…
Ankara says the ‘terrorist act’ was carried out by the leftist armed group DHKP-C. The Turkish police have killed two people who allegedly attacked a court in Istanbul in what authorities labelled a “terrorist act”. The incident on Tuesday morning also saw six people injured, including three police officers, officials…
Jailed former leader the latest to face prosecution under Thailand’s strict laws protecting monarchy against criticism. Thai police have charged former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra with insulting the monarchy over comments he made almost a decade ago. Officials said on Tuesday that the complaint concerns a 2015 interview that Thaksin…
Here’s how things stand on Tuesday, February 6, 2024: Humanitarian crisis in Gaza At least 27,478 people have been killed and 66,835 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. A convoy of trucks waiting to bring food into the Gaza Strip was hit by Israeli fire on Monday,…
Bob Beckwith was working in the smouldering ruins of the World Trade Center when George W Bush visited the site. A retired New York City firefighter who rose to fame after being photographed next to then-President George W Bush in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks has died…
Varanasi/Bengaluru, India – A festive atmosphere engulfed Varanasi, one of Hinduism’s holiest cities situated on the banks of the river Ganga. It was the week Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the new temple to the Hindu deity Ram where the 16th century Babri Masjid once stood in the city of…
Pakistani voters head to the polls on Thursday amid a deep-seated economic crisis. Inflation is hovering at 30 percent, close to 40 percent of people live below the poverty line, and the debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio has climbed to 72 percent. Pakistan’s new government will have to contend with…
Senegal’s parliament has voted to delay the presidential election to December 15 in a chaotic vote that took place after opposition lawmakers were forcibly removed from the chamber as they debated President Macky Sall’s earlier decision to delay the crucial election. Sall announced on Saturday that the election, which was…
As the war enters its 713th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Tuesday, February 6, 2024. Fighting Four people were killed and at least one injured after Russia shelled the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, local officials said. France summoned Alexey Meshkov, the Russian ambassador…
Solo, Indonesia – For more than 40 years, Sarti has been cycling his pedicab around the streets of the Indonesian city of Surakarta, or Solo. It’s a tough job, especially in the relentless heat, and the wiry 67-year-old’s muscles strain as he pushes on the pedals to manoeuvre his vehicle…
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