The United Nations Security Council has removed sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who is due to meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday. The US-drafted resolution on Thursday also lifted sanctions on Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab. It received 14 votes in favor, while China abstained. Washington has been urging More
An explosion during Friday prayers at a mosque inside a school in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta injured 54 people, the city’s police chief said. “The initial data we have received indicates that there are approximately 54 individuals affected. Some have minor injuries, some moderate, and some have already been discharged,” Asep Edi Suheri said, without disclosing More
US President Donald Trump has said that he expects a US-coordinated International Security Force (ISF) to be on the ground in Gaza “very soon,” following two years of Israel’s war on the besieged territory. “It’s going to be very soon. And Gaza is working out very well,” Trump said at a White House function with More
At least 11 people have been killed and 20 others injured after two trains collided in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, a media report said on Wednesday. The local passenger train hit the cargo train from behind near the city of Bilaspur, about 115 kilometers (70 miles) northeast of Chhattisgarh’s state capital of Raipur on More
A wide-body UPS cargo plane has crashed during takeoff at Louisville International Airport in Kentucky, killing at least seven people and injuring 11 others, media reports said on Wednesday. The crash occurred around 5:15 p.m. local time on Tuesday as the aircraft was departing for Honolulu, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The impact More
Zohran Mamdani has won the closely contested New York City mayoral election, becoming the first Muslim to lead the largest city in the United States, media reports said Wednesday. In a victory for the Democratic Party’s progressive wing, Mamdani defeated former Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, the Associated Press reported. With his More
At least 15 people were injured in a gas cylinder explosion inside the Supreme Court building in Islamabad on Tuesday, according to Pakistani media reports. Islamabad Inspector General Ali Nasir Rizvi confirmed that the explosion occurred in the Supreme Court canteen at 10:55 a.m., the Express Tribune reported. Of the injured, three were admitted to More
At least 20 people were killed and 24 others injured after a passenger bus collided with a truck in southern India, reports say. According to Associated Press, local officials said the accident occurred today (Monday) morning, when a truck rammed into a passenger bus carrying around 70 passengers in Chevella area of Telangana state, as More
At least 23 people were killed and 11 others injured in an explosion at a supermarket in Mexico, media reports said on Sunday. The blast occurred on Saturday at a Waldo’s store in central Hermosillo, the capital of Sonora state, according to Al Jazeera. “Sadly, a number of the victims we’ve found were minors,” Sonora More
At least 21 people have been killed and 25 others injured after heavy rainfall triggered a landslide in Kenya, according to media reports. Al Jazeera reported that the disaster occurred in the mountainous Chesongoch area of Elgeyo-Marakwet County, where intense rainfall is common during the short rainy season. Kenyan Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said that More
