At least 16 people, including eight women and children, have been killed in a collision between a bus and a truck in Yemen, media reports said on Wednesday. The accident occurred in the Lahmar area of Al-Mahfad district along a key transit route linking the provinces of Abyan and Shabwa, authorities said on Tuesday. The More
All 15 people on board a military helicopter have died after it crashed in the Arequipa region of southern Peru, a media report said on Tuesday. Ilkha news agency reported the Mi-17 helicopter went down in the Arequipa region. It quoted the Air Force as saying rescue teams had confirmed the deaths of four crew More
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi have discussed developments surrounding Iran’s nuclear programme, including the outcomes of the recent US-Iran indirect talks in Geneva. Russia’s TASS reported that Lavrov and Araghchi spoke by telephone to review recent developments. “The foreign ministers exchanged views on current developments related to Iran’s nuclear More
US President Donald Trump has signed executive orders imposing a temporary 10 percent tariff on all imports from the country’s trading partners for 150 days, after the Supreme Court declared part of his previous tariff regime unlawful, media reports said on Saturday. The US Supreme Court on Friday struck down Trump’s earlier tariffs, ruling that More
US President Donald Trump has announced that various countries have contributed $7 billion to the Gaza Reconstruction Fund, and the United States plans to provide an additional $10 billion to the program. Reuters reported that, according to Trump, the $7 billion in contributions from different countries has so far been pledged to the fund. He More
The United States has partially paid approximately $160 million of its more than $4 billion debt to the United Nations. Reuters, citing a UN spokesperson, reported that the payment was received last week as part of the United States’ outstanding arrears to the UN’s regular budget. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump, speaking at the inaugural More
At least 18 people have been killed and three others injured in a traffic accident in Egypt’s northeastern Port Said Governorate. Al Jazeera reported that the incident occurred on Thursday when a truck collided with a passenger pickup vehicle. Sources confirmed that 18 people lost their lives and three were injured in the crash. The More
A 29-year-old Brazilian footballer Kathleen Souza, who plays for Saudi Arabian team Al-Nassr, has converted to Islam. The Al-Nassr Women’s team shared a post on X handle saying: “We share a special moment in her life with Kathleen Souza by announcing her conversion to Islam, and we ask God to grant her stability and fill More
At least 10 people have been killed and 14 others injured after a gas cylinder exploded in the Soldier Bazaar area of Karachi, Pakistan. According to Aaj TV, the explosion occurred late on Wednesday night in a three-storey residential building. The blast, which took place on the ground floor, was so powerful that a large More
At least 37 miners have died and 25 others were hospitalised due to suffocation at a mining site in Plateau State, Nigeria, media reports said. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning in a mining pit in Kampani, a community in the Wase area, Reuters reported. Dele Alake, Nigeria’s Minister of Solid Minerals Development, said the More
