More than 1,500 flights have been cancelled or delayed across the United States due to winter storm Devin, according to airline monitoring website FlightAware, dealing a significant blow to air travel during the peak holiday period. A total of 1,581 flights “within, into or out of” the US were cancelled and 6,883 delayed as of More
China has imposed sanctions on a group of US defence firms and senior executives in response to weapons sales to Taiwan, a media report said on Saturday. Al Jazeera reported that China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the measures on Friday, targeting 20 US defence companies and 10 individuals. The sanctions are retaliation for the More
US President Donald Trump has said the US launched a “powerful and deadly strike” against the Islamic State (IS) group in north-western Nigeria. The US leader described IS as” terrorist scum”, accusing the group of “targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians”. Trump said the US military “executed numerous perfect strikes”, while the US Africa More
At least five people have been killed and 35 others injured in an explosion at a mosque in Nigeria, a media report said on Thursday. The blast occurred at around 6:00 pm on Wednesday (17:00 GMT) in the city of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, Al Jazeera reported. Police confirmed that five people were More
At least nine people have been killed and 21 others injured after a private sleeper coach collided with a lorry in the Indian state of Karnataka, media reports said on Thursday. The accident occurred on National Highway 48 at Gorlathu Cross in Hiriyur taluk of Karnataka’s Chitradurga district when the private sleeper coach struck a More
Three people, including two traffic police officers, have killed in an explosion in Moscow, media report said on Wednesday. Al Jazeera, citing Russia’s Investigative Committee, said the blast occurred in the southern part of the city when traffic police attempted to detain a suspected individual. The committee added that the explosion took place near the More
A consortium led by a Pakistani investment firm acquired a 75 percent stake in the state-run Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) during a televised auction, representing a significant milestone in the government’s long-delayed effort to privatise the loss-making national carrier. The Arif Habib consortium secured the majority shareholding with a winning bid of 135 billion rupees More
Five policemen were killed in an armed attack in Karak district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a media report said on Tuesday. Dawn newspaper reported that the police were traveling in a vehicle when cam under attack from armed assailants in Gargarai area of Karak district. The attackers fled from the scene after opening fire. More
At least 15 people have been killed after a passenger bus overturned on Indonesia’s main island of Java, media reports said on Monday. The bus, which was carrying 34 passengers, lost control on a toll road on Sunday night, struck a concrete barrier and rolled onto its side, ACB reported. The outlet cited Budiono, a More
At least nine people have been killed and 10 others injured in a mass shooting in Johannesburg, South Africa, Al Jazeera reported. The attack occurred in Bekkersdal, a township about 40 kilometres (25 miles) south-west of Johannesburg, near several of South Africa’s major gold mines. The shooting took place at a tavern shortly before 1am More
