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
The White House has limited journalists’ access to the offices of the press secretary and other senior communications officials in the West Wing, near the Oval Office, a media report said Saturday. According to Reuters, a new regulation issued Friday restricts accredited journalists from freely entering the offices of Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and other More
At least 26 Palestinians have killed in fresh Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, media reports said on Wednesday. According to Reuters, citing local health officials, Israeli warplanes carried out the raids on Tuesday, killing at least 26 Palestinians. Witnesses said the attacks continued into early Wednesday across various parts of the enclave. Since the More
At least 20 people have been killed after a fire broke out following a collision between a private bus and a motorcycle in southern India, local media reported. Reuters, citing Indian outlets, said the crash occurred on the highway connecting the tech cities of Bengaluru and Hyderabad. The impact caused a fuel leak that sparked More
At least 46 people have been killed in a major road accident in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, a media report said on Thursday. The collision took place just after midnight (21:00 GMT on Tuesday) near the town of Kiryandongo, about 263 kilometres (163 miles) from Kampala. The crash happened when two buses travelling from opposite directions More
Afghanistan defeated the Maldives 3–0 in their second match of the Central Asian Volleyball Championship on Thursday. The ongoing championship is being held in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The match between Afghanistan and the Maldives took place this afternoon, with Afghanistan securing a clear 3–0 victory. Afghanistan lost the opening match to Sri Lanka. More
