BBC: For the first time since returning to the White House, Donald Trump has pledged to make new weapons available to Ukraine. Under a new deal, the US will sell weapons to Nato members who will then supply them to Kyiv as it battles Russia’s invasion. The president didn’t give too many specifics about what […]
BBC: Davy Crockett watched from miles away as the first small plumes of smoke began to rise in the Grand Canyon’s North Rim. It was not long before the small plumes transformed into huge flames. Mr Crockett, vice-president of the non-profit Grand Canyon Historical Society, went to bed but worries kept him up. The historic […]
BBC: At least nine people have been killed after a fire swept through an assisted living facility in Massachusetts, and dozens of other residents and five firefighters have been taken to hospital. Authorities responded to the fire at Gabriel House, in the town of Fall River, at approximately 21:50 local time on Sunday (02:50 GMT […]
BBC: At least 30 people have been killed in armed clashes between Sunni Bedouin tribal fighters and Druze militias in southern Syria, the country’s interior ministry says. The violence erupted in the predominantly Druze city in the province of Suweida on Sunday, two days after a Druze merchant was reportedly abducted on the highway to […]
(Reuters) JAKARTA, July 14 – Indonesian rescuers on Monday scaled down a search for 17 people still missing after a ferry sank near the island of Bali earlier this month, an official said. The ferry, KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya, was carrying 65 people when it sank almost 30 minutes after leaving East Java province’s Banyuwangi port to […]
(Reuters) NEW DELHI, July 14 – Resolving friction along their border and the ability to maintain peace are fundamental for mutual trust between India and China, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Monday. The neighbours have made “good progress” over the last nine months for the normalisation of relations, […]
(Reuters) BANGKOK, July 14 – Thailand’s anti-graft body will investigate suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra for alleged ethnics violations over a leaked phone call with Cambodia’s influential former leader Hun Sen, an official and local media said on Monday. The investigation will be another blow to the beleaguered government of 38-year-old Paetongtarn, Thailand’s youngest premier, who the […]
(Reuters) LONDON, July 14 – Four people were killed when a small plane crashed at London Southend Airport on Sunday, PA Media reported on Monday. The airport, which is located about 35 miles east of the capital and used by easyJet (EZJ.L), opens new tab to fly to European holiday destinations, remains closed following the crash.
BBC: Ukraine said two agents working for Russia have been killed after a senior Ukrainian intelligence officer was shot dead on Thursday. The head of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU), Vasyl Malyuk, said in a video statement that two agents working for Russia’s security service FSB had been tracked down and “liquidated” after they resisted arrest […]
BBC: Ten people, including six children, have been killed in an Israeli air strike while waiting to fill water containers in central Gaza on Sunday, emergency service officials say. Their bodies were sent to Nuseirat’s al-Awda Hospital, which also treated 16 injured people including seven children, a doctor there said. Eyewitnesses said adrone fired a […]