BBC: Thousands of people were evacuated from a northern suburb of Paris while a World War Two bomb was rendered safe on Sunday. Residents in Colombes living within a 450m radius of where the device was found last month were told by police to leave their homes by 07:00 local time (05:00 GMT), as authorities […]
Reuters: WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD, April 19 – Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz was at a standstill on Sunday after Iran reasserted control over the strategic waterway that is key to global energy supply, days before a fragile ceasefire with the United States was set to expire. Iran’s top negotiator said recent talks with the U.S. had […]
(Reuters) KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 – Thousands of people have been displaced after a fire destroyed around 1,000 homes in a coastal village in Malaysia’s Sabah state on Borneo island on Sunday, the fire department said. Authorities were notified of the fire in Sandakan district at around 1.32 a.m. (1732 GMT), the district’s fire and […]
BBC: Police in Austria have warned about potentially poisoned HiPP baby food circulating in the country, after a sample of the brand’s purée tested positive for rat poison. In a statement, police in Burgenland in eastern Austria said the poisoned food had been found in a carrot and potato jar which had been reported by […]
BBC: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned a US decision to extend the period during which Russia is allowed to sell oil despite Western sanctions. The move means countries can purchase Russian oil and petroleum products already loaded on vessels at sea until 16 May. The US argues that the waiver is meant to ease […]
(Reuters) KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 – Hundreds of people have been displaced after a fire destroyed around 200 homes in a coastal village in Malaysia’s Sabah state on Sunday, state news agency Bernama reported. Authorities were notified of the fire in Sandakan district at around 1.32 a.m. (1732 GMT), the district’s fire and rescue chief […]
BBC: Construction of the underground and above ground portions of US President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom will be allowed to continue, an appeals court has ruled. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia granted an administrative stay after the Trump administration appealed against US District Judge Richard Leon’s decision to halt […]
(Reuters) WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD, April 18 – Iran said it was tightening control over the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, warning mariners the vital energy route was again closed, but President Donald Trump said Tehran could not blackmail the United States by shutting the waterway. Tehran said it was responding to a continued U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, calling it a […]
BBC: At least six people have been killed and others injured after a person opened fire in Kyiv on Saturday, the Ukrainian capital’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko has said. The incident happened in the southern Holosiivskyi district. The man reportedly began shooting at people on the street and then took others hostage in a nearby supermarket. […]
BBC: A French peacekeeper has been killed and three others wounded after a UN patrol came under fire in southern Lebanon, in what officials described as a deliberate attack. The soldier was serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil), which confirmed that one peacekeeper had died and three others were injured, two […]