Al Jazeera: A pilot and one crew member have been confirmed dead after their firefighting helicopter crashed while battling a massive wildfire in central Utah. The Sikorsky S-64 ‘Skycrane’, operated by Helicopter Transport Services under contract with the United States Forest Service, went down about 10am local time on Friday (16:00 GMT) near Richfield, in […]
BBC: Oman has said positive talks have been taking place with Iran over an agreement to secure a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran warned that any deal would not see an immediate reopening of the vital waterway. Both sides suggested on Saturday that discussions were progressing, but a timeline on any […]
BBC: After wildfires caused more damage in France this year than at any time since World War Two, many are left asking a single question: Why? A major driver is that climate is changing as a result of the well-documented way humanity is burning fossil fuels. Temperatures are only rising. But with records showing that […]
BBC: Up in the hills above the Roman columns of the ancient site of Sebastia, in the occupied West Bank, are olive fields that have been cultivated for generations by Palestinian families. One of the landowners, Abu Mudif, says he has received notification that his land is part of a tranche of about 450 acres […]
(Reuters)་་་ KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan, Aug 8 – Taiwan President Lai Ching-te oversaw coastal strike drills on Saturday during annual war games, boarding a fast attack missile boat and watching the deployment of low-flying attack drones to simulate beating off a Chinese assault. Taiwan kicked off the Han Kuang exercises on Wednesday. Lasting 10 days, the drills […]
BBC: At least three people, including a child, have been killed in overnight Russian attacks near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, a local official said. In the early hours of Saturday missiles hit east of the capital and witnesses reported hearing powerful explosions just days after strikes across Ukraine killed 21 people. The ballistic missile strikes […]
Thailand’s prime minister has vowed to introduce new gun control laws in the wake of a shooting by a teenager on the outskirts of Bangkok that left eight people dead and 22 injured. The 14-year-old killed his grandparents at the home they shared, before travelling to Debsirin School in Nonthaburi, where he was a student. There, he […]
(Reuters)་་་ BERLIN, Aug 7 – A bus driver knocked an explosive-laden drone out of the air, potentially preventing an attack this week at a German airport that serves as a major NATO and cargo logistics hub, a senior lawmaker said on Friday. The man spotted the drone flying low while he was working at Leipzig/Halle […]
Reuters: COLOMBO, Aug 7 – Three prisoners were killed and at least 23 others injured in two prison riots in Sri Lanka, a senior official said on Friday, as unrest continued across the island nation’s overcrowded prison system. One prisoner was killed and 10 injured in a riot that began late on Thursday at Colombo’s […]
BBC: On Friday morning, as the final classes of the week were under way, panicked students began streaming out of a prestigious school just outside Bangkok. Inside, police say, a 14-year-old boy had opened fire at the Debsirin School in Nonthaburi, on the outskirts of the Thai capital. “I was standing in front of the […]
