BBC: At least six people are now confirmed dead in a residential building collapse in the Indian capital, Delhi, with more students still feared trapped inside. Eyewitnesses told local media that two-to-four dozen people were inside the five-storey building in the Satya Niketan neighbourhood of south-west Delhi when it came down around 13:30 local time […]
BBC: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed to Indians to revive working from home, buy less gold and limit foreign travel to deal with a surge in global energy prices because of the continuing crisis in the Middle East. Modi said the austerity measures, reminiscent of the Covid era, would reduce India’s fuel use and […]
BBC: The US has intercepted an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf as part of its naval blockade, Donald Trump has said. The US president wrote on his Truth Social platform that the Touska was seized by the US Navy after failing to respond to a warning to stop. Iran said it was a violation […]
BBC: An Iranian missile strike has hit the town of Dimona in southern Israel, near to a nuclear facility. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it was not aware of any damage to the nuclear research facility located about eight miles (13km) outside Dimona. Iranian state TV said the strike was in response to […]
BBC: Much of the centre of the German city of Dresden has been evacuated, after the discovery of a large unexploded British World War Two bomb. The 250kg (551lb) device was discovered near the former Carola Bridge, which collapsed in the Elbe River in 2024. The fire brigade in Dresden says this is the city’s […]
(Reuters) WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, Dec 31 – Ukrainian and European officials have rejected Moscow’s claims that Ukraine targeted a personal residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin with a drone attack this week, an incident that threatens to disrupt U.S.-led peace negotiations heading into the new year. On Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov alleged […]
BBC: Col Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in as the new president of Madagascar days after a military takeover on the Indian Ocean nation. He swapped his fatigues for a suit and thanked the young people who took to the streets for weeks of protests that prompted President Andry Rajoelina to flee the country and […]
(Reuters) LONDON, Jan 15 – The British minister responsible for financial services and fighting corruption resigned on Tuesday after weeks of questions over her financial ties to her aunt Sheikh Hasina, ousted last year as prime minister of Bangladesh. Tulip Siddiq, 42, had repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and Prime Minister Keir Starmer said last week […]
(Reuters) OSLO, Dec 28- Finnish authorities said on Saturday they are moving an impounded tanker closer to port after boarding the vessel carrying Russian oil earlier this week on suspicion it had damaged an undersea power line and four telecoms cables. Baltic Sea nations have been on high alert after a string of outages of power cables, telecom links […]