World
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White House placed on lockdown after shooting nearby
Washington: The White House was briefly placed on lockdown after US Secret Service officers shot an armed individual near the National Mall following a confrontation in which the suspect opened fire, officials…
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Russia announces Victory Day ceasefire, warns Kyiv of retaliation
Moscow: Russia’s Defence Ministry declared a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine for Friday and Saturday to mark the 81st anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, but it threatened…
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Russia accuses US of wrongly granting citizenship to diplomats’ children
Moscow: Russia on Monday, May 4, accused the US State Department of unlawfully granting American citizenship to children of Russian diplomats born in the United States, a move Moscow says violates international…
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Shooting at lake near Oklahoma City sends at least 12 people to hospitals
Edmond: A shooting Sunday, may 3, night at a party at a lake near Oklahoma City sent least 12 people to hospitals, according to police and hospital officials. Edmond police spokesperson Emily…
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Crude oil prices slip up to nearly 3 pc as President Trump signals Hormuz relief
Mumbai: Global crude oil prices declined almost 3 per cent on Monday, May 4, after US President Donald Trump said Washington would take steps to help clear vessels stranded in the Strait…
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US: Shooting at lake near Oklahoma City injures at least 10
Oklahoma City: At least 10 people have been taken to hospitals following a shooting at party at a lake near Oklahoma City, police say. Edmond, Oklahoma police spokesperson Emily Ward said authorities…
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Cuba: Citizens struggle to survive as products dwindle due to US sanctions
José Luis Amate López hasn’t had a customer in almost two weeks, not counting the scrawny brown kitten that slinks around the bodega where he works in central Havana. The shelves once…
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German Chancellor Merz pledges continued cooperation after US troop cut plan
Berlin: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said, despite the recent verbal tensions with US President Donald Trump, he would not give up on cooperation with the US side. The Pentagon announced on Friday…
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Suspected outbreak of rare hantavirus on cruise ship in Atlantic Ocean kills 3 people
A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people, including an elderly married couple, and sickened at least three others, the World…
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Three Indians injured in Fujairah drone attack, alert in Abu Dhabi
Three Indian nationals were injured in a drone attack on the Fujairah Petroleum Industries Zone (FOIZ) on Monday, May 4, according to the Fujairah Media Office. The injured were taken to hospital,…
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Iran warns US warships could end up in ‘graveyard’ as Hormuz tensions escalate
A senior Iranian official, Mohsen Rezaei, a top adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, has warned that US naval forces could “end up in the graveyard” amid escalating tensions in the…
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Israeli court extends detention of two Gaza-bound flotilla activists
The Ashkelon Magistrates Court on Sunday, May 3, ordered a two-day extension of the detention of two foreign activists from a Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla, held after Israeli forces intercepted the convoy,…
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Indian startup’s ‘Drishti’ satellite launched aboard SpaceX rocket
New Delhi: GalaxEye, India’s largest privately developed Earth observation satellite, on Sunday, May 3, launched the ‘Mission Drishti’ satellite aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from California, thus marking the world’s first OptoSAR…
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Five killed in RSF drone strike on civilian vehicle in Sudan
Khartoum: Sudan’s paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), killed at least five people in a drone attack that hit a civilian vehicle on the outskirts of Khartoum, a local Sudanese rights…
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Imprisoned Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi’s health ‘at very high risk’
Tehran: The health of imprisoned Iranian rights lawyer Narges Mohammadi was at “very high risk,” her foundation and family said Saturday, May 2, adding that Iran’s Intelligence Ministry was opposing her transfer…
