Category: World
Taliban accuses Pakistan of allowing US drones to use its airspace
The Taliban’s acting defence minister on Aug 28 claimed Pakistan had allowed American drones to use its airspace to access Afghanistan, a charge Pakistan has...
America is unprepared for disaster due to lack of urban planning: study
A research study has found that urban evacuation planners in the United States of America did not quite learn lessons from the devastations that Hurricane Katrina caused...
‘World narrowly avoided nuclear radiation accident from Ukraine’
The world narrowly avoided a radiation accident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear station in Ukraine on Thursday after power was cut to the two remaining working reactors,...
In India, women have more sexual partners than men: survey
In 11 states and union territories of India, women have more sexual partners than men, showed the National Family Health Survey (NFHS). India Today reported that the...
Princess Diana lost her life in ‘botched MI6 operation’: claims ex-bodyguard
Princess Diana’s ex-bodyguard claimed that the royal’s fatal car crash in Paris could have been a mistaken British Intelligence operation. During his interview with...
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin takes drugs test after party video causes stir
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Aug 20 she had taken a drugs test following the publication of video footage this week that showed her partying with friends,...
Gang-raped Muslim woman ‘numb’ after attackers released by India
Story by AFP A Muslim woman who was gang-raped as 14 other people were murdered during one of post-independence India’s worst religious riots has said she is...
WHO urges caution after dog catches monkeypox
The World Health Organization called on Aug 17 for people infected with monkeypox to avoid exposing animals to the virus following a first reported case of human-to-dog...
Space mission shows Earth’s water may be from asteroids: study
Water may have been brought to Earth by asteroids from the outer edges of the solar system, scientists said after analysing rare samples collected on a six-year Japanese...
Saudi prince made $500 million Russia bet at start of Ukraine war
Story by Reuters Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Holding Co, the investment firm controlled by billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, quietly invested more than $500...