Nepal flood survivors rescued from hydropower tunnel
Nepali soldiers rescued around 100 people trapped inside a flooded hydropower tunnel as the death toll from the Nepal-China floods continued to climb, with more than 1,500 people still missing. Rescue efforts were briefly suspended over fears that an…
Rwanda genocide: Dutch court sentences man to life over massacre
A court in the Netherlands has sentenced a Dutch-Rwandan man to life for his involvement in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The 66-year-old, named only as Eugene N, was accused, among other things, of throwing a hand grenade into a crowd of Tutsis who were…
Nepal and Tibet : around 93,000 people affected, according to the Red Cross
The death toll continues to rise in the Nepal and Tibet floods as the situation remains fast-moving. The Red Cross says around 93,000 people have been affected. International aid is arriving from several countries, but rescue efforts have been hampered…
GTA 6 extended look: What we know after Netflix preview
Praise for GTA 6’s graphics was more or less universal, with characters displaying photorealistic faces and lifelike movements. Fans were also impressed by the detailed locations on show, which included the interiors of apartments, rooftop bars and…
Uganda’s King of Tooro, once world’s youngest reigning monarch, dies at 34
Oyo Nyimba, a Ugandan king who became the world’s youngest reigning monarch when he took the crown in 1995, has died aged 34, the prime minister of his kingdom announced on Thursday evening, local time. While Uganda is a republic ruled by a…
Nepal-Tibet flash floods: These two women are among nearly 300 Indians missing
Early on Wednesday, Sudipto Bhattacharya received what would be the last message from his wife. It showed a departure stamp in her passport: immigration at the Nepal border was done. We are waiting to enter China, she wrote, at 07:57 (02:27 GMT). Six…
Nepal flood disaster reconstructed minute by minute
New satellite imagery and video analysis show the deadly Nepal floods began when part of a glacier near the Chinese border collapsed, triggering a debris flow that raced downstream at up to 150 km/h and devastated communities over more than 80…
Norway King Harald: A look back at the King who broke with tradition
Norway’s King Harald V has died at the age of 89 after he was taken to hospital for treatment for a rare blood condition. The palace in Oslo said he passed away peacefully at 06:35 local time (04:35GMT) on Friday at the national hospital. Daniel…
Syria President appoints Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as presidential adviser
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as a presidential adviser, state media said on Friday, days after Abdi announced the dissolution of his Kurdish forces under an integration deal with Damascus. The education ministry…
Selena Gomez pushes back against ‘frivolous’ fraud claims
The investors claim they were told that «Selena Gomez, one of the most famous women on earth, with a billion-dollar brand and a platform unmatched in social media, would be actively building the company as its head of marketing». Gomez’s attorney…