Russia has expelled a British diplomat from the country, accusing him of acting as a spy. Moscow’s foreign ministry said on Thursday morning it had received information “regarding the affiliation of a diplomatic employee at the embassy with the British secret service”. According to a translation of a post on its Telegram channel, the ministry […]
Continue ReadingAn ailing astronaut has returned to Earth along with three others, ending their space station mission more than a month early following Nasa’s first medical evacuation. SpaceX guided its Dragon capsule to a middle-of-the-night splashdown in the Pacific near San Diego, less than 11 hours after the astronauts exited the International Space Station. “It’s so […]
Continue ReadingIsrael will honour the late Charlie Kirk for his work combating antisemitism, four months after the conservative activist was assassinated while speaking at an American university. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Mr Kirk will be given an award at the International Conference on Combating Antisemitism in Jerusalem later this month. Several pro-Israeli leaders […]
Continue ReadingSix puppies in rural Washington state will soon be up for adoption after being revived after a suspected drug overdose — and some of them might go home with the fire station staff who saved them. Two people dropped off three of the sick puppies at Sky Valley Fire, about an hour’s drive north east […]
Continue ReadingPope Leo XIV met with Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado in a private audience at the Vatican. The meeting, which hadn’t been previously included in the list of Leo’s planned appointments, was later listed by the Vatican in its daily bulletin, without adding details. The details of the meeting […]
Continue ReadingThe death toll in the crackdown on nationwide protests in Iran has spiked to at least 538 people, activists said. More than 10,600 people have been detained, said the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency. Of those killed, 490 are protesters and 48 are members of the security forces, it said, warning the toll is […]
Continue ReadingThousands of tourists are stranded in northern Finland after flights at Kittila airport were cancelled due to severe cold. The temperature at the airport dropped to minus 37C on Sunday morning, after several days of similar frigid weather, making de-icing of aircraft and other operations difficult, Finland’s national public broadcaster Yle reported. The deep freeze […]
Continue ReadingThe US has launched another round of retaliatory strikes against the so-called Islamic State (IS) in Syria following last month’s ambush that killed two US soldiers and one American civilian interpreter in the country. The large-scale strikes were conducted by the US alongside partner forces, according to US Central Command. The strikes hit multiple IS […]
Continue ReadingA Ukrainian drone strike has sparked a fire at an oil depot in Russia’s southern Volgograd region, regional authorities said. There were no immediate reports of casualties, the regional governor was quoted as saying in a Telegram post. The post did not specify the damage, but said that people living near the depot may have […]
Continue ReadingAn avalanche of rubbish and debris has buried or trapped workers at a landfill in the Philippines, killing two people, injuring a dozen and leaving 36 others missing, officials said. Thirteen people were rescued alive overnight, but one of them later died, authorities said. A second body was discovered later. An aerial view of the […]
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