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Tornado wreaks fear in Arkansas, kills one

28 Jun 2023 00:47 AM IST

A tornado struck an Indiana home, killing a man and injuring his wife, while two people died in Arkansas after a tree fell onto a house, as severe weather rumbled through several central states. The tornado that hit the home Sunday evening was part of a storm system that pushed

Putin thanks nation for unity after aborted rebellion

28 Jun 2023 00:42 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked the nation on Monday for unity after an armed rebellion over the weekend was aborted less than 24 hours after it began. Earlier in the day, the mercenary chief defended his short-lived insurrection in a boastful statement. In his first appearance since the rebellion ended,

Trump valet set for arraignment in classified documents case

28 Jun 2023 00:40 AM IST

A valet for Donald Trump is set to be arraigned Tuesday on charges that he helped the former president hide classified documents that the Justice Department wanted back. Walt Nauta was charged earlier this month alongside Trump in a 38-count indictment filed by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith. Though

Russia exonerates Prigozhin, others from rebellion charge

28 Jun 2023 00:39 AM IST

al investigation into the armed rebellion led by mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, with no charges against him or any of the other participants. The Federal Security Service, or FSB, said its investigation found that those involved in the mutiny “ceased activities directed at committing the crime.” Over the weekend, the

Russia drops “armed mutiny” criminal charges against Wagner founder Prigozhin

27 Jun 2023 22:39 PM IST

Russia dropped the “armed mutiny” criminal charges against Wagner mercenary group’s founder Yevgeny Prigozhin and its members, a domestic intelligence agency said on Tuesday, The New York Times reported. In a statement, the Federal Security Service said, “It was established that its (Wagner) participants stopped their actions directly aimed at

Myanmar incinerates ‘6 Million’ worth of seized drugs amid rising illicit trade

Myanmar incinerates ‘$446 Million’ worth of seized drugs amid rising illicit trade

27 Jun 2023 02:08 AM IST

The authorities in Myanmar destroyed more than USD 446 million worth of illegal drugs seized from around the country to mark an annual international anti-drug trafficking day on Monday, police said. The drug burn came as U.N. experts warned of increases in the production of opium, heroin and methamphetamine in

Denmark to start training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16s

27 Jun 2023 02:05 AM IST

Denmark’s government said Monday that the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 jets has started and the retirement of Scandinavian country’s fleet of aging US fighters has been moved up two years. The replacement fighters, F-35s, will be operative by 2025, acting Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said. Initially, the

Russia’s sergei shoigu appears after Mercenary group revolt

27 Jun 2023 02:02 AM IST

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu made his first public appearance since a mercenary uprising demanded his ouster, inspecting troops in Ukraine Monday in a video released by his ministry. He’s the first of three powerful Russian leaders whose diverging interests led to the Wagner Group occupying a Russian city and

Long-Polluted Nigerian region hit by shell pipeline oil spill

27 Jun 2023 01:59 AM IST

A new oil spill at a Shell facility in Nigeria has contaminated farmland and a river, upending livelihoods in the fishing and farming communities in part of the Niger Delta, which has long endured environmental pollution caused by the oil industry. The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, or

Mass demonstrations in North Korea against US on Korean war anniversary

27 Jun 2023 01:57 AM IST

Tens of thousands of North Koreans marched in anti-US rallies in the nation’s capital over the weekend, pledging “merciless” revenge against “US imperialists,” as the country marked the 73rd anniversary of the start of the Korean War, state media said Monday. More than 120,000 people participated in Sunday’s mass rallies

Tragic Massacre claims 11 lives, prez announces security measures

27 Jun 2023 01:55 AM IST

Honduran President Xiomara Castro announced on Sunday security measures including raids, checkpoints and curfews in the north of the country to quell a wave of drug trafficking-linked violence following the massacre of 11 people in a pool hall by gunmen. Armed men burst into the pool hall in the city

Kohat: 2 brothers arrested for assaulting sister

26 Jun 2023 14:19 PM IST

Authorities in Pakistan’s Kohat detained two brothers on Sunday for beating their 15-year-old sister for a year. Dawn is an English-language daily published in Pakistan. According to officials, the victim went to the appropriate police station and told them that her true brother, Rehmat, and stepbrother, Ahmed, had been assaulting