Lightning strikes during monsoon storms in eastern India this week killed at least 33 people and injured dozens, officials said Friday. The deaths in Bihar occurred during fierce storms between Wednesday and Thursday, a state disaster management department statement said, with the victims mostly farmers and labourers working in the open. More heavy rain and…
Police have arrested a woman who allegedly had sex with Thai monks and then used pictures and recordings of the encounters to demand money from them. According to authorities during a press conference on Tuesday, the woman, who they are dubbing “Ms Golf,” had sex with at least nine monks. Over the previous three years,…
President Paul Biya on Sunday declared he would seek an eighth term in office ahead of Cameroon’s October presidential election. Mr Biya, 92, in a post on X, announced his reelection bid, which would see him remain in power in Cameroon for over four decades. “I am a candidate for the 12 October 2025 presidential…
A small plane has crashed at a London regional airport, the police and Southend London airport announced Sunday. Video footage showed a 12-metre plane in flames with a plume of black smoke at Southend-on-Sea, an airport east of London. “We are working with all emergency services at the scene now and that work will…
Iranian authorities carried out on Saturday a public execution of a man convicted of raping and murdering a young girl, the judiciary said. The victim’s family, from the northwestern city of Bukan, had been involved in the legal proceedings and requested the public execution, according to the judiciary’s Mizan Online news website. “The case was…
A Tunisian inmate was sentenced to six months in prison after he was reported to authorities for refusing to watch a TV news segment about President Kais Saied, his lawyer and an NGO said Friday. The inmate’s lawyer, Adel Sghaier, said his client was initially prosecuted under Article 67 of the penal code, which covers…
Wang Yong, a former vice-chairman of the government of the Xizang autonomous region, has been given a suspended death sentence for taking bribes, a court in Hunan province announced Tuesday. The Chenzhou Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Wang to death for bribery with a two-year reprieve. The court deprived him of his political rights for life…
The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas rose to more than 100 on Monday, as rescuers continued their grim search for people swept away by torrents of water. Among the dead were at least 27 girls and counselors who were staying at a youth summer camp on a river when disaster struck over the…
Donald Trump has shrugged off Elon Musk’s plans for a new political party as “ridiculous” — but the announcement underscored the threat the disaffected former ally poses to US Republicans defending paper-thin congressional majorities. Musk’s weekend launch of the “America Party” came in the wake of Trump signing into law a sprawling domestic policy…
A lion that escaped a theme park near the Turkish resort of Antalya was shot dead Sunday after attacking a man, the local governor and media reports said. The lion, reportedly named Zeus, escaped his enclosure at the Land of Lions animal theme park in Manavgat, some 60 kilometres west of Antalya in the early…