Rival Sudan factions meet in Saudi Arabia as pressure mounts
Agencies JeddahSudans warring parties have met for direct talks in Saudi Arabia as mediators pressed for an end to a conflict that has killed hundreds and sent tens of thousands fleeing. Saudi Arabia and the United
India ethnic tensions force evacuation of thousands
Agencies GUWAHATIAuthorities in Indias northeastern state of Manipur have evacuated 20000 people to camps under army protection to prevent the escalation of ethnic violence just days after clashes between tribal an
Israel raids Nablus, kills 3 Palestinians over settler attack
Agencies NablusThe Israeli army has killed at least three Palestinian fighters and wounded four others while firing live ammunition during a raid in Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank according to Palestinian o
Several teachers killed in Pakistan school shooting
Agencies IslamabadGunmen have stormed a school in Pakistans volatile northwest killing several teachers and gunning down another teacher from the school in a separate attack according to officials. In Kurram a district in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan a group of gunmen s
Floods kill 136 in Rwanda & Uganda
Agencies NAIROBI Flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 129 people in Rwanda and six in Uganda authorities said on Wednesday as rescuers hunted survivors trapped in homes. In chaotic scenes after weeks of rain in the region one video clip posted by the state-owned Rwanda Broadcasting
Kenyan cult leader to remain in prison after more than 100 followers die
Agencies NAIROBI A Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers to starve themselves to death will be detained by police until a hearing on Friday a court ruled on Tuesday as investigators searched for more bodies in a forest where 101 corpses have already been unearthed.Kenyan authorities say t
Students of Texas A&M at Qatar win 3rd place in global innovation event
Students from Texas A&M University at Qatar a Qatar Foundation partner university won third place at the global Invent for the Planet event held recently at the flagship campus in College Station Texas (USA). Started by Texas A&M University the annual competition asks students from more than 24 participating universities worldwide to tackle the most challenging issues facing the world to
Paraguay’s lost candidates want recount
ASUNCION: Supporters of a right-wing candidate who came third in Paraguays presidential election clashed with police outside the electoral court on Monday amid complaints of fraud in a vote that the ruling Colorado Party won comfortably. Police put up fences around the courts headquarters and fired rubber bullets at young protesters throwing stones authorities said after hundreds of s
SOSH students engage in conversations on master theses, Capstone projects
Khalid Tawalbeh DOHAThe students of the seventh group of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities (SOSH) have commenced discussions regarding their Master Theses and Capstones which are obligatory for graduation. These discussions commenced in April 2023 and will continue until May 2023. During these discussions the students focused on significant
UK healthcare pay offer to be implemented but strike threat remains
Agencies LONDONOver one million National Health Service staff in England will receive a pay rise after trade unions representing most workers involved in a long-running dispute voted to accept a deal on Tuesday.The offer covering nurses paramedics midwives and other workers in England includes a one-off payment equivalent to 2% of salaries in the 20
7 bodies, including 2 missing teens, found in Oklahoma
Agencies Oklahoma The bodies of seven people including two missing teens and a convicted sex offender were found Monday afternoon on a property near the small Oklahoma city of Henryetta the county sheriff said.Corpses believed to be 14-year-old Ivy Webster and 16-year-old Brittany Brewer were found when officers searched the property where the sex of
King Charles settles into life as monarch
Agencies LONDONAfter waiting longer than any British heir to become monarch King Charles has quietly settled into his new role with little drama some commentators had expected but with family divisions and some fundamental issues still looming. The 74-year-old Charles who will be formally crowned on Saturday was the oldest sovereign to take the throne in a linea
Former Burundi PM Bunyoni arrested
Agencies Burundis former Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni has been arrested the countrys justice ministry has said.Bunyoni was prime minister from June 2020 to September 2022 when he was sacked after the president accused unnamed people of planning a coup against him. Alain Guillaume Bunyoni is currently in the hands of the police said a stateme
Countries rush high-risk Sudan war evacuation as some foreigners hurt
Agencies KHARTOUMThe armed forces of the United States and the United Kingdom have evacuated embassy staff from Sudan while other nations rushed to get their citizens to safety as rival military factions battled in the capital Khartoum on Sunday. The eruption of fighting eight days ago between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has trigg
Indian police arrest Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh after month-long hunt
Agencies NEW DELHIIndian police have arrested Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh after searching for him for more than a month a state police official said on Sunday a move against the revival of an independent homeland in Punjab state bordering Pakistan.The rise of Singh a preacher in the northwestern state of Punjab where Sikhs are in the majority ha
4 killed in Indian army base shootout
AgencyNEW DELHI The Indian army said on Wednesday it had located an assault rifle believed to have been used to kill four soldiers at a military base in the northern border state of Punjab though no one had yet been arrested over the attack. An earlier army statement said that the four soldiers succumbed to gunshot injuries sustained during the firing incident at 4
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MUAN COUNTY: The deadliest air accident ever in South Korea killed 179 people on Sunday when an airliner belly-landed and skidded off the end of the runway erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall at Muan International Airport. Two crew members survived and were being treated for inj
QNADohaMinister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani crowned the winners of the closing races of the festival of Founder Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed bin Thani for purebred Arabian camels fo
Tribune News NetworkDohaFootball fans in Qatar and from around the Arab world are looking forward to a riveting clash featuring some of the brightest stars in football participating in the Trophee des Champions Visit Qatar. Initially released on 23 Decemb
AgenciesOpenAI on Friday outlined plans to revamp its structure saying it would create a public benefit corporation to make it easier to raise more capital than wed imagined and remove the restrictions imposed on the startup by its current nonprofit parent.
