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The wall of ice, water and rock that tore through Nepal last week has claimed more than 1,200 lives and left more than 4,000 missing, depriving many grieving families of a basic rite: funerals. The scale of the disaster has proved challenging for authorities, with morgues overwhelmed by a large number of unidentified remains. In…
The 1961 Indemnity Act was passed by the apartheid government in the wake of the massacre and protected the police and government from having criminal charges or even civil claims brought against them in relation to what happened at Sharpeville. Despite more than 30 years of democratic rule, that law remains on the statute books….
New York — Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge on Wednesday to dismiss the drug trafficking indictment against them on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country. In papers filed in Manhattan federal court, lawyers for Maduro said a judge was…
Islamabad, Pakistan — Politicians in Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, have passed a law allowing terrorism trials to be held in near-total secrecy, with the judge, prosecutor and witnesses permitted to remain anonymous. Under the law, a person facing the country’s most serious criminal charge could be convicted without learning who heard the case against…
U.S. President Donald Trump (C) speaks during a meeting with U.S. travel executives in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 2, 2026 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Kuwait’s army on Thursday said it was confronting hostile missile and drone attacks from Iran, a day after President Donald Trump said…
A Virginia couple have been arrested after their 5-year-old daughter, described as autistic and nonverbal, was found dead in South Carolina waters this week. John Herb Hayes III, 70, and Geordyn Nichole Hayes, 31, of Bristol, were arrested Monday evening in Carter County, Tennessee, and charged with unlawfully placing a child at risk or willfully…
Thousands of people have protested in cities across Spain over the government’s handling of the influx of migrants to the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on the north African coast. Spanish opposition parties accuse Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of abandoning the residents of Ceuta, while the government says right-wing parties are exploiting the crisis. On Wednesday…
Videos from southern Iran show the aftermath of what Iranian officials claim was a deadly U.S. strike that hit a wedding party at a home. Iranian authorities said the strike killed at least four people and wounded dozens more. A spokesman for U.S. Central Command said the military was looking into the allegations and that…
Senator Thom Tillis accuses Pentagon chief of ‘inept mismanagement’ as US military is strained by war on Iran. United States Senator Thom Tillis has called on President Donald Trump to fire Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth for creating a “leadership void” within the military amid the ongoing war with Iran. In a social media post…
Oil prices rose Wednesday after the U.S. and Iran traded military strikes, ending weeks of relative calm in the Middle East, as they contest control of the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark, gained about 1% to close at $95.63 per barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate advanced nearly 1% to settle at $91.01 per…
