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A passenger aboard a Newark, New Jersey-bound American Airlines flight was duct-taped to his seat on Thursday and later arrested after allegedly hurling racial slurs at staff and fighting with another man. The passenger was “thrashing around” in his seat as the flight crew and other passengers tried to restrain him at the rear of…
Hydropower continues to dominate large-scale investments in Nepal, and some climate activists say the funding has continued despite known disaster risks. The Upper Trishuli-1 project, which has been all but destroyed after last week’s floods, was one of Nepal’s largest foreign direct investment ventures, valued at about $647m. Its backers include the Asian Development Bank…
President Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner traveled to Russia Saturday, Russian news outlets reported, as part of a trip where they are expected to present a new proposal to end the war in Ukraine. Mr. Trump told reporters on Friday he had sent the envoys with a proposal to end the conflict, which…
United States President Donald Trump says Washington may strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain “very soon”, in just the latest in a series of threats he has made against the heavily fortified underground site located next to the bombed-out Natanz enrichment complex. Just hours after he made that threat, an Iranian oil tanker off Kharg Island was…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Palazzo Chigi on July 20, 2026 in Rome, Italy. Simona Granati | Corbis News | Getty Images Greater political stability under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government has boosted Italy’s appeal in the eyes of international investors, but the country’s former leaders say more needs to be done. Speaking to…
A suburban Illinois mother, who had become interested in the Lindsay Clancy case, has been charged with murder after she allegedly killed her 2-year-old son then attempted to harm herself, according to police and court records. A quiet street in the affluent village of Frankfort, Illinois, about 35 miles southwest of Chicago, became a scene…
Niger’s government is facing threats on two fronts: extremist militant groups attacking the state, and grievances within its armed forces responsible for fighting them. Africa Corps may have helped contain the latter this past weekend, but it has yet to resolve the former. Unlike Wagner mercenaries, whose status in a private military company allowed Moscow…
Two senior aides to Nigel Farage, the firebrand leader of the U.K.’s populist Reform party, have stepped down after the party was accused of breaking British electoral law concerning foreign funding in the wake of an investigative news report where a journalist posed as a wealthy American’s son who wanted to donate to the party….
blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Iran’s air defence commander Brigadier-General Alireza Elhami suggests that “the threat is not over”, adding that the country is “ready for any kind of confrontation” both now and in the future. Published On 5 Sep 20265 Sep 2026 Share Trump says US may target Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain ‘very soon’ on social media…
Host Maria Bartiromo poses as New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo visits “Mornings With Maria” at Fox Business Network Studios on October 29, 2025 in New York City. Roy Rochlin | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Maria Bartiromo is disputing reports that she was terminated from her longtime gig as a host of…
