Updated: Apr 15th, 2026 Image: AI generated Nearly 250 people, including women and children, are feared missing after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals capsized in the Andaman Sea, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and International Organisation for Migration. The vessel, which had departed from Teknaf in southern Bangladesh...
US President Donald Trump has said the conflict with Iran is “close to being over”, asserting that a blockade of Iranian ports is now fully in place and that Tehran has been “hit very hard” amid escalating tensions over its nuclear ambitions. In an interview to Fox News at the White House, Trump said the...
Iranian delegation member Mohammad Marandi has claimed that the team that travelled to Pakistan for talks with the US reportedly received direct threats and credible intelligence suggesting their aircraft could be attacked en-route to Islamabad, forcing a change in their return journey, as per reports. According to reports citing sources, the aircraft was diverted from...
Updated: Apr 15th, 2026 (photo credit : maradona on instagram ) A trial against seven healthcare professionals accused of negligence in Diego Maradona’s death has begun in Argentina, as per reports. Diego Maradona, who died at the age of 60, suffered a cardiac arrest while under home care in Buenos Aires province, two weeks after...
Updated: Apr 15th, 2026 A 52-year-old Indian passenger has been arrested after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman sitting next to him on a flight to Australia, as per report. A man named Sudhir Kumar Chahuan was reportedly accused of attacking the female passenger in the scoot airlines flight on the way to Perth from...
Updated: Apr 15th, 2026 Image: AI generated Nearly 250 people, including women and children, are feared missing after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals capsized in the Andaman Sea, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and International Organisation for Migration. The vessel, which had departed from Teknaf in southern Bangladesh...
Updated: Apr 14th, 2026 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home has been targeted again, just two days after a Molotov cocktail attack. Two men were arrested with a suspected firearm discharge on Sunday in San Francisco’s affluent Russian Hill neighbourhood, as per the local police department. A car reportedly slowed outside Altman’s San Francisco property, which...
The US Department of the Treasury has intensified its pressure campaign on Iran, warning global financial institutions of strict enforcement measures and confirming that a key authorisation for Iranian oil sales will not be extended beyond April 19. In an official statement, the Treasury emphasised that it is deploying the “full range of available tools...
Updated: Apr 15th, 2026 The United States convened a rare, high-level direct meeting between Israel and Lebanon. The first such engagement in over three decades set the stage for direct negotiations. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who hosted the talks at the State Department, called it “a historic opportunity” and said the effort aimed beyond...
Updated: Apr 14th, 2026 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday reportedly proposed a four-point roadmap to promote lasting peace in the Middle East during talks with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, as regional tensions continue to escalate. As per local reports, Xi’s proposal emphasised peaceful coexistence, respect...