Updated: Aug 10th, 2025 Three people were injured in a shooting at Times Square, said the New York City Police Department (NYPD). All the injured were hospitalised and in stable condition, said an NYPD spokesperson. A 17-year-old boy was held in custody and a firearm was recovered, a Chinese news agency reported. Saturday’s shooting occurred...
Updated: Aug 9th, 2025 Representative image The municipal council of Jumilla, a town in Spain’s Murcia region, has voted to bar Muslim religious celebrations such as Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha from being held in public venues, including civic centres and sports facilities. The proposal, put forward by the conservative People’s Party (PP), passed with...
Image: AMREF flying doctors website Six people were killed, including two on the ground, when a small plane crashed into a densely populated neighbourhood in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on Thursday afternoon, according to reports. AMREF Flying Doctors had confirmed that one of its aircraft, a Cessna Citation XLS with registration 5Y-FDM, was involved in a...
Updated: Aug 8th, 2025 Two Pennsylvania State Police Troopers were seriously injured after being shot while responding to a call in Susquehanna County late Thursday morning. At approximately 11.17 am, Troopers arrived at the scene near State Route 171 in Thompson Township, where a male suspect opened fire on the officers. Trooper Joseph Perechinsky and...
Updated: Aug 8th, 2025 Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum criticised the latest anti-migrant raids in the United States, vowing to protect Mexican nationals staying in the neighbouring country. “We do not agree with the raids, and we will protect and help our compatriots,” the Mexican president said at her daily press conference on Thursday. Sheinbaum, who...
Updated: Aug 8th, 2025 President Donald Trump has signed a new memorandum directing institutions of higher education to disclose detailed admissions data categorised by race. The order is aimed at increasing transparency and ensuring compliance with the Supreme Court’s ruling that race-based admissions practices violate students’ civil rights. The memorandum, released by the White House,...
Updated: Aug 7th, 2025 Representative image: Dark matter A compelling theory in particle physics is gaining renewed attention– What if the universe has a hidden twin, a mirror world that could hold the key to one of astronomy’s biggest mysteries: dark matter? In the study published on July 8 called ‘Dark matter from quasi–de Sitter...
Pakistan’s Army Chief Asim Munir will be travelling to the US for the second time after his first meeting with President Donald Trump in June. This will mark Munir’s second official US trip since the April 22 terror attack on Indian tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which left 26 civilians dead. The Resistance Front,...
United Airlines has temporarily suspended all of its mainline flights due to a technical problem affecting its systems, impacting thousands of passengers across the US. The issue was resolved within an hour, although the airline cautioned that flight delays would follow. Passengers expressed their frustrations on social media as operations halted at airports in Chicago,...
Updated: Aug 6th, 2025 The famed Ivy League varsity, Stanford University, has announced laying off over 360 staff members and slashing its budget by $140 million for the 2025-26 academic year, citing financial pressures triggered by federal policy changes and rising taxation on university endowments. As part of the cost-cutting measures, 363 staff positions will...