Browsing: World News

The Metro says the southern state of Kerala is quickly ramping up efforts to stop a potential outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus.

The Daily Mirror says a man drew up a ‘kill list’ of his estranged wife’s relatives amid a divorce before shooting his three-year-old son and himself dead, police believe.

Arab News says happiness reigned in public squares in the Gaza Strip, which saw the distribution of sweets and rejoicing.

France24 says Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tore down a police blockade Monday night in downtown Brasilia.

USA Today says shoppers wanting to take advantage of Labor Day sales are in luck.

Newsweek says Kate Quigley fans are praying the comedian pulls through after she ended up in a critical condition after reportedly taking a tainted batch of cocaine that also killed 3.

The Taliban claims it now has full control of the whole of Afghanistan after completing the take over of Panjshir province, the last area being held by resistance forces.

VOA says Alexanda Anon Kotey, 37 – a British national – admitted he played a leadership role in an IS scheme to torture, hold for ransom and eventually behead American hostages.

The Mirror says a violent extremist who carried out an ‘ISIS inspired’ terror attack on a shopping mall, stabbing multiple people, has been shot dead by police.

ABC News says an Instagram influencer from Texas has been found dead in her apartment and the Florida man investigators believe killed her then stabbed himself to death, authorities said.

The San Diego Union- Tribune says a deeply divided Supreme Court is allowing a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, for now stripping most women of the right to an abortion in the nation’s second-largest state.

UPI says the White House announced on Wednesday new efforts to increase affordable housing in the United States amid a crisis that’s being exacerbated by COVID-19

The Guardian says the most radical abortion law in the US has gone into effect, despite legal efforts to block it.

France24 says the World Health Organization has said it is monitoring a new coronavirus variant known as “Mu”, which was first identified in Colombia in January.

Arab News says the United States mission to Saudi Arabia has strongly condemned a Houthi drone attack on Abha International Airport that wounded eight people.

Aljazeera says several children have been killed in a US drone attack that destroyed a car laden with explosives near the international airport in Kabul, according to witnesses.

The Metro says seven Capitol Police officers have filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and more than a dozen far-right members over the deadly January 6 insurrection at the Capitol.

Arab News says Israeli PM Naftali Bennett is aiming to dissuade Joe Biden from returning to the Iran nuclear deal when the two leaders meet Friday.

France24 says Nigerian gunmen have freed the remaining pupils from more than 100 kidnapped from an Islamic seminary in northwestern Niger State

The Metro says there has been a huge explosion outside Kabul airport as people attempt to leave Afghanistan.

BBC News says a number of nations say there is a high threat of a terrorist attack at Kabul airport and have warned their citizens not to travel there.

Aljazeera says Japan is expanding a state of emergency to eight more prefectures, taking the total to 21 in all, to stem a rapid rise in coronavirus infections

Arab News says Saudi Arabia on Tuesday lifted a direct entry ban on expats from 20 countries, a decision taken in February to curb the spread of COVID-19.

TRT World says the World Bank has suspended aid to Afghanistan, saying it is “deeply concerned” by the situation there, especially regarding women’s rights.

Sky News says a person from Afghanistan on the UK’s no-fly list has been flown into Birmingham as part of the British evacuation operation in a potential security breach.