TEGUCIGALPA: Honduras said on Monday (Jul 27) it had seized 900 kilos (1,984 pounds) of cocaine in a joint operation with Colombia. Military and police authorities intercepted a fishing boat on Sunday in the eastern department of Gracias a Dios. The cocaine was stashed in hidden compartments, the armed forces […]
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LISBON: More than 850 firefighters brought a huge wildfire sweeping across part of central Portugal under control on Monday (Jul 27) as the country entered a state of alert due to the high risk of further outbreaks. The wildfire had raged in the municipality of Oleiros since Saturday and spread […]
MECCA: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday (Jul 29) begins hosting the annual Haj pilgrimage, dramatically down-scaled due to the coronavirus pandemic that has barred millions of international pilgrims for the first time in modern history. Up to 10,000 people residing in the kingdom will participate in the Muslim ritual, a tiny […]
SINGAPORE: Singapore and Malaysia have settled arrangements for cross-border travel between both countries, but are not yet ready to allow daily commuting, said Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan. Dr Balakrishnan was speaking to Singapore reporters at the Woodlands Immigration and Checkpoints Authority building on Sunday (Jul 26) morning […]
RENNES, France: A man who was held and released last week by French police investigating a fire at the gothic cathedral of Nantes was on Saturday (Jul 25) rearrested, prosecutors said. The fire broke out on July 18, hours after the volunteer alter server at the cathedral closed the building […]
AREQUIPA, Peru: A video of a mother running behind a van carrying Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra and begging him to save her husband from COVID-19, has gone viral. “Mr. President, Don’t go!” screams a tearful Celia Capira as she begs for a hospital bed for her husband in the video […]
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration moved Friday (Jul 24) to ease controls on exports of armed drones, saying that allies need US technology and that other countries outside of a non-proliferation pact were taking over the market. The White House announced that President Donald Trump had approved a move to diverge […]
TEHRAN: Several passengers on an Iranian airline were injured on Thursday over Syria after the pilot changed altitude to avoid collision with a US fighter jet, according to Iranian media, but the US military said its F-15 was at a safe distance. The Iranian plane, belonging to Mahan Air, was […]
MIAMI: A man was arrested for pointing a gun at a fellow shopper who asked him to wear a mask because of the coronavirus pandemic at a Walmart store in Florida, police in the US state said. Vincent Scavetta, 28, was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and […]
WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives on Wednesday (Jul 22) approved a measure removing from Capitol Hill statues of people who served in the Confederacy during the country’s bitter 19th century Civil War. While the measure was approved 305-113 in a bipartisan vote in the House, where Democrats hold a […]