Browsing: World News

The Independent says A bomb threat was made on a flight from Iran to China this morning, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has reported.

The Guardian says US Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) administrator Deanne Criswell asked Americans on Sunday “to make informed decisions” about rebuilding in vulnerable areas hit by natural disasters intensified by climate change.

The death toll is rising in Florida folllowing Hurricane Ian as desperate residents fled their flooded homes by boats and air.

A tragic stadium crush at an Indonesian football match has seen 125 people killed – it’s become one of the world’s worst stadium disasters.

According to recent reports, a large number of students at Sharif university in Tehran are trapped in the campus car park, as clashes between Iranian police and students rage on.

Brazil’s election is heading into a second round which will see the left’s Lyiz Inácio Lula da Silva face far-right Jair Bolsonaro.

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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has called for an investigation into the death of the 22-year-old woman who was in police custody, arrested on hijab charges.

At least 34 migrants have drowned and 20 are in hospital being treated after the boat they were travelling in sank off Syria’s coast.

Many young Russian men are attempting to leave the country to avoid a military call-up for the Ukraine war. 

The Guardian says Donald Trump’s legal perils have become insurmountable and could snuff out the former US president’s hopes of an election-winning comeback, according to political analysts and legal experts.

Hundreds of Russians have been arrested after rallying against the Kremlin’s decision to call up thousands of extra troops to fight in Ukraine.

A Florida highway was blocked on Wednesday after a crash with five semi-trailers led to thousands of beet cans being spilt onto the road.

Sri Lanka is enduring its worst economic crisis in over seven decades, as August saw the country’s annual inflation rate surge to more than 70%.

Five Brits have been freed after being held by Russian-backed forces in Ukraine.

Reuters: New York State Attorney General Letitia James is suing Donald Trump and the Trump Organization for engaging in “numerous acts of fraud and misrepresentation” in preparing annual financial statements between 2011 and 2021, Reuters reports.

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The i says There are Queen tributes and then there are Queen tributes. Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau’s office has defended his behaviour after he was filmed singing Bohemian Rhapsody alongside a musician in London’s Corinthia hotel.

The Guardian says Homes acquired with “dirty money” in the richest parts of London could be seized and turned into affordable housing under plans to crack down on oligarchs using Belgravia, Knightsbridge and Mayfair “to rinse their money”.

The Guardian says A man has set himself alight near the Japanese prime minister’s office, apparently in protest against next week’s state funeral for the country’s former prime minister, Shinzo Abe.

KYIV: Putin announced a partial military mobilisation, as Russian forces battle a Ukrainian counter-offensive that has regained some occupied territory.

The west has condemned Russia’s plans to hold urgent referendums in parts of Ukraine that are under Russian control.

Protests are escalating across Iran with female protesters burning headscarves, following the death of a young woman in custody after she had been detained for breaking hijab rules. 

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The Metro says The subject of a popular true crime podcast was released from prison on Monday after a judge overturned his sentence.