International

France’s high-speed rail network was hit by arson attacks that disrupted travel for hundreds of thousands of passengers on Friday, just hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. A source close to the investigation told AFP the attacks were coordinated acts of “sabotage”. “This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network,” SNCF ...

US President Joe Biden met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday and called on the Israeli leader to swiftly finalize a deal on a Gaza ceasefire and the release of hostages. “President Biden expressed the need to close the remaining gaps, finalize the deal as soon as possible, bring the hostages home, and reach a durable end to the ...

A domestic plane with 19 people on board slipped off the runway and crashed Wednesday while trying to take off from the airport serving Nepal’s capital. It was not clear how it slipped or the status of the people on board. It was reported that at least five bodies were recovered from the spot. The Saurya Airlines plane was heading ...

Nepal’s president appointed Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli as prime minister for a fourth time on Sunday, after his communist party forged a coalition government with the centre-left Nepali Congress. First elected as prime minister in 2015, he was re-elected in 2018 and then reappointed briefly in 2021 in Nepal’s often turbulent parliament, reports AFP. In the Himalayan republic of about ...

Donald Trump was shot in the ear during a Saturday campaign rally, streaking the Republican presidential candidate’s blood across his face and prompting his security agents to swarm him, before he emerged and pumped his fist in the air, appearing to mouth the words “Fight! Fight! Fight!” The shooter was dead, one rally attendee was killed and two other spectators ...

At least 21 people were killed, mostly students, and scores more injured on Friday when a school in central Nigeria collapsed on pupils taking exams, the Red Cross and witnesses said. Trapped students cried for help under the rubble as desperate parents looked for help after the Saint Academy school in Jos North district of Plateau State fell in on ...

As many as 66 people are believed to be missing in Nepal after two passengers buses were swept by a landslide off the highway and into a swollen river on Friday, official said. Rescuers were trying to locate the bus and and help with rescue the passengers but the continuous rain was making rescue efforts difficult, reports AP. The route ...

The main part of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Moscow is scheduled for Tuesday. The official Russian-Indian negotiations will be held both in a narrow and in an expanded format. The parties will discuss not only bilateral cooperation, but also the international situation. There are no plans for media statements following the conversation, but Moscow and New Delhi ...

France faced potential political deadlock after elections on Sunday threw up a hung parliament, with a leftist alliance unexpectedly taking the top spot but no group winning a majority. Voters delivered a major setback for Marine Le Pen’s nationalist, Eurosceptic National Rally (RN), which opinion polls had predicted would win the second-round ballot but ended up in the third spot, ...

At least 16 people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a school in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials have said. Dozens more have been injured. The building was sheltering thousands of displaced people at Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. The Israel Defence Force (IDF) said it struck several “terrorists operating ...