International

A personal assistant convicted of killing and dismembering his former tech entrepreneur boss after stealing about US$400,000 from him was sentenced on Tuesday to 40 years to life in prison, Manhattan’s district attorney said. Tyrese Haspil, 25, was found guilty in June of murder, grand larceny and other charges in the 2020 death of his former boss, Fahim Saleh, reports ...

Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris put Republican Donald Trump on the defensive at a combative presidential debate on Tuesday with a stream of attacks on abortion limits, his fitness for office and his myriad legal woes, as both candidates sought a campaign-altering moment in their closely fought election. In a boost to the Harris campaign, pop megastar Taylor Swift told ...

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Tuesday that an Israeli strike on a humanitarian zone in the south of the Palestinian territory killed 40 people and wounded 60 others, with the Israeli army saying it had targeted a Hamas command centre in the area. The strike hit Al-Mawasi — in Gaza’s main southern city of Khan Yunis — which was designated ...

PTI leaders rallied on the outskirts of Islamabad on Sunday, demanding the “immediate release” of their founder, Imran Khan, while criticising the government for marginalising the party as police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. The party was staging the rally today to gain support for Imran’s release, who has been imprisoned since last August. Imran was expected to ...

At least 48 people were killed Sunday in a fuel tanker truck explosion following a collision with another vehicle in Niger state in north-central Nigeria, the state’s disaster management agency said. The State Emergency Management Agency in north-central Niger state said the fuel truck collided with a truck carrying travelers and cattle. Several other vehicles were also caught up in ...

It will be the first time Kamala Harris and Donald Trump meet in person — and millions of Americans will get a ringside seat. The Democratic vice president and Republican former president will face off in Philadelphia on Tuesday in their first — and possibly only — televised debate before what promises to be a nail-bitingly close 2024 election. The ...

At least 17 people have died after a fire ripped through their school dormitory overnight in central Kenya, police said Friday. The blaze in Nyeri county’s Hillside Endarasha Academy broke out at around midnight, police said, engulfing a dormitory where the children were sleeping, reports AFP, Nirobi. “There are 17 fatalities from this incident and there are also others who ...

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday demanded the resignations of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah and the chief ministers of all states – where the incidents of rape and sexual abuse were reported recently – for allegedly failing to implement effective legislations to safeguard women. Speaking in the West Bengal assembly after tabling of ...

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) reported on Saturday that Cyclone Asna, a deep depression over the Arabian Sea, is expected to move West-Northwest, away from the Indian coast, within the next 24 hours. Currently, the cyclone is positioned 250 km west of Naliya in Gujarat and is moving at a speed of 14 km per hour. Impact on Gujarat The ...

Power was gradually returning to Venezuela Friday after a nationwide blackout that authorities blamed on sabotage of the national electrical grid — the latest crisis to hit the country after a disputed presidential election. Venezuela experiences frequent blackouts, though rarely on such a large scale, which President Nicolas Maduro’s government routinely attributes to unproven conspiracies to overthrow him. Authorities reported ...