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AFP via Getty ImagesAn uneasy silence has blanketed major districts in Pakistan-administered KashmirAt least 15 people – 11 civilians and four security officers – have been killed in clashes between protesters and security forces in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, local authorities say.The Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) – a collective of activist groups – called on people to march to the regional capital Muzaffarabad to protest against the reservation of 12 seats for refugees in upcoming elections. Authorities responded by accusing the group of sedition, banning it and ordering action against its leaders. However, this has not deterred thousands of people from…
BBCA year ago, Air India flight 171 crashed less than a minute after taking off from Ahmedabad airport in the western Indian state of Gujarat, en route for London. 260 people lost their lives. The official investigation that followed has sparked intense controversy, in India and beyond, with some questioning its integrity amid claims of conflicts of interest. It is not the first time such an investigation has proved contentious. So is it time for a different approach when investigating air crashes?It was a hot and dry afternoon on 12 June last year, when Flight 171 left the terminal at…
Fireworks illuminate Barcelona’s Sagrada Família during Pope visitPope Leo XIV says Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Família is a masterpiece of “stones, colours and light” during his visit to Spain.3 hrs agoEurope
Getty ImagesBillionaire Bill Gates told a congressional committee on Wednesday that he never had a personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, and cut ties with the convicted sex offender when he could not deliver on fundraising for the Microsoft founder’s philanthropic efforts.Gates appeared voluntarily in Washington at a closed-door hearing with the House Oversight Committee looking into Epstein and reportedly named powerful people Epstein approached for fundraising.He also shed light on his marital infidelities, saying Epstein had used them to pressure him. Panel members said the testimony showed Epstein was a “friend collector” and associated with people like Gates to “project…
Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty ImagesOne researcher said the size, depth and age of the discovery was “far beyond anything we had imagined” (file photo) An enormous whale graveyard around 1,200km (745 miles) long has been discovered in the south-eastern Indian Ocean.The site, which is 7km (four miles) deep, has been found in the Diamantina fracture zone, a range on the sea floor of ridges and trenches.But it is the age of the remains – some from 5.3 million years ago – that has prompted huge excitement in the scientific community.The underwater necropolis, which was discovered by a team of…
ReutersTwo people were reportedly killed in a strike on a car in the southern city of SidonIsraeli air strikes have killed at least 17 people in southern Lebanon, Lebanese media say.Nine people were killed in a series of strikes in the town of Tayr Debba, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA).Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed armed group Hezbollah said it carried out more attacks on Israeli troops occupying parts of the country’s south.On Tuesday, 15 people were reportedly killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon, as Israel rejected a warning from Iran not to continue its campaign against Hezbollah.Trump and Iran…
Capt Sumeet Sabharwal’s familyCapt Sumeet Sabharwal was the senior pilot on Air India Flight 171 which crashed seconds after take-off last JuneThe father of one of the pilots killed in last year’s Air India plane crash has said he will continue to defend his son’s reputation, days before investigators are expected to release an update on their findings.Pushkar Raj Sabharwal’s comments to the BBC come months after he rejected some media reports that suggested investigators were shifting focus to his son, Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, the senior pilot in the cockpit.”He is no more, but I have to protect his reputation,”…
CentcomCentcom posted what it said was footage of the strike on the ship’s engine room The US military has disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that it accused of violating an American blockade by “attempting to transport oil from Iran”.In a post on X, US Central Command said an aircraft fired “precision munitions” into the engine room of the Palau-flagged Settebello “after the crew repeatedly failed to comply with directions from American forces”.India’s government said three Indian sailors were missing and 21 Indian crew members had been rescued after the attack on the Settebello off the coast…
NTB/AlamyFile pic of Marius Borg Høiby from January 2026, weeks before his trial in OsloA Norwegian appeal court has rejected a request by Marius Borg Høiby to be released from custody because of his mother’s serious illness, ahead of a verdict in a rape trial.The appeal court’s ruling in Oslo overturns a lower court’s decision on Monday ordering the release of the crown princess’s 29-year-old son pending next Monday’s verdict on 40 criminal charges. He denies the most serious allegations.Princess Mette-Marit, 52, is suffering from pulmonary fibrosis, and her doctors last week placed her on a waiting list for a…
ReutersFootage purportedly showed the aftermath of a Ukrainian missile strike on a Russian military plant in CheboksaryUkrainian forces have carried out a missile attack deep inside Russia, hitting a major military plant overnight, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.He said FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles struck the drone and missile plant in the city of Cheboksary, in the Chuvash Republic, more than 900km (560 miles) from the front line. Local officials said three people were injured in a missile attack on the city. Ukraine also said it had hit the Moscow-occupied port of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov, a Russian oil…