Representational image of police tape at an incident site. — Unsplash/File At least four people were killed and several others sustained injuries in a mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, CNN reported. Speaking on the incident that occurred on Saturday evening (local time), Birmingham Police Officer Truman Fitzgerald said that multiple shooters fired several shots targeting a…
Kamala Harris on Saturday challenged Donald Trump to another debate in the lead-up to the US presidential election, with her campaign saying she had accepted an invitation from broadcaster CNN to host the event on Oct 23. “Vice President Harris is ready for another opportunity to share a stage with Donald Trump,” her campaign chair…
Sri Lanka imposed a night curfew across the country on Saturday despite a peaceful presidential election that is effectively a referendum on an unpopular IMF bailout. Police announced the eight-hour curfew shortly after the independent Election Commission said Saturday’s poll was the most peaceful in the country’s electoral history. President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is facing…
There’s a growing realization in the Kremlin that the West is not falling for its nuclear threats and Putin is searching for new ways to enforce his red lines. Source link
Four people were killed and at least 21 others were wounded in a mass shooting Saturday night in Birmingham, Alabama. Two men and a woman were killed at the scene in the 2000 block of Magnolia Avenue in the Five Points South area near the University of Alabama at Birmingham, while a fourth victim died…
A general view of the Supreme Court building in the evening hours, in Islamabad on April 7, 2022. — Reuters Amendment to law defies lawyers’ struggle, says PBC vice chairman. SCBA officials decry timing and manner of ordinance’s promulgation. Term practical repeal of Practice and Procedure Act ‘unacceptable’. Days after the incumbent government passed the…
Sri Lanka’s Marxist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayaka took an early lead in Saturday’s presidential election during the counting of postal ballots, official results showed. Dissanayaka had 60.21% of the 164,000 votes counted, out of just over 700,000. Public servants involved in conducting the election are entitled to post their ballots, which are the first to…
Iran unveiled a new ballistic missile and an upgraded one-way attack drone at a military parade on Saturday, state media said, amid soaring regional tensions and allegations of arming Russia. Iran stands accused by Western governments of supplying both drones and missiles to Russia for use in its war with Ukraine, a charge it has…
France’s new premier said he hoped to finalise a long-awaited government soon, as President Emmanuel Macron weighed a line-up that marks a shift to the right. The full line-up, which includes fresh faces in almost all key posts, is due after “final fine-tuning”, Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s office said, after over two months of deadlock…
On Friday, an Israeli airstrike in a Beirut suburb killed at least 37 people, including two Hezbollah commanders. The United States advised its citizens to leave Lebanon. Source link
