Beirut strikes ‘so powerful it was felt across the city’ A massive Israeli air strike on central Beirut has killed at least 15 people, Lebanese officials say – in the latest attack on the capital amid an escalation of Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah. The strike happened without warning at about 04:00 (02:00 GMT) on Saturday,…
Russia has a stock of powerful new missiles “ready to be used”, President Vladimir Putin has said, a day after his country fired a new ballistic missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. In an unscheduled TV address, the Russian leader said the Oreshnik missile could not be intercepted and promised to carry out more…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is on course to win a landslide majority in India’s richest state of Maharashtra, trends show. The BJP and its allies are leading on close to 220 out of 288 seats, comfortably placed above the halfway mark needed to form a government. Maharashtra, which has India’s financial…
The son of the Crown Princess of Norway will be imprisoned for one week as he was remanded in custody following a second accusation of rape since Tuesday. Marius Borg Høiby, 27, is also banned from having visitors and letters during this period due to the risk of tampering with evidence, as police believe they…
Vladimir Putin‘s experimental hypersonic rocket unleashed on Ukraine for the first time yesterday could strike any city in Europe in under 20 minutes, it is feared. Ukraine’s air force raised the alarm early Thursday morning that Russia‘s forces had deployed an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) as security cameras captured the moment multiple warheads rained down…
Getty Images Scott Bessent was an early backer of Trump’s 2024 presidential bid Donald Trump has nominated Scott Bessent to lead the US Treasury Department, one of the most influential roles in government with wide oversight of tax policy, public debt, international finance and sanctions. The selection ends what has proven to be one of…
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The blood-curdling scream of the Aztec Death Whistle is thought to have been a soundtrack to human sacrifices centuries ago, or may even have echoed through the landscape as the ancient empire took enemies on in battle. A type of air-spring whistle, the striking objects emit a sound described as the scariest in the world,…
Anthony Irungu / BBC The mourners at a cemetery in crisis-hit Mozambique’s capital, Maputo, were strikingly young – children shedding tears as they bade farewell to a 16-year-old friend, who was shot dead while banging pots and pans in an opposition-organised protest against the outcome of last month’s presidential election. “Antonio was shot in the…
Pacemaker Ian Ogle died after being assaulted and stabbed beside his home in east Belfast in 2019 Three men have been found guilty of the murder of Ian Ogle in January 2019. The father of two was 45 when he was beaten and stabbed 11 times, just yards from his home at Cluan Place in…
