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The rush hour explosion in the Indian capital last Monday killed at least 13 people The car blast near the Red Fort metro station in Delhi on November 10 that claimed at least 13 lives was a suicide attack, India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) has said. It was the first car-borne suicide attack in India’s capital city, and the second …

Poland’s Prime Minister has confirmed that an explosion which damaged a railway in the country was an act of sabotage. Donald Tusk wrote on X: “Unfortunately, the worst fears have been confirmed. On the Warsaw-Lublin route (Mika village), an act of sabotage has occurred. The explosion of an explosive device destroyed the railway track. Emergency services and the prosecutor’s office …

Xiao Mei, a kindergarten teaching assistant living in the suburbs of Hangzhou in eastern China, has barely seen her income rise for three years and is not optimistic about her chances of getting a pay rise any time soon. Still, she counts herself as relatively fortunate. “At least I haven’t had my pay cut or lost my job,” she said, …

A bridge at a copper and cobalt mine in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo collapsed due to overcrowding, killing at least 32 people, a regional government official said on Sunday. The bridge at the Kalando mine in Mulondo in Lualaba province fell on Saturday, Roy Kaumba Mayonde, the province’s interior minister, said during a press conference. “Despite the strict prohibition …

US Senator Rand Paul has accused President Donald Trump of staying silent on a major corruption scandal involving a close associate of Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky. Last week, Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies alleged that Timur Mindich, Zelensky’s former longtime business partner, led a scheme that siphoned $100 million in kickbacks from contracts with the country’s nuclear power operator Energoatom, which depends …

The grim reality for the West is that if Vladimir Putin pushes the button, cities from London to New York could be reduced to wastelands in a matter of minutes. The tyrant is quietly amassing an arsenal within Russia‘s military machine, designed not to win a war in Europe, but to obliterate entire nations with the push of a button. …

The US president has been accusing the government in Caracas of aiding “narcoterrorist” drug cartels US President Donald Trump said he is open to negotiating with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to defuse tensions and the ongoing war scare between the countries. Trump has been accusing Maduro of operating “narcoterrorist” cartels, an allegation Maduro has denied. “We may be having some …

Few women in Chinese history have been as scorned – or as misunderstood – as Bao Si. For nearly three millennia, the queen has been remembered not as a person, but as a symbol: the beautiful femme fatale whose cold heart and unparalleled beauty brought down a dynasty. According to legend, Bao Si was a queen so aloof she never …

Hardline Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene was recently branded “a traitor” by President Donald Trump US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has apologized for her role in what she called “toxic politics” amid an escalating feud with US President Donald Trump. The Georgia lawmaker, long known for her radical conservative views and combative speeches, has been increasingly critical of Trump, whom …

The Etihad Rail will open to passengers in 2026 (Image: Getty) A new railway stretching across the United Arab Emirates is rapidly taking shape and when it opens to passengers, it will offer one of the most impressive train journeys anywhere in the world and here is what we know so far about the incredible rail project. Costing the equivalent …