Category: International News
5.6-Magnitude Quake Rattles Southern Philippines
Philippine flag A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, with no immediate reports [more…]
Family Seeks Homicide Charges Against Collapsed Dominican Nightclub Owners
A woman cries outside of the Jet Set nightclub a day after the collapse of its roof in Santo Domingo on April 9, 2025. Rescue [more…]
Iraq Sandstorm Closes Airports, Puts 3,700 People In Hospital
A man pushes a bicycle past a moving tuktuk (motorised rickshaw) along a road in low visibility conditions amidst a massive dust storm in Iraq’s [more…]
Singapore Parliament Dissolved Ahead Of Upcoming Elections
Singapore’s new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong is sworn during a ceremony at the Istana in Singapore on May 15, 2024. (Photo by Edgar Su / [more…]
13m Displaced As Sudan War Enters Third Year— UN
This image grab taken from AFPTV video footage on April 20, 2023, shows an aerial view of black smoke rising above the Khartoum International Airport [more…]
$2.2bn Harvard Funding Frozen After Defying Trump
Harvard Elite US university Harvard was hit with a $2.2 billion freeze in federal funding Monday after rejecting a list of sweeping demands that the White [more…]
Nigeria, Other African Countries Shut Clinics Over USAID Funding Cuts
As clouds gather and humidity rises across west Africa, whose annual rains bring an uptick of deadly, malaria-carrying mosquitoes, Musa Adamu Ibrahim, a nurse, [more…]
Harvard Defies Trump Demands For Policy Changes, Risking Funding
Harvard Elite US university Harvard risked billions of dollars in federal funding Monday as it rejected a list of sweeping demands that the Trump administration said [more…]
Helicopter Company That Ran Deadly New York Tour Shuts Down
The wreckage of a helicopter is removed from the water after crashing into the Hudson River, in the Newport neighborhood of Jersey City, New Jersey, [more…]
Tariffs: Protectionism ‘Leads Nowhere,’ China’s Xi Warns
China’s President Xi Jinping attends the closing session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March [more…]
