The families of three Palestinian students shot on Saturday in the US state of Vermont have urged police to investigate the attack as a hate crime. Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Ahmed and Kinnan Abdalhamid were confronted and shot by a man near the University of Vermont Campus, Burlington police said. Officers are investigating a possible motive,…
The crowds below celebrated as Israel’s flag was thrown to the floor, cheering the man who then climbed down and ran away. A man has scaled Sheffield Town Hall, ripped down the Israeli flag and tried to replace it with the Palestinian flag as crowds applauded. Two men are said to have climbed the building…
Benjamin Mendy has been cleared of one count of rape and one count of attempted rape following a retrial. The former Manchester City footballer, who has been released by the club, had been accused of attacking two women at his mansion during the pandemic. Mendy has continually denied the charges levelled against him. The 28-year-old…
A suspicious powder discovered in the West Wing of the White House has been confirmed as cocaine in a preliminary test, two law enforcement officials said. The White House was briefly evacuated on Sunday evening while President Joe Biden was at Camp David after Secret Service agents discovered the powder. The agents were doing routine…
A Turkish evacuation plane coming into land at an airbase outside Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, has been fired at, Turkey’s defense ministry confirms. No one was injured and it landed safely at Wadi Seidna, where it was being checked. Sudan’s army blamed paramilitary fighters for firing at the aircraft and damaging its fuel system. The Rapid…
Thousands of civilians have fled Sudan’s capital and foreign nations are trying to evacuate their citizens, amid a fifth day of fierce fighting. Witnesses reported people leaving Khartoum in cars and on foot on Wednesday morning, as gunfire and deafening explosions rocked the city. Meanwhile, officials in Japan and Tanzania say they are considering missions…
The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader, has publicly apologized after facing anger over a video of him instructing a young boy to “suck his tongue.” The incident, which occurred in February, occurred in the Dalali Lama’s Temple in Northern India. In the viral video which has reappeared, the little fellow can be heard requesting an…
At least 23 people have died after a tornado tore through the US state of Mississippi on Friday night. More people are thought to be trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings. The twister caused devastation in several rural towns, where trees and power lines were torn down and tens of thousands of power outages…
South African opposition minority party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has said Russian President Vladimir Putin is welcome to visit Pretoria despite an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against him. The ICC, which South Africa is a signatory to, has accused Mr. Putin of war crimes, which include the kidnapping of…
