Passengers on the West Coast Main Line faced widespread delays and cancellations after a railway bridge in Warwickshire partially collapsed when it was struck by a lorry. Services have resumed, but disruption is expected to continue as repair work progresses. Bridge collapse brings rail traffic to a standstill A major railway bridge in Warwickshire suffered…
The ancient Mediterranean is often imagined as a collection of separate kingdoms, each rising and falling largely on its own terms. Archaeology has been steadily dismantling that picture. What has emerged instead is a far more connected world, one tied together by trade routes, diplomatic agreements, royal marriages and the movement of materials across remarkable…
Indian expat killed in Sharjah A childhood friend of Kerala expatriate Ismail Ponnan Ibrahim Kutty, who was allegedly murdered in Sharjah following a dispute reportedly linked to a TikTok livestream, has shared emotional memories of the man he knew, as the victim’s body was repatriated to India on Thursday.To the public, Ismail has become the…
Rivers are often treated as fixed features of the landscape. They bend, flood, and shift over long stretches of time, but they seem permanent enough that entire towns and economies are built around them. The Mississippi River, in particular, has long been regarded as one of North America’s defining geographical landmarks. Yet in the early…
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was reportedly ‘caught off guard’ after US President Donald Trump abruptly cancelled planned strikes against Iran and announced that a diplomatic agreement with Tehran could be signed within days.According to Axios, Netanyahu was not given advance notice before Trump publicly revealed that he had called…
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday (local time) that a possible operation to seize Iran’s key Kharg Island would be “off the table” if both sides sign an agreement to end the war, which he said could be reached “as early as this weekend.”Also Read | Invade baby, invade: Trump eyes Kharg Island, Iran’s…
Japan’s H3 rocket returned to flight Friday with the debut of a new low-cost variant, a badly needed success for the country’s new flagship rocket that has struggled with mission failures while facing an increasingly competitive space industry.The H3 rocket took off from the Tanegashima Space Center on a southwestern Japanese island Friday morning and…
Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendira Debyavati, the eldest daughter of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn, has died after being in a coma for more than three years, the royal household announced on Friday. She passed away at the age of 47.The princess collapsed in December 2022 while exercising her dogs. Doctors attributed it to a severely irregular heartbeat…
A Seoul court on Friday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison on charges of ordering drone infiltrations into North Korea in an attempt to heighten cross-border tensions and create a basis for his martial law declaration in December 2024.The Seoul Central District Court’s Criminal Division 36 stated that the Pyongyang…
Twitch streamer BruceDropEmOff backs Karmelo Anthony and sparks fierce debate over Austin Metcalf murder conviction (Image via Getty) BruceDropEmOff has stepped into the debate surrounding Karmelo Anthony just days after the teenager was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison. The popular streamer and YouTuber publicly shared a message supporting Anthony, whose…