Saudi TV reporter killed in Yemen car bomb blast; government vows to track down perpetrators

Saudi broadcaster Al Arabiya’s reporter A correspondent for Saudi Arabia’s Al Arabiya television was killed in Yemen after a bomb planted on his vehicle exploded in the eastern city of Mukalla, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing the broadcaster.Mohammed Aydah, a Yemeni journalist who reported for Al Arabiya and its sister channel Al Hadath, was killed…

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Controversial Streamer Johnny Somali loses South Korea appeal, court upholds six-month prison sentence

Controversial Streamer Johnny Somali loses South Korea appeal, court upholds six-month prison sentence (Image via Getty) Controversial streamer Johnny Somali will remain in prison after a South Korean appeals court rejected his request to reduce his sentence on Thursday. Prosecutors also failed to convince the court to increase his punishment to three years. With both…

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Air Canada flight swerves mid-air after pilot suffers seizure; passengers start ‘praying’

Air Canada passengers instantly started praying as plane swerved repeatedly after pilot’s apparent seizure Panic spread through an Air Canada-operated flight after the aircraft began swerving in mid-air when its captain suffered a medical emergency. The frightened passengers started to pray as the plane was diverted for an emergency landing in Boston, reports the New…

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Non-citizens arriving at US border do not automatically get asylum, can be turned away: Supreme court backs Trump administration

Supreme Court sides 6-3 with Trump administration on immigration asylum border policy Non-citizens who arrive at the US border do not automatically qualify for asylum and can be turned away if they are still outside the country, the US Supreme Court has ruled in a 6–3 decision backing the Trump administration’s interpretation of immigration law.The…

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Venezuela twin earthquakes: Death toll rises to 164; over 1000 injured, search for missing continues

Authorities shifted rescue personnel from across the country to the hardest-hit regions, particularly La Guaira state on Venezuela’s northern coast, where numerous buildings collapsed. Rescue teams intensified operations across Venezuela on Thursday after two powerful earthquakes struck the country on Wednesday evening, killing at least 164 people, injuring nearly 1,000 and trapping an unknown number…

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‘Took Rs 1.24 cr education loan’: F-1 visa denied after Indian student reveals family income to visa officer

Indian student shares F-1 student visa rejection experience. An Indian student shared the experience of an F-1 visa denial at the Delhi consulate, at a time when visa officers have become extremely stringent in their approvals. The student, a graduate of 2025, wants to pursue an MS in Computer Science at Columbia University. The interview…

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Nigerian proverb of the day: “What an old man sees while lying down, a young man can never see even when he climbs up in a tree” and a lesson in experience, judgement and wisdom

Nigerian proverb of the day values experience, wisdom and insight. How can a man lying down see more than a person who is up in a tree? Possible because of the insight. If the man lying down has more insight than the man in the tree, it is absolutely possible and this age-old African saying…

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‘Satan took over me’: Afghan migrant gives bizarre reason for raping, intoxicating two minors at his flat in England

Giving evidence yesterday with the assistance of an interpreter, he told Bolton Crown Court (pictured) he felt ‘uncontrollably sleepy’ at the time of the alleged attack An Afghan migrant has claimed that he was under the influence of ‘Satan’ when he raped two 14-year-old girls after plying them with vodka at his flat in Bolton….

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