Hurricane with strong winds, heavy rains hit Bermuda
BSS :Gusts of 100 miles an hour and driving rain buffeted Bermuda early Friday, leaving thousands without power and fearing coastal damage as Hurricane Fiona,...
International
Hong Kong scrapping quarantine for int’l arrivals: leader
BSS :Hong Kong announced on Fridaythat it will end mandatory hotel quarantine, scrapping some of the world’s toughest travel restrictions that have battered the economy...
Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel dies aged 70: Publisher
BSS :Historical novelist Hilary Mantel, the first British female writer to win the Booker Prize twice, died aged 70, her publishers 4th Estate Books announced...
48 arrested over France’s summer forest fires
BSS :Police have arrested 48 people for allegedly starting forest fires in France during the summer, a spokeswoman told AFP Friday, after a season marked...
Iran president vows probe of woman’s death that sparked protests
BSS :Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday said the death of a young woman that sparked protests in the Islamic republic needed to be investigated,...
Putin, Saudi crown prince satisfied after prisoner exchange: Kremlin
BSS :Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke over phone to express their satisfaction over a prisoner-of-war swap between Moscow...
US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea to ‘deter’ Pyongyang
BSS :A US aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea on Friday for the first time in nearly five years, ahead of joint drills in a...
Truss at UN vows UK military aid ‘until Ukraine prevails’
BSS :British Prime Minister Liz Truss vowed Wednesday before the United Nations to keep up military aid to war-ravaged Ukraine until it triumphs against Russia.Truss...
Man found in ‘miracle’ rescue 17 days after China quake
BSS/AFP :A Chinese worker who tended to his injured colleagues following a deadly earthquake and then got lost in the mountains has been rescued 17...
Pakistan former prime minister Khan says sorry in contempt of court case
Reuters :A convicted politician is liable to be disqualified for at least five years under Pakistani lawsFormer Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said...
Nationwide raids on Muslim group PFI in India, over 100 arrested
Al Jazeera :India’s top investigation agencies have conducted nationwide raids on a prominent Muslim organisation and detained more than 100 of its members, accusing them...
Strong quake shakes Mexico days after deadly tremor
BSS :A strong earthquake jolted Mexico on Thursday, sending people rushing out into the streets of the capital in the middle of the night, days...