The United States’ civil aviation authority has ordered the immediate grounding of all McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo planes following a devastating crash in Kentucky earlier this week that claimed at least fourteen lives. The fatal incident occurred when a UPS-operated MD-11 aircraft burst into flames shortly after taking off from Louisville’s airport on Tuesday. The […]

Rodrigo Paz, a pro-business conservative leader, was sworn in on Saturday as the new President of Bolivia, bringing an end to nearly two decades of socialist governance and stepping into office amid the country’s gravest economic crisis in four decades. The 58-year-old, son of former Bolivian president Jaime Paz Zamora, took the oath of office […]

At least six people have been killed and around 750 injured after a powerful tornado tore through a town in southern Brazil, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake, local authorities confirmed on Saturday. The tornado struck the town of Rio Bonito do Iguaçu in Paraná state on Friday evening, unleashing winds of up […]

Three people have died in separate incidents after powerful waves battered the Spanish holiday island of Tenerife on Saturday, local emergency services confirmed. The deadly accidents occurred as rough seas pummelled the island’s coastline, prompting warnings from authorities across the Canary Islands archipelago. In one of the incidents, a rescue helicopter was dispatched to the […]

Britain’s 12-year-old Prince George attended his first official tribute honouring fallen soldiers at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Saturday evening. The young royal was accompanied by his mother, Catherine, Princess of Wales, his grandfather King Charles III, and Queen Camilla for the solemn occasion. As the royal family entered their box in the […]

Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in the United States on Saturday for what has been described as a landmark official visit, the first by a Syrian head of state since the country gained independence in 1946, according to analysts. The visit follows Washington’s decision a day earlier to remove Sharaa from its terrorism blacklist, a […]

Nearly one million people were forced to evacuate their homes as floodwaters continued to rise across the Philippines on Sunday, ahead of the anticipated late-night landfall of Super Typhoon Fung-wong along the country’s eastern coast. According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the massive storm, moving westwards, was packing sustained winds […]