UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Tuesday for renewed commitment to peace and international cooperation, as wars rage, temperatures rise, and pressure on human rights grows. Speaking at a wreath-laying ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of former Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld’s death, Guterres said his predecessor’s values remain guiding lights in today’s turbulent times. Hammarskjöld died…
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, the world’s highest-paid political leader, has pledged to donate his upcoming annual salary increase of S$1.4 million to charity for the next five years. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, Wong said the government would continue paying him according to the set framework, but he would donate the additional amount to…
The film “Mirzapur: The Movie,” starring Ali Fazal, Divyendu, and Pankaj Tripathi, has crossed the ₹175 crore mark at the global box office on its fifth day. Released on September 4, 2026, the film is the first big-screen adaptation of the hit streaming series “Mirzapur,” which has run for three successful seasons.According to trade estimates,…
Spivey last saw her daughter alive on 26 July, when Fortune had travelled from Mississippi, where she had lived for roughly the last decade, to Kentucky, where Spivey lives, for a family reunion. The next time she saw her daughter – in a funeral home, days before her burial – she could barely look at…
Two people died when Russian drones hit a border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The Starokozache crossing was shut after the overnight attack. Images from the scene show several burnt-out cars amid the debris. In the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, a woman was killed and 14 people, including two children,…
Tributes have been paid to King Harald V after his funeral in Norway’s capital Oslo, with the Prince of Wales and other European royals among attendees. Flags were raised from half-mast to mark the conclusion of a private ceremony at Akershus Fortress, where the king was laid to rest in the crypt of the Palace…
Dozens of European royals and heads of state, including the Prince of Wales and three Nordic kings, have paid their last respects to King Harald V in Oslo. Thousands of people lined the route during a funeral procession from the royal palace to Oslo Cathedral on Wednesday afternoon, nearly two weeks after the king died…
GAZA: A United Nations expert and Hamas have warned that Israel’s large-scale removal, crushing, and transfer of rubble in Gaza risks erasing evidence of atrocities and genocide.Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories since 1967, said the rubble in Gaza contains human remains and physical evidence critical to investigating…
BERLIN: A mosque in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, was targeted on September 6 with anti-Islam and far-right slogans and symbols. The Tughra Mosque’s walls were spray-painted with hostile messages along with numerical and alphabetical codes associated with white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups. Mosque officials strongly condemned the attack and confirmed the incident had been reported to authorities,…
Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orbán says 10 Russian diplomats have been ordered to leave Budapest for taking part in “unacceptable” activities. “This decision protects Hungary’s security and sovereignty,” she wrote on social media, without giving details. Hungary was viewed as Russia’s closest ally in the European Union under Viktor Orbán for years, but since his…
