Ukraine said it has hit two oil refineries in multiple strikes deep inside Russia with patrol boats and other vessels in the Black Sea also hit. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Bashneft-Novoil and Slavneft-Yanos refineries were struck in the attacks aimed at limiting oil revenues Moscow “uses to finance” its war. Yaroslavl regional governor Mikhail…
WAPAKONETA, Ohio (International Desk) — The childhood home of Neil Armstrong, the first human to set foot on the Moon, has been put up for sale for the first time in nearly four decades. Located at 601 West Benton Street in Wapakoneta, Ohio, the historic house has been listed at $430,000 (approximately 4 crore rupees).The…
As SpaceX’s shares are unlocked Thursday, some early employees who received thousands of stock options as part of their compensation packages could see a massive windfall. The BBC’s Samira Hussain explains. Read more about one former employee who’s renovating a brewery in Italy.
Rihanna could be set to break a decade-long album hiatus, according to her partner A$AP Rocky. “She in the studio right now,” the rapper said on the The Jason Lee podcast on Wednesday. Few details about the project were revealed, apart from a denial that the pair would collaborate on a double album. However, in…
Umit, a female Amur tiger, has been released to Kazakhstan’s Ile-Balkhash Nature Reserve as part of a programme to restore the animal’s population, which was wiped out in central Asia a century ago. Umit is one of four Amur tigers transferred from Russia. She will be monitored on how she takes to the new habitat…
More than 300 people abducted in separate attacks in Nigeria have been rescued, the country’s presidency says, in what it describes as its largest single-day operation by joint security forces. The victims were rescued from the Kainji Lake National Park in Niger State in an operation involving the military, police, intelligence unit and the National…
LONDON (International Desk) — Less than a month into office, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is facing sharp criticism over his cabinet appointments and policies, with the naming of James Purnell as his new Chief of Staff drawing particular scrutiny. Purnell served as chairman of Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) from 2002 to 2004, and…
The November midterm elections will determine the balance of power in Washington for the last two years of President Donald Trump’s time in office. Trump declared the Michigan Senate result “Great news for the Republican Party”. In his post on Truth Social, Trump referred to the Democratic Party as the “Dumocrats”, and claimed their “crazy…
A drone carrying an explosive device has been found at a German airport, police say. A robot was deployed at Leipzig/Halle Airport after the device was spotted by an employee near Ukrainian cargo planes overnight, according to Saxony police. A second unidentified object also collided with a cargo aircraft near the same airport. It landed…
By Farzana Chaudhry | Lahore, Pakistan LAHORE: A 50-year-old man, Fareedullah, a resident of Pattoki in Tehsil Pattoki, District Kasur, has died of rabies in Lahore after reportedly being bitten by a dog on his face and left arm on July 17, 2026. The incident marks the fourth rabies-related death reported in Lahore this year,…
