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AFP via Getty ImagesA blast was heard at King Khalid International Airport in RiyadhSeveral people have been injured in an attack on an international airport in the Saudi capital, reports say, just days after Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed two successful attacks on the hub.King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was evacuated after a loud blast was heard on Saturday, two international news agencies have reported.More than a dozen ambulances were seen rushing to the airport, according to Reuters, citing an eyewitness. Saudi authorities have not commented, while the airport told passengers to check with their airline before travelling there.The attack…
Watch: Why have hundreds of ‘cockroach’ protesters been detained in DelhiHundreds of protesters have been detained in Delhi during the latest demonstration by the Gen-Z-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) calling for electoral reforms.The group said its founder Abhijeet Dipke – who began the movement in May after India’s Chief Justice likened some jobless young people to “cockroaches” – was detained with other leaders shortly after landing in Delhi. Tens of thousands of security personnel were deployed and roads barricaded ahead of the demonstration, though the CJP insisted it would go ahead.Delhi Police has not commented on the detentions, but had…
Why have hundreds of ‘cockroach’ protesters been detained in DelhiThousands of security personnel were deployed in Delhi ahead of the Gen-Z led Cockroach Janta Party protest on Saturday calling for electoral reforms. 18 mins agoIndia
EPANearly 70 potential contacts have been placed under quarantine in Nairobi A Kenyan businessman was able to spend time in one of the regions worst-affected by Ebola, then travel to two more countries before his illness was identified.The 40-year-old – who was only diagnosed with the deadly infectious disease after arriving seriously ill at a Nairobi hospital – became Kenya’s first confirmed case. He died two days later on 5 October.That his infection went undetected at multiple health facilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo and two airport health screenings in Uganda and Kenya has raised serious questions about these…
Swedish Coast GuardThree of the four Nord Stream pipelines were ruptured by explosions in September 2022Serhii K appeared relaxed as he checked in to the glamping resort near Italy’s Adriatic coast with his wife and young children.Dressed in shorts, sandals and a dark baseball cap, the former Ukrainian Special Forces soldier strolled back and forth, chatting with the receptionist and dipping repeatedly into a bowl of free snacks.But German police were already closing in on him.After a painstaking investigation, they had concluded that Serhii K had commanded Europe’s biggest act of sabotage in decades: a series of explosions in September…
Getty ImagesRussia has attacked the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia with five glide bombs, killing at least 15 people including three children, President Volodymyr Zelensky and emergency services have said.The glide bombs hit residential buildings in the south-eastern city. At least 16 other people were injured in the attack, with more still missing and believed to be under the rubble after the strike on Saturday morning.Zelensky said 13 other regions had also been hit overnight, adding: “Our responses to [these] Russian strikes will come”.The Russian attacks happened just hours after President Donald Trump announced a deal to import Russian diesel into…
LightRocket via Getty ImagesAI tech company Anthropic was running a test that involved interactions with randomly selected websites, when it sent a fake homicide tip to policeAn artificial intelligence (AI) agent, developed by Anthropic, went rogue and sent US police a fake tip about an unsolved murder earlier this year, authorities have revealed.The Philadelphia Police Department said the tip, sent on 18 July, was “flagged as spam” and not passed on for investigation, but it criticised the tech company for taking more than two months to detect and report the breach.In a statement police said that the bogus tip came…
Getty ImagesAn estimated crowd of 20,000 gathered in Kentucky in 1936 for the public hanging of Rainey BetheaThey came in their thousands from near and far. Men, women and children lined up on a Kentucky riverfront for the public hanging of a black man convicted of raping and killing an elderly white widow.It was 14 August 1936 in Owensboro, Kentucky, a sweltering Friday in the middle of a legendary heat wave. Some slept overnight near the gallows to preserve their spots. Others held “necktie” parties the previous evening, arriving hungover as teenagers sold popcorn and soda to the spectators.By the…
Getty ImagesElla Langley apologised to her fans, describing her decision as “incredibly difficult”US country music star Ella Langley has said she had to cancel her sold-out concert in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Friday night, due to a “serious security threat”.The singer made what she called the “incredibly difficult” decision around two hours before the show at the 19,000-seater arena was due to start.In a post on Instagram, the 27-year-old said the threat involved “the safety of my fans, the venue staff and my team”.Cpt Richard Meulenberg from Tulsa Police Department said a person had called saying “great harm” would be done…
Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesUkraine’s President Volodymr Zelensky has condemned Donald Trump’s announcement of a deal to import Russian diesel into the US.Zelensky called it a gift to Russian President Vladimir Putin that amounts to “an investment in a war that must be ended, not prolonged”.Trump said Putin had agreed to release 300,000 tonnes of diesel immediately “to the American and global marketplace” followed by 500,000 tonnes in November and another million after that.It is understood the US Treasury is suspending sanctions on Russian diesel exports until 7 April as part of the deal, but other assets like those in American banks…