Category: World News
Bridge collapse in Kashmir kills girl, injures at least 70
Washington Post Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir say an overcrowded footbridge collapsed into a rocky river, injuring at least 70 people and killing a 10-year-old girl https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/bridge-collapse-kashmir-india/b6cac83c-daf5-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MorePapal official rejects new claims in ‘Vatican Girl’ mystery
Washington Post The Vatican is pushing back hard against insinuations against St. John Paul II that were aired following the reopening of an investigation into the 1983 disappearance of the daughter of a Vatican employee https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/vatican-john-paul-orlandi-mystery/ffb7952e-daf1-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreTop French council paves way for Macron to raise retirement age
Fox News France’s Constitution Council on Friday paved the way for French President Emmanuel Macron to officially raise the country’s age of retirement from 62 to 64 following months of protests over the controversial pension reform. The Council approved the plan that Macron’s government pushed through parliament last month with some changes, though the body…
Read MoreFinland’s Moscow embassy receives powder-laden mail
Washington Post Finland’s embassy in Moscow says it received an envelope containing white powder https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/finland-russia-powder-envelopes/8233cfc4-daf0-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MorePopulist Iraqi cleric announces suspension of his movement
Fox News Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr announced on Friday that he would suspend the movement he leads for one year, citing “corruption” among some of his followers. A group within his Sadrist movement, which has dubbed itself the “Owners of the Cause,” believes that al-Sadr is Imam Mahdi, a Shiite…
Read More3 Pakistani children killed while playing with unexploded bomb
Fox News Three children were killed on Friday while playing with an unexploded bomb at an abandoned house in southwestern Pakistan, near the Afghan border, police said. According to police official Shabir Ahmed, the explosion took place in the border town of Chaman in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province, some 90 miles from the provincial capital of…
Read MoreSpain releases man charged with terrorism for sending letter bombs
Fox News A Spanish magistrate on Friday ordered the conditional release of a man charged with terrorism for sending six letters containing explosives to high-profile diplomatic and government targets. The National Court magistrate said Pompeyo González Pascual, 74, must appear in court each week, relinquish his passport and remain in Spain as conditions for getting…
Read MoreUS, Israel must stand united on Iran nuclear issue to avoid ‘9/11 with nuclear bombs’
Fox News FIRST ON FOX – Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has warned that the U.S. will face a nuclear escalation across the Middle East if Iran obtains nuclear weapons – which could then end up in the hands of terrorists. “If America doesn’t want to see a 911 with nuclear bombs, (it) needs…
Read MoreUS forces in Ukraine spark questions over what happens if Russia accidentally kills an American soldier
Fox News The revelation this week that there is a small contingent of U.S. forces operating out of the American embassy in Kyiv has sparked questions over what would happen if an American soldier were killed during a Russian strike. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told Fox News that these soldiers “are…
Read MoreSpanish climber leaves underground cave after 500 days of isolation
Fox News A Spanish mountain climber emerged Friday from a cave 230 feet underground where she spent 500 days isolated from the outside world. Beatriz Flamini, 50, of Madrid, left the cave in southern Spain shortly after 9 a.m. after being told by supporters that she had completed the feat she set out to accomplish…
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