A member of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) searches a vehicle for firearms, after U.S. President Donald Trump announces the federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department under the Home Rule Act and the deployment of the National Guard to assist in crime prevention in the nation’s capital, in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 15, 2025. … Read more
Representational image of a seismograph recording an earthquake. Photo: via Reuters A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck near the east coast of Australia on Saturday (August 16, 2025), the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was 10 km (6.2 miles) deep, the EMSC said. It earlier said the quake, which hit Queensland State, was … Read more
Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Smash-and-grab thieves in Seattle made off with an estimated $2 million in diamonds, luxury watches, gold and other items in a daring midday jewellery store robbery that took just about 90 seconds, police said Friday (August 15, 2025). Video from the West Seattle store’s surveillance cameras … Read more
Israel’s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir published a video on Friday showing him confronting the most high-profile Palestinian detainee in Israeli custody in his prison cell. Marwan Barghouti, a leading member of the Palestinian Fatah party, has spent more than 20 years behind bars after being sentenced for his role in anti-Israeli attacks … Read more
China said Friday it opposed invoking sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme after three Western nations told the UN they would reimpose them if no diplomatic solution was found by the end of August. European sanctions on Iran were eased after a 2015 deal in return for curbs on Tehran’s nuclear programme. But on … Read more
Cancelled and delayed Air Canada flights are seen on the departure board at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Dorval, Que., Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. File | Photo Credit: AP Air Canada faced a midnight deadline Friday to avert a flight attendants strike that would shut down service, creating summer travel chaos for the carrier’s … Read more
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa. File | Photo Credit: AP President Cyril Ramaphosa urged South Africans to come together to find solutions to the country’s many problems, launching on Friday a months-long “national dialogue” dismissed by critics as a costly talk shop. The nationwide public consultation comes with Africa’s most industrialised nation still grappling with … Read more
A strike by the carrier’s flight attendants could disrupt 130,000 travelers a day, including international fliers. Here’s what to know if your flight is affected. Source link
Their union says one of its core demands, to receive pay for groundwork, is unlikely to be introduced in arbitration. The airline began canceling flights ahead of the potential strike. Source link
People leave the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne on August 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP A senior lawyer in Australia has apologised to a Judge for filing submissions in a murder case that included fake quotes and non-existent case judgments generated by artificial intelligence. The blunder in the Supreme Court of Victoria state … Read more
