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Indian paramilitary force soldiers patrol Jammu after the terror attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir
Indian authorities hunt Kashmir shooters as Modi cuts short Saudi trip
NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cut short a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia and returned to New Delhi after an attack in the disputed Kashmir region killed at least 26 people, most of them tourists.Security has been beefed up across Kashmir, and Indian forces have launched a manhunt for the perpetrators of one of the deadliest attacks to hit the restive Himalayan region in recent memory.Tens of thousands of armed police and soldiers have fanned out across the region and erected additional checkpoints, searching cars and reportedly summoning former militants for questioning.Police have called the massacre a "terror attack" and blamed militants fighting against Indian rule in Kashmir, but there has been no immediate claim of responsibility.Officials said 24 of...
April 23, 2025

Indian authorities hunt Kashmir shooters as Modi cuts short Saudi trip

People leave buildings in panic and call their loved ones after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Istanbul, Turkey on Wednesday
Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes near Istanbul as scores injured in panic
ISTANBUL — A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Istanbul on Wednesday leading to scenes of panic in the Turkish metropolis, officials said.The quake occurred in the Sea of Marmara close to Silivri, which lies around 70 kilometers (40 miles) to the west of the city, and aftershocks are continuing, according to Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD)..Istanbul authorities said there had been no loss of life but that 151 people were injured after “jumping from heights due to panic.”No residential buildings were damaged, authorities added, but one abandoned building collapsed in the central Fatih District.CNN Turk anchor Meltem Bozbeyoğlu was live on air when the quake struck, with the studio visibly shaking on camera.In February 2023, Turkey experienced...
April 23, 2025

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes near Istanbul as scores injured in panic

Ukrainian service members  fire a rocket launch system towards Russian troops near the frontline town of Pokrovsk
Top US officials pull out of Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks in London
LONDON — Talks aimed at securing a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia have been downgraded and will no longer include US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff.The meeting in London on Wednesday will instead take place among senior officials from the UK, France, Germany, Ukraine, and the US, while UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy will host a bilateral meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart.Trump's Ukraine envoy, Gen Keith Kellogg, is attending the talks instead of Witkoff and Rubio, who referred to Wednesday's talks as "technical meetings".The US secretary of state will instead focus on talks in Moscow this week, as the pace of diplomatic efforts to end the war quickens.There is growing speculation that Russia might be willing to halt its...
April 23, 2025

Top US officials pull out of Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks in London

The scene after a car plowed into a crowd of people outside a school in Jinhua in the province of Zhejiang, China, on Tuesday
Car plows into crowd outside school in eastern China, injuring multiple people
HONG KONG — Multiple people, including children, were injured after a car plowed through a crowd outside a school in eastern China on Tuesday, according to a report from a state-controlled broadcaster.The car knocked down pedestrians and students outside the school in the city of Jinhua in the province of Zhejiang as classes were finishing for the day, a traffic radio program reported on Wednesday.Videos shared on X and geolocated by CNN showed at least five people on the ground, including at least three students, in the aftermath of the incident near Sumeng Township Central Kindergarten and a nearby elementary school, as others attempted to assist the victims.The number of people injured and the severity of their injuries is not yet known. It was unclear whether it was an accident or a...
April 23, 2025

Car plows into crowd outside school in eastern China, injuring multiple people

The picture shows a white bus that was hit, with the doors off the hinges, on a dirt road
Nine killed in Russian attack on Ukraine bus
KYIV — Nine people have been killed after a Russian drone hit a bus transporting workers in Ukraine, officials say.The attack occurred on Wednesday morning in the south-central city of Marhanets in the Dnipropetrovsk region, across the Dnieper river from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.Regional chief Serhiy Lysak said at least 30 people were injured, adding that "the number of victims is constantly growing".The attack comes as talks in London on Wednesday aimed at securing a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia have been downgraded, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff no longer attending.Images released by Lysak show the bus with a hole punctured through its roof, doors off hinges and glass scattered across its floor.The...
April 23, 2025

Nine killed in Russian attack on Ukraine bus

Indian security officers stand guard at a hospital in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district after assailants fired at tourists in the tourist destination of Pahalgam on Tuesday
Gunmen open fire on tourists in Indian Kashmir, killing at least 26 
SRINAGAR — Gunmen killed at least 26 people and injured a dozen others in a suspected terror attack in the disputed Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, a rare assault on tourists in an area fraught by decades of insurgency and opposition to India’s rule.The attack took place in a popular tourist destination in Pahalgam, in the mountainous Anantnag district, and is the region’s worst assault on civilians in years.A group of tourists were fired on by suspected militants, authorities said. Most of the 26 people killed are understood to be travelers.Among the victims was a Nepali national, and another person of “Indian origin who works in the Middle East,” V K Birdi, inspector general of police in Kashmir, told CNN.He added that the attack “did not occur in a normal...
April 23, 2025

Gunmen open fire on tourists in Indian Kashmir, killing at least 26 

Pope Francis will be buried in Rome's Esquilino neighbourhood, outside the Vatican, in a break with tradition
World leaders from Trump to Zelensky to attend Pope's funeral
ROME — Pope Francis's funeral will take place on Saturday in St Peter's Square, the Vatican has confirmed, with hundreds of thousands expected to attend.The head of the Catholic Church died of a stroke on Monday, aged 88, less than 24 hours after leading an Easter address. He had been in poor health after recently battling double pneumonia.A host of world leaders and royals — including Sir Keir Starmer, Donald Trump, the Prince of Wales, and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, home to the biggest Catholic population in the world — have confirmed their attendance.Thousands of mourners have already flocked to Vatican City, carrying flowers, crosses and candles and reciting prayers.On Tuesday, the Vatican released further details of the Pope's final 24...
April 23, 2025

World leaders from Trump to Zelensky to attend Pope's funeral

Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says more than 51,200 Palestinians have been killed
Gaza health ministry denies manipulating death toll figures
JERUSALEM — At al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Alam Hirzallah resigns himself to a grim task: registering the deaths of the wife and two children of his grieving cousin.His family brought the bodies here on an electric rickshaw or tuk-tuk. They found them in their house in eastern Gaza City after Israeli shelling hit the family home. Asma Hirzallah, Mayar, 5, and Abdullah, 3, were killed."The hospital asked for their full names and ID numbers," explains Alam, referring to the numbers all Palestinians are given in a population registry administered by Israel."They gave us a paper to confirm they were martyred and told us to come back for the death certificate. Now we don't know where to go to bury them as the cemeteries are in areas under Israeli control."At least...
April 23, 2025

Gaza health ministry denies manipulating death toll figures

Ukrainian service members  fire a rocket launch system towards Russian troops near the frontline town of Pokrovsk
London to host fresh Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks
LONDON — Diplomats from the UK, France, Germany, Ukraine and the US will hold fresh talks in London on Wednesday aimed at securing a ceasefire in the three-year war between Ukraine and Russia.The talks come amid growing speculation that Russia might be willing to halt its invasion along current front lines in return for significant concessions.The pace of diplomatic efforts to end the war is quickening but there is little clarity about where they are heading or whether they will succeed.US President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, had been expected in London but they pulled out, sending Trump's Ukraine envoy, Gen Keith Kellogg, instead.On Tuesday evening Rubio spoke to UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy about what he hoped would...
April 23, 2025

London to host fresh Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks

Trump nominated Powell to lead the Fed during his first term in the White House
Trump says he has 'no intention of firing' Fed boss
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump says he has "no intention of firing" Jerome Powell after repeatedly criticizing the head of the Federal Reserve.But he added that he would like Powell to be "a little more active" when it comes to cutting interest rates.Speaking in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump also said he is optimistic about improving trade relations with China.Last week, the president intensified his criticism of the Fed chief, calling him "a major loser". The comments sparked a selloff of stocks, bonds and the US dollar, but financial markets have since been recovering from those losses.The latest remarks came after the director of the National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said on Friday that Trump was looking into whether it would be...
April 23, 2025

Trump says he has 'no intention of firing' Fed boss

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