The Saudi-led coalition battling the Iran-backed Houthis struck oil sites across western Yemen on Tuesday including in the capital Sanaa, in response to the deadliest attack on the kingdom’s soil in years. Blasts were heard shortly after in Saudi capital Riyadh and at an oil giant Aramco facility in eastern Saudi Arabia, witnesses and journalists […]
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Ex-gang leader sentenced to minimum 40 years for Tupac murder
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the former Los Angeles gang leader who boasted for years of his involvement in the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, only to deny it when he came to trial, was sentenced to a minimum 40 years in prison on Tuesday. The sentence, which will likely see him die in custody, comes […]
French economy minister denies country caught in debt ‘snowball’
France’s Economy Minister Roland Lescure said Tuesday that the country was not trapped in a debt “snowball” as he pressed opposition parties to pass a government budget for 2027. President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist government is anxious to pass a budget before the end of the year as it seeks to reassure markets that France can […]
Cornell suspends frat parties after alleged gang rape
Cornell University on Tuesday suspended fraternities’ parties and social events for the remaining academic year following outcry over an alleged gang rape at one of the elite college’s all-male clubs. The 2024 incident, as alleged in a graphic lawsuit filed last month, has drawn accusations that the Ivy League institution in New York state failed to […]
Suspected Russian drones hit two ships off Bulgaria, 11 missing
Suspected Russian drones struck two cargo ships off Bulgaria Tuesday, sinking one vessel and leaving 11 sailors missing in the latest spillover from the Ukraine war in the Black Sea. Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev summoned the Russian ambassador after drones struck a Ukrainian-owned cargo ship, the Chelsea 3, while another vessel was also hit […]
Pope Leo in Rome hospital for lung operation
Pope Leo XIV entered a Rome hospital smiling and waving Tuesday ahead of surgery to remove a nodule on his lung. The Vatican said the operation to remove a pulmonary nodule, a small growth of tissue in the lung, would be carried out on Tuesday afternoon. But there was no immediate confirmation that it had […]
Flavio Bolsonaro visits father under house arrest ahead of Brazil runoff
Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro on Tuesday visited his father Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest and said that the former far-right president was “very happy” with the result of Brazil’s October 4 election where his son placed first. Flavio Bolsonaro’s visit, authorized by the Supreme Court on Monday, came two weeks ahead of a run-off […]
Trump asks Greece ambassador to resign amid ethics scandal
US President Donald Trump’s administration has asked his ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign, the White House said Tuesday, amid allegations that she sought money from a Trump supporter and accepted lavish hospitality from wealthy Greek businessmen.”We have asked Ambassador Guilfoyle to resign,” Trump’s new press secretary Katie Zacharia told reporters at her first […]
Houthis say Saudi Arabia strikes oil site in Yemen’s capital
Yemen’s Houthis said Saudi Arabia struck an oil facility in Sanaa on Tuesday, after the Riyadh-led coalition told civilians to leave the surrounding area in its first evacuation order for the Yemeni capital since the war flared up again. After a series of strikes on the kingdom’s airports and energy sites, the coalition’s spokesman said […]