A small girl is woken in the night. The family is to travel immediately from their idyllic home near Lahore, in what is current-day Pakistan, to India. Story Published at: August 14, 2022 at 01:21AM
‘Lives torn asunder.’ The children of Indian Partition, 75 years on
A Ukrainian power plant is facing increased shelling. The idea of a nuclear disaster is a daily reality
Every day Olga is bused from her home in the Russian-occupied town of Enerhodar, on the banks of the Dnipro River in southeastern Ukraine, to the nearby Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant where she works.Story Published at: August 13, 2022 at 10:49AM
One dead, 17 injured after stage collapse at Spanish music festival
One person died Saturday and 17 have been injured, three of them seriously, after a stage collapsed at a music festival near Valencia, Spain, according to local officials.Story Published at: August 13, 2022 at 10:23AM
Man rescued from tunnel allegedly planned bank heist: Rome police
A man rescued from the rubble of a collapsed tunnel in Rome has been accused of digging it as part of an elaborate movie-like plot to rob a bank.Story Published at: August 13, 2022 at 06:45AM
New Langya virus found in China could be ‘tip of the iceberg’ for undiscovered pathogens, researchers say
More surveillance is needed of a new virus detected in dozens of people in eastern China that may not cause the next pandemic but suggests just how easily viruses can travel unnoticed from animals to humans, scientists say. Story Published at: August 12, 2022 at 08:55AM
‘Anti-memorials’ honor Indian Partition’s unseen victims, 75 years on
Through quiet but searing installations, artist Pritika Chowdhry reckons with violence that ripples through generations: mass displacement, rape and riots tracing back to the snaking borders that split a nation. For 15 years, she has made artworks based on the partition of British India into an independent India and Pakistan in 1947, as well as the bloody nationalist conflict that […]
State media: 11 killed, including 2 children, in Montenegro gun attack
At least 11 people were killed, including two children, in a deadly mass shooting in Montenegro’s southern city of Cetinje on Friday, according to state media RTCG. Story Published at: August 12, 2022 at 11:00PM
Why a hostage-taker in Lebanon was hailed as a national hero
A dramatic series of events unfolded on a bustling street in Beirut on Thursday when an armed man barged into a bank and held employees and customers hostage. He wasn’t trying to rob the bank — he was demanding his own money back. Story Published at: August 12, 2022 at 04:35PM
It’s not yet clear what caused blasts at a Crimea air base. But analysts say Russia suffered a significant loss
When a series of explosions rocked a Russian air base in Crimea on Tuesday, sending Russian vacationers fleeing from nearby beaches, it was clearly an embarrassment for Moscow. Western officials and analysts have since offered competing explanations about the cause. Story Published at: August 12, 2022 at 03:26PM
Search and rescue efforts are ongoing for several missing people as China’s Shanxi province was hit by record rainfall, according to Chinese state media CCTV.Story Published at: