News Archives for World - 2022-05-09

World Published 09 May, 2022 11:52pm

One dead, more than a dozen injured in Austria train accident: news agency

Several emergency helicopters and a large contingent of rescue workers are on duty at the moment

World Published 09 May, 2022 11:13pm

Shots fired from Sri Lanka PM residence under siege

Officials say hundreds of troops are deployed to guard the outgoing premier and his aides at the residence after protesters pulled down a rear gate

World Published 09 May, 2022 06:53pm

Two Palestinians shot dead in Israel violence

Unrest in West Bank as two other Palestinians arrested in connection with three Israeli deaths

World Published 09 May, 2022 06:48pm

Beijing goes quiet as zero-Covid policy smothers capital

China's capital tightens Covid-19 lockdown after hundreds of infections in recent weeks, with 49 new cases on Monday

World Published 09 May, 2022 05:56pm

Afghan women defiant, feel ‘imprisoned’ by order to cover faces

Afghanistan’s supreme leader and Taliban chief Hibatullah Akhundzada approved the order that threatens to push freedoms back toward the harsh rule imposed by the Taliban from 1996 till 2001

World Published 09 May, 2022 05:27pm

King Salman to stay in hospital

Saudi royal court did not say how long the 86-year-old king would have to stay hospitalised

World Published 09 May, 2022 05:14pm

Sri Lanka PM quits after supporters run riot

Dozens injured in violence in Colombo as following clash between rival political camps as island nation faces worst economic crisis since independence