As giant excavators tried to untangle crushed trains on Saturday at the scene of India’s worst rail disaster in decades, a solemn scene was playing out at a small school a few hundred yards away. In humid air filled with the odor of human flesh, relatives went through the harrowing exercise of identifying their loved […]
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India Train Crash: Latest News and Updates
A train crash in eastern India on Friday was the country’s worst rail disaster in two decades, killing more than 280 people and renewing questions about rail safety in a country that has invested heavily in the system in recent years after a long history of deadly crashes. Two passenger trains collided around 7 p.m. […]
3 Israeli Soldiers Killed in Rare Attack on Egyptian Border
A man identified by the Israeli and Egyptian authorities as an Egyptian security officer entered Israeli territory on Saturday and killed three Israeli soldiers in two separate shooting incidents in a remote desert area along the border between the two countries, according to an initial investigation by the Israeli military. Many details remained murky hours […]
In Russian Schools, It’s Recite Your ABC’s and ‘Love Your Army’
A new version of the ABC’s in Russia’s far east starts with “A is for Army, B is for Brotherhood” — and injects a snappy phrase with every letter, like, “Love your Army.” A swim meet in the southern city of Magnitogorsk featured adolescents diving into the pool wearing camouflage uniforms, while other competitors slung model Kalashnikov […]
U.S. Will Try to Bring China Into Arms Control Talks
The White House will renew its effort to draw China into discussions about entering arms control talks, President Biden’s national security adviser said on Friday, and will attempt to establish a global accord that specifies that artificial intelligence programs can never be used to authorize the use of nuclear weapons without a human in the […]
At Least 50 Feared Dead in Train Crash in Indian State of Odisha
Two trains derailed in India in the eastern state of Odisha on Friday, Indian news reports said, killing as many as 50 people and injuring hundreds more in an accident that deeply shook the country. Amitabh Sharma, a railroad ministry spokesperson, was quoted by The Times of India as saying that 10 to 12 coaches […]
After Mass Shootings in Serbia, Few Want to Give Up Their Guns
He learned how to shoot a gun from his grandfather before he started school, and he fought in three wars as a soldier in the Yugoslav and then the Serbian Army during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s. Sinisa Janicijevic became such a good shot that he regularly gets invited to weddings in villages around […]
Russia-Ukraine War: Live Updates – The New York Times
President Emmanuel Macron and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Bulboaca, Moldova, on Thursday.Credit…Ludovic Marin/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images President Emmanuel Macron of France said on Thursday that a gathering of European leaders in Moldova showed Europe’s unity in supporting Ukraine and in standing up to Russian aggression, but he reiterated France’s position that full-fledged […]
Debt Deal Includes a Green Light for a Contentious Pipeline
Follow live updates as the Senate votes on the debt ceiling bill. Environmental activists are enraged by the deal struck between President Biden and Republicans to raise the debt ceiling because it would also expedite construction of a bitterly contested gas pipeline and includes unusual measures to insulate that project from judicial review. The $6.6 […]
Protests Erupt in Senegal After Opposition Leader Is Sentenced to Prison
A court in Senegal sentenced the country’s leading opposition figure to two years in prison on Thursday after finding him guilty of “corrupting youth,” prompting scores of protesters to take to the streets, and clash with security forces, throughout the country. The ruling, which for now bars him from running in future elections, throws the […]