Wednesday, 24 December 2025

Category: World

Four dead in Norway helicopter crash

OSLO: A helicopter crash in the far north of Norway has killed four people, with one injured and another missing, rescue services said Saturday. “The

What is a Category 5 storm?

Scientists rank hurricanes from one to five on what is called the SaffirSimpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Category 5 storms have sustained winds of at least

UK shipyard braces for Brexit turmoil

MILFORD HAVEN (United Kingdom): Welsh businessman Stewart Graves is certain that a no-deal Brexit will shut down his marine renewable energy plant currently testing its

Bahamas, Florida in path of Dorian

MIAMI: Hurricane Dorian strengthened into an “extremely dangerous” storm on Friday as it bore down on the Bahamas and the east coast of the US

Two million Indians face statelessness

GUWAHATI (India): Almost two million people in north-east India were left facing statelessness yesterday after the state of Assam published a citizenship list aimed at

Air strikes halt in Syria’s Idlib after truce

BEIRUT: Air strikes on Syria’s north-western Idlib region stopped yesterday, a war monitor said, after the government agreed to a Russian-backed ceasefire following four months