Death toll of the earthquake that ripped through Kumamoto in the southwestern part of Japan has risen to 34. Authorities in Kumamoto prefecture said on Thursday that rescuers were still looking for trapped individuals after the earthquake destroyed houses and power lines. Scores of people died after part of a shopping centre collapsed and an explosion swept the mall…
The Federal Police and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) in Germany on Thursday said human trafficking detected in Germany fell sharply in 2025 along with irregular migration. They said that a total of 4,622 smuggling operations were registered, a 41.9 per cent fewer than in the previous year. They said it includes 147 particularly serious cases and those…
Jordan Henderson has officially left Brentford after both the club and the player agreed to terminate his contract by mutual consent, paving the way for his expected move to Chelsea. The experienced midfielder joined Brentford from Dutch club Ajax last summer and became an important member of the squad during the 2025/26 season. The 36 year old featured in…
Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee (NOC) has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to provisionally reinstate Russia. The IOC suspended the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) in 2023 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. However, on July 7, 2026, the IOC lifted the suspension, saying the reasons for the ban were “no…
The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, with surging inflation fuelled by President Donald Trump’s war on Iran seeing three of the committee’s 12 policymakers calling for a quarter-percentage-point rate hike. The Fed’s open market committee (FOMC) held rates at 3.50-3.75 per cent for the fifth straight meeting, with its chairman, Kevin Warsh, denying that he…
President Donald Trump vowed to hit back hard at Iran after it attacked US bases in Jordan on Wednesday, as the Middle East war reignited and once again drew in the Islamic republic’s proxies. The warning came after a short lull in the fighting that had spurred hopes of a return to negotiations appeared to draw to an end,…
