Measles: Why Bangladesh is seeing a deadly spike in cases Bangladesh has launched an emergency vaccination campaign after a fast-spreading measles outbreak is suspected of killing more than 100 people –
Mostly children, in what may be the country’s most lethal wave of the disease in recent history.The campaign, which began on Sunday,... Read More
Iran says intelligence chief killed by US-Israeli strike, as Trump threatens ‘hell’ if deal not made-BBC
Iran says the intelligence chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Majid Khademi, was killed in a US-Israeli strike on Monday morning... Read More
Hungary’s Viktor Orban alleges plot to blow up gas pipeline ahead of election” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has convened an emergency meeting of the National Defence Council after explosives were found near a pipeline that transports Russian gas to Hungary-
The discovery in a border area of neighbouring Serbia comes as Orban’s party is badly trailing in opinion polls ahead of crucial... Read More
NY oil futures hit $115 a barrel on latest Trump Iran threat.New York WTI crude oil futures jumped overnight to a one-month high-
The gain came as traders priced in fresh risk to global supply amid the threat from US President Donald Trump to widen... Read More
Trump vows ‘hell’ for Iran if Strait stays shut, says a deal is possible –
President Donald Trump threatened to rain “hell” on Tehran if it did not make a deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz... Read More
Pepsi drops Wireless Festival sponsorship over Kanye West booking and antisemitic remarks .Beverage company Pepsi has withdrawn its sponsorship of Wireless Festival after the event booked Kanye West as headliner, following his Nazi-related remarks-
Pepsi, the main sponsor of Wireless Festival under the branding “Pepsi presents Wireless,” withdrew its support after the festival booked West, also... Read More
Trump says ‘good chance’ of deal with Iran on Monday-
“I think there is a good chance tomorrow, they are negotiating now,” the president told a Fox News journalist. “If they don’t... Read More
American commandos deployed deep into Iranian territory to rescue a downed airman, US news outlets reported on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump announced that the crew member had been recovered “safe and sound.”
Tehran said this week it had shot down an F-15 warplane, the first US fighter jet to go down inside Iran since... Read More
Limerick and Cork promise no shadow-boxing in another prime-time clash.
NHL final preview: Limerick and Cork promise no shadow-boxing in another prime-time clash 7 March 2026; From left, Adam English, Barry Nash... Read More
Pope Leo XIV is set to mark Easter Sunday for the first time as pontiff, with the Middle East war casting a pall over the most important date in the Christian calendar.
The US-born pope, who has emerged as a leading voice against the war, will hold mass in St Peter’s Square from 9.30am... Read More