International

At least seven people have been arrested in Guatemala in connection with the deaths of 53 migrants in the United States in 2022. The country’s Interior Ministry said Wednesday that the leader of the Los Orozco gang, which it said was “dedicated to smuggling migrants to the United States,” and six others were arrested. In 2022, 53 undocumented individuals from …

The body of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch has been recovered from the wreckage of his yacht, the “Bayesian”, which sank off the coast of Sicily on Monday. The search for the latest missing person, a woman, continues with specialist divers still searching the area. So far, six bodies have been recovered, including Lynch’s. The latest discovery brings the death …

  Russian Orthodox priests have visited the scene of a large fire at a fuel depot, which continues to burn three days after it was started by a Ukrainian drone strike. More than 500 firefighters are fighting a massive blaze at a Proletarsk oil depot in Russia’s southern Rostov region. About 20 of the 74 storage tanks were on fire, …

A massive explosion at an Indian pharmaceutical factory has killed at least 17 people, and injured 34 others, many with serious chemical burns. The blast occurred on Wednesday afternoon at a pharmaceutical unit in Anakapalli district, Andhra Pradesh. District police chief M. Deepika confirmed that “rescue operations are complete” and everyone has been accounted for, with the final toll of …

Two air-to-surface missiles fired by the Israeli military at a civilian SUV in the city of Sidon killed a leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades on Wednesday. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades is the armed wing of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah). A Lebanese military source confirmed the incident to reporters in Beirut. The victim was identified as Khalil Maqdah, …

At least 28 people were killed and 23 others injured when a bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims crashed in Iran’s central Yazd province on Tuesday night. The bus was en route to the Iran-Iraq border carrying Pakistani passengers attending the Arbaeen ceremony when the incident occurred in Dehshir village, Taft County, at 9:50 p.m. local time (18:20 GMT) Tuesday night. Director …

  ● Among the 22 on board was British tycoon Mike Lynch, who celebrated his recent acquittal on fraud charges in the United States. Divers and an underwater drone are searching for six people, including a UK tech tycoon and an international banker, believed to be trapped when a luxury superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily. Among the six …

At least 12 people were killed and dozens more injured in an Israeli attack on a school building in Gaza City. The Israeli army said in a statement on Tuesday that the Palestinian militant organization Hamas had hidden a command center at the site. “Hamas terrorists use command and control centers to plan and carry out attacks,” he said. The …

  The father of a New Zealand lawyer who was aboard a superyacht has told 1News his daughter was left “severely traumatised” after the luxury vessel sank during a violent storm off Sicily yesterday. Ayla Ronald was aboard the Bayesian yacht when it capsized. (Composite image: Associated Press/Clifford Chance) Ayla Ronald, 36, was among 22 people on board the Bayesian, …

  Vice President Kamala Harris is riding a wave of voter enthusiasm heading into the Democratic National Convention, which has transformed the race against former President Donald Trump with three months to go. The four-day convention in Chicago begins Monday, about a month after President Biden’s reelection campaign concluded, as a growing number of Democrats question the 80-year-old’s ability to …