Author: Sam S

The Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility for at least one attack, but has been responsible for similar incidents in the past.More than 70 people have been killed in four attacks in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, military and police officials said, amid multiple reports of violence. The military said 14 soldiers and police and 21 militants were killed in fighting following the largest attack on a vehicle on a main road in Bela, a town in Lasbela district. In another attack in Musakhel district, local authorities said at least 23 civilians were killed and 35 vehicles were set ablaze by attackers…

New York CNN — About two dozen Red Lobster locations are set to close in the coming days as the seafood restaurant chain moves forward in bankruptcy proceedings. According to recent court filings, the company plans to reject leases for 23 more locations by Saturday, Aug. 31, joining the more than 100 Red Lobster locations it closed earlier this summer. After the closures, the chain will be left with about 500 locations, a significant drop from 650 last year. Red Lobster is in the process of selling itself to Fortress Credit Corp., a veteran restaurant lender that also owns Crystal,…

One person was killed when ice collapsed on a glacier in southern Iceland while a group of foreign tourists were visiting it, local media reported.A second tourist was injured but taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while two others remain missing. Rescue teams have resumed the search for missing people on Breiðamerkurjökull glacier after suspending operations overnight due to difficult conditions. A group of 25 people were visiting the ice cave with a guide on Sunday when the ice collapsed. Rescue workers tried to manually extract the missing people.Emergency crews received a call about the collapse just before 6pm on…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a massive drone and missile barrage targeting energy infrastructure across Ukraine on Monday, reportedly killing at least three people and causing power outages across the country. The barrage of shelling began around midnight and continued past dawn, in what is believed to be Russia’s largest attack on Ukraine in recent weeks.Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhali said on Monday morning that Russian forces had fired drones, cruise missiles and Kinzhal hypersonic ballistic missiles at 15 Ukrainian regions – more than half of the country’s territory.”Energy infrastructure has again been targeted by Russian terrorists and, unfortunately,…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen identified and took 23 passengers from buses, vehicles and trucks and shot them dead in one of the deadliest attacks in Pakistan’s restive southwest, police and authorities said Monday.Senior police official Ayub Achakzai said the murder took place at night in Balochistan’s Musakhair district, and that the assailants set at least 10 vehicles on fire before fleeing the scene.In a separate attack early Monday, gunmen killed at least nine people, including four police officers and five passers-by, in Kalat district of Balochistan province, authorities said, with reports of shootings in other parts of the province.Militants…

Along with the rest of Ukrainians celebrating Independence Day, 19-year-old student Yulia Vishnivska was being warned of the growing threat of Russian attack.But that didn’t stop her and hundreds of others from taking to the rooftops in central Kiev and staging an open-air musical protest.”I heard on the radio the Americans warning that the Russians would bomb us today and I thought, ‘Oh my God, they’re trying to kill us,'” she said, as the setting sun lit up the pattern of her vyshyvanka, a traditional dress. “But we’re used to it and we know we live in this dangerous situation,…

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel DurovManuel Blondeau – Corbis | Corbis News | Getty ImagesTelegram’s chief executive, Pavel Durov, was arrested at an airport outside Paris on Saturday night and detained on suspicion of crimes related to the messaging app, French media reported.The 39-year-old Russian-born billionaire is reportedly accused of failing to prevent his platform from being misused for criminal activity. France’s Agency for the Protection of Minors (OFMIN), responsible for protecting minors from violence, issued an arrest warrant for Durov on charges of organized crime, drug trafficking, fraud, cyberbullying and promoting terrorism on his platform, AFP reported, citing sources.The…

“Right to disconnect” rules have come into force in Australia, offering relief to people who feel forced to answer calls or read messages from their employer after finishing their work day.The new law allows employees to choose to ignore after-hours communications without fear of being punished by their superiors.A study published last year estimated that Australians work an average of 281 hours of unpaid overtime per year.Similar rules have been enacted in more than 20 countries, mostly in Europe and Latin America.The law does not prohibit employers from contacting employees outside of working hours.Instead, it gives staff the right not…

NEW YORK — Aaron Judge was hustled out of the dugout to receive a curtain call from Yankee Stadium fans, and it was well deserved. The Yankees captain’s historic climb reached another milestone when he hit his 50th and 51st home runs in New York’s 10-3 win over the Rockies on Sunday. Judge hit a two-run homer in the top of the first inning off Austin Gomber to reach the 50-home run milestone for the third time in his career and the second time in three seasons. The Yankees hit three straight home runs in the seventh inning, off Jeff…

As Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for US president, and 100,000 red, white and blue balloons floated down from the rafters, Charlene Dukes’ eyes filled with tears. “It was when she spoke about her family, her upbringing, which is so similar to many of us,” said Dukes, a Black woman from Maryland.“Many of us were not born with a silver spoon in our mouths,” added Dukes, who said the prospect of the US electing a woman of colour as president for the first time in its 248-year history left her feeling “euphoric”.Harris’s address got a thunderous reception in a…