News24 | Kenya paralysed by deadly protests, strikes due to fuel cost
The African country is among many dependent on fuel imports from the Gulf. Last week, authorities in the country hiked fuel prices by 23.5%.
Day: May 19, 2026
Security guards face probe after last week’s Philippine Senate shooting
Authorities say the shooting was not an ‘attack on the Senate’ and identified the person who fired the first shot.
Qatar says US-Iran negotiations need ‘more time’
Qatar’s foreign ministry says more time is needed for US-Iran negotiations.
NYSE owner Intercontinental Exchange partners with financial infrastructure company Ornn to launch USD-denominated futures contracts for computing power (Katherine Doherty/Bloomberg)
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NYSE owner Intercontinental Exchange partners with financial infrastructure company Ornn to launch USD-denominated futures contracts for computing power — Intercontinental Exchange Inc., owner of the N…
US clears $198.2 million Apache sustainment package for India under FMS
Washington, May 19. The US Department of State has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to India worth an estimated $198.2 million for follow-on sustainment and support of its AH-64E Apache attack helicopters. According to the notification, India …
CENTCOM chief says Iran school was on active missile site
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At least one killed, 21 wounded in car bomb explosion in Syria’s Damascus
Blast occurs near Defence Ministry building in Bab Sharqi district of the capital.
Desperate Putin is ‘in Xi’s pocket’ & will be ‘begging fellow tyrant for three things’ in crunch ‘Axis of Evil’ talks
DESPERATE Vladimir Putin will be “in Xi Jinping’s pocket” as he begs his fellow tyrant for three things in tomorrow’s “Axis of Evil” summit, experts say. The “severely imbalanced” relationship between Moscow and Beijing will be magnified during the pai…
U.K. police probe allegations of child sex abuse dating back to 1980s after Epstein file release
Police in the UK say they are investigating two allegations of decades-old child sex abuse after looking into potential crimes revealed in documents from the U.S. Justice Department’s investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Heartbreaking words of Maldives divers’ husband & dad as first bodies are recovered and cops launch manslaughter probe
THE heartbroken husband of an Italian tourist who died during a cave dive in the Maldives has said “something must have happened down there”. Expert teams have now recovered the first two of four bodies located deep inside Thinwana Kandu cave, als…