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On Saturday morning, an explosion occurred at the Shahid Rajaee port in Bandar Abbas, Iran, leaving at least 40 dead and over 1000 injured, according to the Red Crescent Society. The explosion, which was reported to have been heard up to 31 miles away, caused windows in nearby office buildings to be blown out. Photographs showed "twisted" scraps of metal sprawled across the streets. At least one roof also collapsed. There were reports of victims pinned under collapsed walls. One of the people in the area told state TV "The entire warehouse w

On Friday, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) released bodycam footage of an April 8 incident where Jillian Lauren ― writer, and wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner ― was shot by officers, arrested and charged with attempted murder following an armed standoff. Officers are heard in the video saying: "Ma'am, put the gun down! Drop the gun! It's the police. Ma'am, we're trying to help. Come out with your hands up! You're going to get shot!" The incident began when a large quantity of officers gave chase into the Eagle Rock neighborhoo

On Friday, streaming platform Twitch banned the channel of hip hop artist Kanye West seven minutes into his first stream. The reason for his ban was because he said "Heil Hitler" on his stream and did the Nazi salute. He implored his followers to "wear Swastika's." Afterwards, his channel read, "This channel is temporarily unavailable due to a violation of Twitch's Community Guidelines or Terms of Service." Although the channel was banned, the video generated millions of views on other social media platforms, such as YouTube. The incident ca

On Saturday, April 19, the second round of talks between an Iranian delegation led by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and a U.S. delegation led by U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff took place in Rome, the capital of Italy. The delegations sat in two separate rooms for over four hours as Omani mediators passed written notes between the parties during the indirect talks. The Iranian foreign minister said, "It was a good session with negotiations moving forward," and confirmed that the next round of high-level talks with the U.S.—scheduled for Apr

A man from Lowell, Massachusetts was arrested Monday after driving the wrong way on Interstate 93 in New Hampshire near Exit 34C in Franconia Notch at 11 p.m. Sunday night said state police. According to state police, near Exit 39, the man was driving straight toward them in the fast lane. Early efforts to pull him over did not succeed. Troopers soon spotted another vehicle heading southbound, directly in the path of the driver going the wrong way. Fortunately, the southbound driver managed to steer clear of the oncoming vehicle. A short time

Two people in black clothing not showing their face, left the area of a shooting at Windsor Road, Tuebrook, Liverpool, England on a bike on Tuesday evening at around 6.45 p.m. A man in his 30's was shot at, causing leg injury, police said. At least nine police cars, and two scientific support vehicles, were at the scene said the Liverpool Echo. Police claimed they thought the people in black were trying to target the man. Police are asking the public to review their dashcams, CCTV and doorbell camera footage.

On Friday night, the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Baltimore Orioles in American Major League Baseball at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland. The score was 8-3. Three-run home runs by Elly De La Cruz, and Matt McLain helped the Reds defeat the Orioles. De La Cruz batted in the top of the third inning. There were two outs and two runners on, with the Cincinnati Reds losing against the Baltimore Orioles 1-0. De La Cruz hit the first pitch from Orioles pitcher Cade Povich, and hit the ball to centerfield. It reached the top of th

On Monday, pop music singer Katy Perry safely returned to Earth, landing in Chihuahuan Desert, located on the border of United States and Mexico, after a sub-orbital spaceflight as part of Jeff Bezos's space tourism program. It was the first all-female space flight since 1963. Perry's fellow spacegoers included NASA scientist Aisha Bowe, activist Amanda Nguyen, film producer Kerianne Flynn, journalist and aviator Lauren Sánchez, and Gayle King of CBS. According to Blue Origin, they were the first all-female space crew in over six decades, with

On Friday, a small plane crashed in South Florida near Interstate 95 in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. All three people onboard the plane were killed. A person in a nearby car was also injured after the plane pushed the car into a nearby railroad track, which resulted in a closure of the track, according to fire officials. According to sources, rudder malfunctions were reported by the pilot prior to the crash. The plane was identified by the Federal Aviation Administration as a Cessna 310. It had departed from Boca Raton Airport at 2:20 P

A Nobel Prize laureate writer from Peru, Mario Vargas Llosa has passed away. Llosa was a past presidential runner. Peru's political people said Monday, that people came out to remember the life of Vargas Llosa that he was an influence to all Peruvians, while people lay flowers outside his home in Lima's Barranco District. Llosa died at the age of 89 on Sunday in Lima, with his family. He will be cremated, his family said, adding that it was his wish. No public ceremony will happen said the family. The President of Peru, Dina Boluarte, prai

Late on Friday, an explosion occurred in Athens, Greece after tips were given to local media outlets. The explosion occurred in an area near the offices of the railway company Hellenic Train, which were damaged in the incident, occuring during what was described as "peak traffic hour." The explosive device was discovered inside a backback that was rigged with padlocks and was strapped to a scooter void of license plates or identification. A police bomb squad unit was dispatched with the intention of defusing the bomb before detonation, howev

At 6:00 am on Thursday, the Beijing Meteorological Bureau, a branch of China Meteorological Administration, issued for northern China an amber, second highest level, warning for extremely high winds and a blue warning for sandstorms for the weekend from April 11 to 13. Due to strong cold front, continuous, heavy snow was expected to occur in eastern Inner Mongolia and eastern Northeast China, while southern China would experience moderate to heavy rainfall. Ma Xuekuan, chief forecaster of the Central Meteorological Observatory, said this stro