Two fathers were in for a shock when their children collected what appeared to be candy from a porch in Ocean Beach while Halloween trick-or-treating, only to find out that they were psilocybin mushroom gummies. The San Diego Police Department is now investigating the incident. Children find suspected mushroom gummies outside San Diego home while … Read more
Americans will get a chance to vote in the 2026 US midterm elections and decide who represents them in Congress and their state governments. Midterm elections take place halfway through a four-year presidential term. These elections will not decide who becomes president. Donald Trump will remain in office regardless of the results. US midterm elections … Read more
The head of the world’s chemical weapons watchdog on a visit Tuesday to Syrian capital Damascus said the remaining chemical weapons from the era of ousted president Bashar al-Assad must be urgently identified and destroyed. Watchdog chief says urgent to find remaining Assad-era chemical weapons Assad was repeatedly accused of using chemical weapons during Syria’s … Read more
New Delhi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday called for stronger regional cooperation among BIMSTEC countries to combat terrorism, disrupt terrorist financing and organised crime, and ensure that terrorist networks do not find a haven in the region. Ensure terror networks do not find haven in region: Shah to BIMSTEC countries Addressing the first … Read more
A rock musician working at a computer might seem an unlikely figure in an asteroid-sampling mission, but Brian May brought a specialist skill to Nasa’s search for a place to land on Bennu. The Queen guitarist, who also holds a doctorate in astrophysics, helped scientists turn spacecraft photographs into three-dimensional views of the asteroid’s rough … Read more
Local reports have claimed that the body of a Maryland man who went missing while visiting Cleveland has been found. However, the family of Phoenix Phillips has said that they are waiting for the DNA results, and that “there is no 100% confirmation” that the body is his. Phoenix Phillips update: Body find during search … Read more
Indian man Prit Pankaj Jain travels to North Carolina to meet juvenile whom he was grooming online. An Indian man was arrested and charged with several sex crimes in Davidson County, North Carolina after it was found that he traveled from India to North Carolina to meet a girl with whom he claimed to be … Read more
Two Nvidia-branded trailers belonging to autonomous-trucking company PlusAI were stolen from outside its warehouse in Fremont, California, on September 23, 2026. The trailers were associated with PlusAI’s work with Nvidia on autonomous-driving technology, but instead of carrying GPUs, servers or other expensive AI equipment, each contained about 20,000 pounds of sand. The pair therefore carried … Read more
They came home to a war-ruined city determined to rebuild their lives, but a chronic lack of power, water, jobs and medicine has left many residents of Sudan’s capital wishing they had stayed away. Power cuts, rubble: millions come home to find Sudan’s capital unlivable About four million people fled Khartoum after war broke out … Read more
Patients infected with dengue receive treatment at a hospital in Dhaka A sharp rise in dengue cases is putting hospitals in Dhaka under severe pressure. Over 747 new patients were admitted across Bangladesh in the 24 hours to 8am on Friday. The surge prompted some hospitals to treat patients on floors and verandas after beds … Read more