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A passenger train, travelling at 75 kmph, hit a stationary goods train on Friday, in Tamil Nadu, at around 8:30 pm. The train entered a loop line instead of the main line, following which at least 12 coaches derailed, leaving several passengers injured, railway officials said. A parcel van also caught fire. Train 12578 Mysuru – Darbhanga Bagmati Express collided with a goods train at Kavaraippettai railway station in Tiruvallur district, near Chennai. 1,360 passengers were on board, said Tiruvallur District Collector Dr T Prabhushankar. 19 of the passengers are reported to be injured, and of them, four suffered severe injuries. They were immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, he said. No casualties reported so… Read More »Tamil Nadu Train Accident: 12 Coaches Derail, 19 Injured, Probe Underway

A passenger train, travelling at 75 kmph, hit a stationary goods train on Friday, in Tamil Nadu, at around 8:30 pm. The train entered a loop line instead of the main line, following which at least 12 coaches derailed, leaving several passengers injured, railway officials said. A parcel van also caught fire. Train 12578 Mysuru – Darbhanga Bagmati Express collided with a goods train at Kavaraippettai railway station in Tiruvallur district, near Chennai. 1,360 passengers were on board, said Tiruvallur District Collector Dr T Prabhushankar. 19 of the passengers are reported to be injured, and of them, four suffered severe injuries. They were immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, he said. No casualties reported so… Read More »Tamil Nadu Train Accident: 12 Coaches Derail, 19 Injured, Probe Underway

The deaths of two US Navy SEALs during an operation earlier this year to seize Iranian weapons bound for Yemen’s Houthi rebels were “preventable,” an investigation into the incident found. During the operation — in which the elite troops boarded a vessel off the coast of Somalia in January — one SEAL slipped and fell into the water, while a second jumped in to try to help him. “Encumbered by the weight of each individual’s gear, neither their physical capability nor emergency supplemental flotation devices, if activated, were sufficient to keep them at the surface,” according to the Navy investigation, which said the incident was “marked by systematic issues” and was “preventable.” It found that… Read More »Deaths Of 2 Navy SEALS Killed In Somalia Sea Op “Preventable”, Probe Finds

A US soldier who pleaded guilty to trying to provide information to the Islamic State group to help it attack American troops in the Middle East was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Friday. Cole Bridges, 24, pleaded guilty in June of last year to attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and attempting to murder US military service members. Bridges, a private first class from Ohio, was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Friday and 10 years of supervised release, the Justice Department said in a statement. Today, Pfc. Cole Bridges was sentenced to 14 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign… Read More »US Soldier, Who Allegedly Aided ISIS, Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison

Israel entered Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, with the country engulfed in a war. The Day of Atonement arrived on Friday evening under the shadow of intense fighting on multiple fronts, marking the first time Israel has found itself at war during this religious observance since 1973. This year, the observance of Yom Kippur took place amidst rocket fire from Gaza, airstrikes in Lebanon, and tensions with Iran. As the sun set and Israelis marked the start of the festival, air raid sirens continued to blare across towns and cities. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported that over 120 rockets had been fired into Israeli territory from Gaza, even in the… Read More »Israel Marks Jewish Holiday Amid Multi-Front War For First Time Since 1973