High security in India's Manipur on anniversary of ethnic clashes Security forces were on heightened alert in India's troubled northeastern state of Manipur on Friday, the first anniversary of the start of clashes between the majority Meitei community and tribal Kukis that have killed at least 220 people. The remote state bordering Myanmar has been hit by violence since May 3 last year after a court ordered the state government to consider extending special economic benefits and quotas in govern

Police officer fired gun while clearing protesters from Columbia building, prosecutors say A police officer who was involved in clearing protesters from a Columbia University administration building earlier this week fired his gun inside the hall, a spokesman for District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office confirmed Thursday. No one was injured, according to spokesman Doug Cohen, who said there were other officers but no students in the immediate vicinity. He said Bragg's office is reviewing the inci

Fresh chaos, arrests on US college campuses as police flatten camp at UCLA Police forcibly removed scores of defiant pro-Palestinian protesters at several colleges on Thursday, including taking down an encampment at UCLA in a jarring scene that underscored the heightened chaos that has erupted at universities this week. In the pre-dawn hours, helmeted police swarmed a tent city set up at the University of California in Los Angeles, using flash bangs and riot gear to push through lines of protest

Turkey halts all trade with Israel, cites worsening Palestinian situation (Changes dateline to Ankara) ANKARA, May 2 (Reuters) - Turkey stopped all exports and imports to and from Israel as of Thursday, the Turkish trade ministry said, citing worsening humanitarian tragedy in the Palestinian territories. Export and import transactions related to Israel have been stopped, covering all products, Turkey's trade ministry said in a statement. Turkey will strictly and decisively implement these new me

Prince William and Kate release photo of daughter Charlotte to mark ninth birthday Prince William and his wife Kate released a picture of their daughter Charlotte to mark the princess's ninth birthday on Thursday. In the photograph taken in the last few days by her mother, the Princess of Wales, Charlotte, the couple's second child, was pictured smiling happily in the garden of their home in Windsor. Happy 9th Birthday, Princess Charlotte! a message on the couple's X account said. Thank you for

Police killed student outside Wisconsin school after reports of someone with a weapon, official says Police shot and killed a Wisconsin student outside a middle school after receiving a report of someone with a weapon while class was in session Wednesay, the state's attorney general said in the first law enforcement briefing on the incident that sent children fleeing amid gunshots. Authorities in Mount Horeb had previously said an active shooter who never got inside the building was neutralised

Missile strikes postal depot in Ukraine's Odesa, 14 injured, regional governor says A Russian ballistic missile struck a postal depot in the Ukrainian port of Odesa late on Wednesday, injuring 14 people and triggering a large fire, Regional Governor Oleh Kiper said. It was the third missile attack on the city in as many days. Kiper, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said one of the injured required hospital treatment. The head of the Nova Poshta postal and courier company, Volodymyr Poperes