Drake Passage 2025 earthquake: What the 7.4-magnitude tremor reveals about the world’s most dangerous waters | World News

On August 22, 2025, a powerful earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale struck the Drake Passage, the turbulent waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Recorded at 07:46 AM IST at a depth of 36 km (coordinates 60.26° S, 61.85° W), the tremor immediately raised alarms among scientists and maritime authorities. Chile issued tsunami…

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‘Several countries’: Iran says it has built weapon factories abroad; missile development ‘a priority’ says defence minister

Image: X@/iranmilitaryeng Iran’s defence minister, Aziz Nasirzadeh, has said in a televised interview that Tehran has built infrastructure to produce weapons in “several countries”, though he did not disclose the names of the nations involved. The remarks come amid heightened tensions triggered by Israeli and US strikes against Iran earlier this summer.Nasirzadeh stated that “missile…

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‘Never witnessed him in inappropriate setting’: Ghislaine Maxwell breaks silence on Epstein; defends Trump | World News

‘Never witnessed him in inappropriate setting’: Ghislaine Maxwell breaks silence on Epstein; defends Trump The US Justice Department on Friday released hours of interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell – the convicted accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein, in which she denied claims linking prominent political figures to Epstein’s alleged sex crimes. Speaking to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche…

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Actor Norman Reedus’s son in custody: Mingus Lucien booked for alleged assault charges in NYC; calls it ‘misunderstanding’ | World News

Actor Norman Reedus’s son Mingus Lucien booked for alleged assault charges in NYC (Pic credit: Instagram) Mingus Lucien Reedus, 25, son of actor Norman Reedus and supermodel Helena Christensen, was arrested in Manhattan on Saturday morning over an alleged assault, the New York Post reported. Reedus allegedly punched a 33-year-old woman to wake her up…

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Indian-origin truck driver arrested in Canada, killed a mother-daughter in crash nine months ago, fled Ontario

An Indian-origin truck driver arrested in Canada nine months after crash that killed a mother-daughter. Amid a major row over Punjabi truck drivers breaking law in the US, an Indian-origin truck driver has been arrested in Canada after months of being a fugitive. 25-year-old Navjeet Singh was arrested at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport Thursday as…

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United Nations: UN says workers’ health ‘severely impacted’ by rising heat

GENEVA: Rising global temperatures are having an ever-worsening impact on the health and productivity of workers, the United Nations said Friday, urging immediate action to tackle the dangers of heat stress.Extreme heat is posing growing challenges in the workplace, the UN’s health and climate agencies said, as they issued guidance for governments, employers and health…

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Nikki Haley says India should take US’ point seriously on Russian oil, Trump needs to speak to Modi ‘sooner the better’

Nikki Haley thinks India should tale Trump’s point seriously on Russian oil. Former US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said India should take Donald Trump’s point seriously and work with the White House to find a solution to the tariff war. The statement is from the same opinion piece that Haley wrote for…

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