TEHRAN: Iran on Friday (Oct 16) denied having anything to do with attacks by Yemen’s Houthis, a day after Saudi Arabia accused it of having encouraged the group’s recent escalation against the kingdom. Since Yemen’s civil war flared back to life in July, the pro-Iran Houthis have repeatedly struck Saudi […]
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US President Donald Trump praised an armed bystander as a “great hero” for killing a teenage gunman who shot dead three children and a teacher at an Oregon elementary school. WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday (Oct 16) praised the armed bystander who shot dead a teenage gunman at […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would resort to all weapons in its arsenal, including nuclear ones, if its territory of Kaliningrad were attacked. MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday (Oct 1) the world was living through a dangerous moment and warned the West not to escalate a standoff […]
JAKARTA: Mount Semeru in East Java erupted three times today morning, sending volcanic ash as high as 1,000 metres above its summit, Indonesian authorities said. According to the Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Centre (PVMBG), the highest ash column was recorded during an eruption at 6.28am local time, reaching about […]
SINGAPORE: Cambodia and Thailand will face off before international mediators in Singapore this week in a long-standing dispute over valuable maritime resources, the latest spat between the feuding neighbours. Phnom Penh initiated a UN-backed conciliation process at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) after Bangkok pulled out of an agreement […]
NEW DELHI: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in New Delhi on Saturday for a Brics summit alongside leaders from India, Russia and Iran, as wars, trade and energy test the divided grouping. The conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, along with global trade turbulence and energy security, are expected […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has promised US$5,000 to every American adult if Republicans retain control of the House of Representatives and the Senate in November’s midterm elections. The pledge has raised questions about its legality, its cost and where the money would come from. Is it legal? Federal law prohibits […]
PEREIRA: One month after a powerful earthquake shattered the Colombian city of Pereira, hundreds of people sleep outdoors or seek refuge in shelters with little idea of what the future holds. Pereira is nestled in Colombia’s western coffee-growing region, which was badly hit by the 7.4 magnitude quake on August […]
Three experts said the munition that hit a wedding celebration on Tuesday (Sep 1) was likely a US weapon, rather than an errant Iranian air defence missile. US Vice President JD Vance said that the United States was investigating a deadly strike on an Iranian wedding earlier this week that […]
“It was decided to release five Lebanese civilians,” the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says after interrogations find no terror links. BEIRUT: Lebanon said it received a man on Thursday (Sep 3), freed as Israel announced it would release five people seized from the country’s south, where it […]