JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities said on Sunday they had located the wreckage of a fisheries surveillance plane that went missing in South Sulawesi province near a fog-covered mountain, but were still searching for the 11 people on board. The ATR 42-500 turboprop owned by aviation group Indonesia Air Transport lost contact […]
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The White House said the organisations promote “radical climate policies, global governance, and ideological programmes that conflict with US sovereignty and economic strength”. WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Jan 7) signed a proclamation withdrawing the US from 35 non-United Nations organisations and 31 UN entities that “operate […]
NEW DELHI: The United States could raise tariffs on India if New Delhi doesn’t meet Washington’s demand to curb purchases of Russian oil, President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. “Modi is a good guy. He knew I was not happy, and it was important to make me […]
MOSCOW: Russian nuclear-capable bombers conducted a “scheduled” flight over the Norwegian and Barents Seas, prompting “fighter jets of foreign countries” to escort them, Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday (Dec 25), according to Russian news agencies. Neither the date of the Tu-95 flights nor the countries that deployed monitoring aircraft […]
SYDNEY: The Australian city of Darwin’s international airport remained shuttered on Sunday (Nov 23) after a tropical cyclone brought destructive winds to the Northern Territory capital overnight. Fina, a category three cyclone, was on Sunday clocking wind gusts of up to 205kmh as it moved away from Northern Territory capital […]
SEOUL: A South Korea court issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday for former spy agency chief Cho Tae-yong who is under a probe into ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law in 2024, Yonhap News Agency reported today. The Seoul Central District Court gave the warrant due to concerns […]
SYDNEY: Australia’s defence force operations to protect its sea trade routes, including through the South China Sea, are becoming more risky as Beijing undertakes the “biggest military build-up in the world today”, Australia’s defence minister said on Tuesday (Nov 4). Open sea lanes, including trade routes that go through the […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Thursday (Oct 23) that he was immediately ending all trade talks with Canada, accusing it of misquoting former president Ronald Reagan in an advertising campaign against tariffs. “Based on their egregious behaviour , ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED,” Trump said on […]
ROME: Huge numbers turned out at pro-Palestinian rallies in Europe on Saturday, calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza and the release of activists on board a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the territory. The police in Rome said some 250,000 turned out for a fourth day […]
DOHA: Qatar’s prime minister urged the international community yesterday to reject “double standards” and hold Israel accountable, speaking on the eve of an emergency summit called in response to an unprecedented Israeli strike on Hamas members in Doha. The deadly attack—carried out by one US ally on the territory of […]