Hamas would no longer control Gaza after the war and the enclave would be run by Palestinian bodies, says Israel’s defence minister. GAZA: Israel Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday (Jan 4) outlined a new stage of Israel’s war in Gaza: A more targeted approach in the north and further […]
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LAS VEGAS: A Nevada man convicted of attempted assault vaulted over a judge’s bench in a Las Vegas courtroom and attacked her as she was about to sentence him to prison, in chaotic scenes captured on courtroom video. The violence unfolded in Clark County District Court on Wednesday (Jan 3) […]
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden also exchanged congratulations on the 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries. BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday (Jan 1) he was willing to work with the United States to promote stable bilateral ties, exchanging congratulations with […]
KYIV: Five people were killed in attacks on Ukraine’s southern Odesa region and the eastern city of Donetsk, local authorities said on Monday as the conflict between Moscow and Kyiv escalates. “As of 2:00 (2300 GMT), there were preliminary 13 wounded and four dead,” Denis Pushilin, the Russian-installed head of […]
Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the Missouri woman who persuaded an online boyfriend to kill her mother after she had forced her to pretend for years that she was suffering from leukaemia, muscular dystrophy and other serious illnesses, has been released on Thursday (Dec 28). The case sparked national tabloid interest after […]
ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday (Dec 27) that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was no different from Adolf Hitler and likened Israel’s attacks on Gaza to the treatment of Jewish people by the Nazis. NATO member Türkiye, which supports a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has […]
CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israeli forces pounded central Gaza by land, sea and air on Wednesday (Dec 27) and Palestinian authorities reported dozens more deaths, with the UN health agency saying thousands of people were trying to flee the fighting. Reflecting Israeli resolve to wipe out Hamas despite international calls for a ceasefire […]
NEW YORK: Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, filed for bankruptcy yesterday, just days after being ordered to pay US$148 million (RM686 million) in damages for defaming two Georgia poll workers. The former mayor of New York City, in a bankruptcy petition seeking protection from his creditors, listed assets […]
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court today rejected a bid by the legal team for pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai to have sedition charge against him dropped, in a closely watched national security trial. Lai, 76, the founder of now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, was charged with conspiracy to publish seditious […]
WASHINGTON: The top US military officer held a virtual meeting with his Chinese counterpart yesterday, the Pentagon said, in the first such conversation in over a year amid hopes by US officials that it could lead to a broader restoration of ties between the two militaries. The video teleconference followed […]