LONDON: UK foreign minister David Cameron and German counterpart Annalena Baerbock yesterday said the “need is urgent” for a “sustainable ceasefire” in Gaza. The two ministers wrote in a joint Sunday Times article that “too many civilians have been killed” in the conflict, and raised the pressure on Israel to […]
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WASHINGTON: One month from now, the Mid-western state of Iowa kicks off the US 2024 primary season, and Donald Trump will discover whether he has an insurmountable lead for the Republican presidential nomination, or opponents can spring a surprise. Four criminal indictments are pending against Trump, putting the former president […]
European leaders are meeting in Brussels to discuss opening accession negotiations with Ukraine – a process which would put the country firmly on a path to membership. BRUSSELS: In 2014, more than half a million Ukrainians took to the streets of Kyiv, rejecting closer ties with Russia and calling for […]
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday (Dec 12) that the country risked losing global support for its war against Hamas because of its “indiscriminate” bombing of Gaza. In his most blunt remarks since the Oct 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, which provoked […]
LOS ANGELES: Hunter Biden was indicted late yesterday on multiple counts of tax evasion, the second time this year President Joe Biden’s troubled son has been charged by a special counsel investigating his personal and business dealings. Hunter Biden “engaged in a four-year scheme to not pay at least US$1.4 […]
WASHINGTON: The United States has not given Israel a firm deadline to end major combat operations against Hamas in Gaza, and if the war ended now, the Islamist group would continue to pose a threat, White House national security aide Jon Finer said yesterday. “We have not given a firm […]
STOCKHOLM: The United States and Sweden on Tuesday (Dec 5) signed a Defence Cooperation Agreement, the US Department of State said, as the Nordic country strengthens military alliances while waiting for approval to join NATO. “Sweden is a strong, capable defence partner that champions NATO’s values, and will further strengthen […]
ISTANBUL: The Rector of the Gaza Islamic University in the Gaza Strip, Sufyan Tayeh, and his family, were killed yesterday in an Israeli airstrike, reported Anadolu Agency. The academic was killed in an airstrike in the Al-Faluja area in Jabalia in the northeastern Gaza Strip. “Academician and President of the […]
MANILA: Philippine forces were on high alert on today after a bomb killed four people and wounded several during a Catholic mass in a university gymnasium in the south of the country, an attack the authorities called Islamist terrorism. “I condemn in the strongest possible terms the senseless and most […]
DUBLIN: Protesters on Thursday fought running battles with police, torched vehicles and looted shops in Dublin, after three young children were injured in a knife attack outside a school. Police in riot gear stood guard on the streets in the Irish capital as crowds taunted them with chants and set […]