Iran is wary of Azerbaijan in particular for its deep military cooperation with the Islamic Republic’s archrival, Israel, and on Thursday voiced its concerns to Azerbaijani ambassador in Tehran Ali Alizadeh. Iran’s national army began exercises on Friday near its border with Azerbaijan, state TV reported, putting on a […]
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GUAYAQUIL: The death toll from bloody clashes between rival gangs in an Ecuador prison reached 116, with nearly 80 more wounded, President Guillermo Lasso said Wednesday, as soldiers surrounded the facility — one of the country’s many overburdened and understaffed jails. Inmates went to war armed with guns and grenades […]
Kim Yo Jong, a key adviser to her brother North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was promoted to a position on the State Affairs Commission. Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s influential sister has been appointed to the country’s top government body, the official KCNA news agency reported Thursday. […]
US deputy assistant secretary of defense for China, held meetings by video conference on Tuesday and Wednesday with Chinese Major General, Pentagon said. Washington: US and Chinese military officials held “frank, in-depth” talks this week on a range of defense issues, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, as the countries grapple […]
JERUSALEM: Israeli police fatally shot a Palestinian woman who tried to stab officers in Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday, police said. And in the northern West Bank, Israeli forces shot dead a male “terrorist” who opened fire on them during clashes prompted by an overnight arrest operation, police said. According […]
KABUL: The Taliban on Thursday violently cracked down on a small women’s rights demonstration, firing shots into the air and pushing back protesters, AFP journalists witnessed. A group of six women gathered outside a high school in eastern Kabul demanding the right for girls to return to secondary school, after […]
BERLIN: Germany is headed for weeks, if not months, of protracted coalition haggling as Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives insisted Monday on trying to form a government even after losing to the Social Democrats in a tight race. Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, who led the Social Democrats’ (SPD) campaign, said Europe’s […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE: Elections and a constitutional referendum scheduled for the coming months in Haiti have been postponed indefinitely after the Monday dismissal of members of the electoral administration, plunging the country into further uncertainty. Since their September 2020 appointment by late president Jovenel Moise, who was assassinated in July, the nine […]
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations General Assembly in New York ends on Monday (Sep 27), but without speeches by those in power in Afghanistan and Myanmar, one of many quirks at this year’s diplomatic marathon that saw 100 leaders defy COVID-19 fears to meet in person. The UN representative of […]
BERLIN: Germany’s conservative chancellor candidate Armin Laschet was ridiculed on social media for a misstep on election day today, capping a campaign marred by embarrassing gaffes that hurt his popularity. Under German voting rules, voters must keep their choice confidential until they have left the polling station. But when casting […]