SINGAPORE: The United States sees Iran’s capacity to move its oil as reliant on service providers based in Malaysia, with oil being transferred near Singapore and throughout the region, the US Treasury Department’s top sanctions official said on Tuesday. Brian Nelson, Treasury’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, was speaking […]
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WASHINGTON: Illegal immigration on the US southern border is a top talking point among Republican politicians, but some are taking it a step further by promoting disinformation about non-citizens voting in the presidential election. With the election possibly to be decided by several thousand votes in battleground states, social media […]
JAKARTA: A court in Idonesia will today deliver its verdict on two challenges to the outcome of February’s presidential election, after losing candidates petitioned for a re-run and alleged the state had interfered in favour of winner Prabowo Subianto. The two rivals of Defence Minister and former special forces commander […]
GAZA STRIP (Palestinian Territories): Gaza’s civil defence said yesterday dozens of bodies had been found buried at a hospital complex previously raided by Israel, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to ramp up military pressure on Hamas. Netanyahu, who threatened action “in the coming days” without elaborating, has repeatedly said […]
NEW YORK: More than 2,500 people were killed or injured in gang violence in Haiti from January through March, up 53 per cent from the last three months of 2023, the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) said yesterday. At least 590 were killed during police operations, BINUH said […]
DUBAI/JERUSALEM: Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources said was an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation – a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war. Iran’s foreign minister said the drones, which the sources […]
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Thousands of Gazans flooded the coast road north yesterday after hearing that several people managed to cross a closed checkpoint towards Gaza City, despite Israel denying it was open. An AFP journalist saw mothers holding their children’s hands and families piling onto donkey carts with their luggage as […]
Cathie Wood’s Ark Investment Management said it holds a stake in Microsoft-backed OpenAI, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing the company’s mail to its clients. “As of April 10, 2024, the ARK Venture Fund invests in OpenAI,” Ark said, referring to its $54 million VC fund, the report said.
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden pledged yesterday to defend the Philippines from any attack in the South China Sea, as he hosted the first joint summit with Tokyo and Manila amid growing tensions with Beijing. “The United States’ defence commitments to Japan and to the Philippines are ironclad,” Biden said […]
FRANKFURT: Germany said yesterday it is providing €25 million (RM128 million) for Holocaust survivors in Israel to help them cope with the impact of the attack by the Hamas and Gaza war. Each of the 113,000 Jewish survivors in Israel will receive a one-off payment of €220, according to the […]