CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: A robotic moon lander built by Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines was set for launch early on Wednesday (Feb 14) on a NASA mission to conduct the first US lunar touchdown in more than a half-century and the first by a privately owned vehicle. The company’s Nova-C […]
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JERUSALEM: The Israeli military announced early today that two hostages taken by Hamas during its October 7 attacks were rescued in an overnight operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The military said in a statement that “during a joint IDF (military), ISA (Shin Bet security agency), and Israel […]
JAKARTA: Indonesians vote in a presidential election Wednesday with Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto the clear favourite after a campaign mixing nationalist rhetoric and pledges to continue the era of popular outgoing leader Joko Widodo. The former general lost to Widodo in 2014 and 2019 but is on course to finally […]
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign joined short-form video app TikTok yesterday, using the NFL’s Super Bowl to kick off its new account to reach young voters ahead of the presidential election in November. The campaign’s launch on TikTok is notable given widespread suspicion in Washington of the app […]
LONDON: King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and has begun treatment, Buckingham Palace said yesterday, just a week after he was discharged from hospital following prostate surgery. The announcement prompted a flood of messages of support, with the 75-year-old monarch’s estranged son Prince Harry saying he had spoken […]
BRUSSELS: Protesting farmers demanding just prices and less red tape blocked the border between Belgium and the Netherlands on Friday (Feb 2), whilst their peers in France started lifting blockades countrywide after the government made further concessions. Farmers’ protests have erupted in numerous European countries from France to Poland, exposing […]
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Delaware: With US President Joe Biden bearing witness, the remains of three American soldiers killed in Jordan in an attack by an Iranian-made drone arrived in the United States on Friday (Feb 2). The three Army Reserve soldiers killed on Sunday were Sergeant William Jerome Rivers, […]
NEW YORK: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet today with key donors to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees after 12 of its staff were accused by Israel of involvement in the October 7 attacks, his spokesman said. Several countries, including the United States, France, Britain, Germany and Japan, […]
DOHA: Qatar said on Wednesday (Jan 24) it was “appalled” by remarks attributed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was allegedly caught on tape calling the emirate’s role as mediator in the Gaza war “problematic”. At a meeting this week with the families of hostages held in Gaza, Netanyahu […]
HONG KONG : Chinese asset managers are lining up for licenses to operate in Dubai, said Ian Johnston, chief executive of the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), as warming ties between China and the Middle East continue to offer business opportunities. “(Chinese) investment management and asset management firms have been […]