Afghanistan earthquakes kill 2,053, Taliban say, as death toll spikes
Powerful earthquakes in Afghanistan have killed more than 2,000 people and injured more than 9,000, the Taliban administration said on Sunday, in the deadliest tremors in years in the quake-prone mountainous country. Amid the confusion, the death toll from Saturday’s quakes spiked from 500 reported on Sunday morning by a Red Crescent spokesperson and 16 […]
Turkiye hits targets in Iraq, threatens Syria
ISTANBUL: Turkiye on Wednesday launched fresh strikes against Kurdish targets in Iraq and warned of more intense cross-border air raids after concluding that militants who staged a weekend attack in Ankara came from Syria. Turkiye convened a national security meeting involving top defence and intelligence chiefs to prepare its response to Sunday’s attack on the […]
Trump ‘gagged’ after tirade against court official
NEW YORK: The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial on Tuesday imposed a gag order – promising sanctions for any violations – after the former US president used social media to lash out against the judge’s top law clerk. Justice Arthur Engoron of the New York state court in Manhattan told lawyers for Trump […]
Senegal intercepts boats carrying 262 migrants
SAINT LOUIS: The Senegalese Navy said on Sunday it had stopped two more boats carrying 262 would-be migrants late the previous night, taking the total to five boats intercepted and over 600 people rescued by a navy patrol boat since Thursday. Those rescued included 26 women and 13 minors, the navy said in a post […]
Karabakh to be part of Azerbaijan as rebels give up
YEREVAN: Ethnic Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh on Thursday agreed to dissolve their government by the end of the year and become a full part of Azerbaijan in the wake of Baku’s lightning offensive. The dramatic announcement came moments after it became clear that more than half of the rebel region’s population had fled the advancing […]
Chinese hackers stole 60,000 US government emailsfrom 10 State Dept accounts: Senate staffer
Tens of thousands of emails were stolen from US State Department accounts by Chinese hackers who exploited Microsoft’s email system earlier this year, a Senate staffer told Reuters on Wednesday. The staff member, who was present at an earlier Wednesday briefing of State Department IT personnel, claimed the officials informed senators that 60,000 emails had […]
Israeli minister makes first public visit to Saudi Arabia amid talks to secure bilateral ties
Israel’s Tourism Minister Haim Katz arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for the first such high-level public visit to the kingdom amid talks to secure bilateral ties. “Katz is the first Israeli minister to head an official delegation in Saudi Arabia,” his ministry said in a statement, adding he would attend a United Nations World […]
General Milley regrets being ‘lightning rod for politicisation of US military’
WASHINGTON: General Mark Milley faced repeated crises at home and abroad during a tumultuous term as America’s top military officer, becoming one of the most well-known and controversial people to hold the position in years. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, Donald Trump’s refusal to accept his presidential election loss and nationwide […]
Texas border town ‘at a breaking point’ amid jump in migration
El Paso (Texas): The dramatic increase in migrants crossing the US border from Mexico has pushed the city of El Paso, Texas, to “a breaking point,” with more than 2,000 people per day seeking asylum, exceeding shelter capacity and straining resources, its mayor said on Saturday. “The city of El Paso only has so many […]
West’s ‘plundering’ of Africa blamed for migrant crisis
UNITED NATIONS: The head of the Central African Republic on Thursday accused the West of triggering the migration crisis on his continent by pillaging its natural resources through slavery and colonisation. Taking the podium at the UNGA, Faustin Archange Touadera addressed the migrant crisis on the Italian island of Lampedusa, where thousands of African migrants […]
