Poland raises alarm after ‘Russian missiles hit village’
WARSAW: Two people were killed in an explosion in Przewodow, a village in eastern Poland near the border with Ukraine, firefighters said on Tuesday as Nato allies investigated reports that the blast resulted from Russian missiles. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called an urgent meeting of a government committee for national security and defence affairs, […]
Sri Lanka budget lays down plans to clinch IMF deal
COLOMBO: The crisis-hit Sri Lankan economy can turn around by the end of 2023 if budget policies, which are not limited to the International Monetary Fund’s recommendations, are followed, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Monday. IMF recommendations have only been looked at to stabilise the economy, Wickremesinghe, who is also the country’s finance minister, told […]
Democrats retain Senate against all odds, Republicans blame Trump
WASHINGTON: Against all predictions, Democrats will retain control of the US Senate for the next two years, as results announced on Sunday showed. The 100-seat Senate is now evenly divided (50-50) between the Democrats and Republicans, but Vice President Kamala Harris’s tie-breaking vote gives the Democrats a majority. Democrats also have the potential to add […]
Elon Musk ‘kills’ new Twitter label, hours after launch
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter on Wednesday unveiled — and then almost immediately scrapped — a new gray “official” label for some high-profile accounts as Elon Musk struggles to revamp the highly influential platform following his $44 billion buyout. “I just killed it,” Musk tweeted just hours after the new tag was added to government accounts as […]
300 Sri Lankan migrants rescued off Vietnam
HANOI/COLOMBO: More than 300 suspected migrants from Sri Lanka were rescued off the coast of Vietnam after their boat began taking on water, Vietnamese authorities said on Tuesday. The Myanmar-flagged Lady 3 fishing vessel encountered difficulties around 250 nautical miles off Vung Tau on Vietnam’s southern coast, according to Vietnam’s Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination […]
Putin-linked businessman admits ‘interference’ in US elections
MOSCOW: Influential Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is linked to President Vladimir Putin and sanctioned by Washington and European countries, admitted on Monday to interfering in US elections. “Gentlemen, we interfered, we are interfering and we will interfere,” Prigozhin, who has been accused of running a “troll factory” to influence the outcome of votes in […]
Taliban reveal burial place of founder Mullah Omar
KABUL: The Taliban on Sunday revealed the final resting place of the movement’s founder, Mullah Omar, whose death and burial they kept secret for years. Rumours surrounding Omar’s health and whereabouts abounded after the Taliban were kicked out of power in 2001 by a US-led invasion, and they only admitted in April 2015 that he […]
N. Korea flies jets, fires artillery after US, South extend exercises
SEOUL: South Korea said it scrambled warplanes in response to 180 North Korean military flights near the countries’ shared border on Friday, and Pyongyang again demanded that the United States and South Korea halt “provocative” air exercises. The North Korean manoeuvres follow the firing of more than 80 rounds of artillery overnight and the launch […]
Kim fears US, South Korea planning ‘decapitation strikes’, experts say
SEOUL: North Korea fired more missiles in the last 48 hours than it did during the whole of 2017 — the year of “fire and fury” when leader Kim Jong Un traded barbs with then-US president Donald Trump. What has triggered the record-breaking blitz of weapons tests? Analysts say ongoing US-South Korean military exercises are […]
Russian defence chiefs discussed nuclear use, claims NYT
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW: High-level Russian military leaders recently discussed when and how they might use tactical nuclear weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine, the New York Times reported on Wednesday citing unnamed US officials. But White House spokesman John Kirby downplayed the development, saying that Washington did not see any signs that Russia was making preparations to […]
