Twin blasts in Jerusalem kill at least 1, injure 14: officials
At least one person was killed and 14 wounded in two separate explosions targeting bus stops in Jerusalem Wednesday, security and medical officials said, with Israel’s public security minister calling them “attacks.” An explosion at a bus stop at the western exit from Jerusalem killed a man and wounded 11. A separate blast at another […]
Pentagon chief raises concern about Beijing’s ‘dangerous’ behaviour with Chinese counterpart
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday emphasised the need to improve crisis communications during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart while raising concern about “increasingly dangerous” behaviour by Chinese military aircraft. The roughly 90-minute meeting in Cambodia, described as “productive and professional” by a US official, was the pair’s first since a visit to Taiwan by […]
Several Beijing districts shut schools as Covid-19 cases rise in China
Students in schools across several Beijing districts buckled down for online classes on Monday after officials called for residents in some of its hardest-hit areas to stay home, as Covid-19 cases in China’s capital and nationally ticked higher. China is fighting numerous Covid-19 flare-ups, from Zhengzhou in central Henan province to Chongqing in the southwest […]
Angry funerals spark fresh protests in Iran
PARIS: Funerals for young Iranians, including a small boy, who families say were killed in a state crackdown, sparked a fresh wave of anti-government protests across the country on Friday. Iran’s leadership under Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is facing its biggest challenge in two months of protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini. The authorities […]
Taliban visit fails to solve Chaman border issue
QUETTA: The Friendship Gate at the Pak-Afghan border could not be opened for a fourth consecutive day, as efforts for reopening of the border failed on Wednesday. Sources said a delegation of the Afghan Taliban administration visited Chaman and condoled with the Pakistan security officials over the death of a soldier of the Frontier Corps […]
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 […]
