Afghan TV station shut, six detained
KABUL: An Afghan TV station has been shut down after its office was used for dubbing “vulgar” programmes for banned media, the Taliban morality ministry said on Thursday, with the channel’s employees saying six people have been detained. The Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (PVPV) accused people working within Arezo […]
French govt faces collapse after opposition says will vote no-confidence
The French government is all but certain to collapse later this week after far-right and left-wing parties said they will vote for a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Michel Barnier. Their move came after Barnier said he would try to ram a social security bill through parliament without a vote as a last-minute concession was […]
Syria’s embattled Assad seeks to shore up support after Aleppo loss
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sought to shore up support from his allies Sunday, after a monitor said a shock rebel offensive saw government forces lose control of Aleppo for the first time since the start of the country’s civil war. ADVERTISEMENT An Islamist-dominated rebel alliance attacked forces of the Syrian government on Wednesday, the same […]
Violence in Georgia after govt delays talks on EU membership
TBILISI: Thousands of Georgians rallied for a second day running on Friday after police arrested several in a violent overnight crackdown on protests against the government’s decision to delay EU membership talks. The Black Sea nation has been rocked by turmoil since the ruling Georgian Dream party declared victory in October parliamentary elections that the […]
Iran to hold nuclear talks with three European powers
TEHRAN: Iran said on Sunday that it would hold nuclear talks in the coming days with the three European countries that initiated a censure resolution against it adopted by the UN’s atomic watchdog. Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the meeting of the deputy foreign ministers of Iran, France, Germany and the United Kingdom would […]
Over 200 kids killed in Lebanon as US envoy sees end to war
GENEVA: Unicef has said more than 200 children have been killed and 1,100 injured in Lebanon in just two months, as US special envoy Amos Hochstein met officials in Beirut on Tuesday to discuss a truce plan with claims that an end to the war is “now within our grasp”. Unicef spokesperson James Elder at […]
Fire kills 10 people in Spanish retirement home
VILLAFRANCA EBRO: Ten people were killed after a fire broke out in a retirement home in the northern Spanish town of Villafranca de Ebro early on Friday, authorities said. The blaze started in one of the rooms, Fernando Beltran, the federal government’s top official in Aragon region, told reporters. All the victims were elderly people […]
Israeli forces kill 22 people in Gaza, force new displacement
CAIRO: Israeli military strikes killed at least 22 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, as Israeli forces deepened their incursion into Beit Hanoun town in the north, forcing most remaining residents to leave. Residents said Israeli forces besieged shelters housing displaced families and the remaining population, which some estimated at a few thousand, ordering […]
35 killed as car rams into crowd in China
ZHUHAI: A man killed 35 people and injured 43 more when he ploughed his car into people exercising around a sports centre in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai on Monday, local police said on Tuesday. The toll was a dramatic increase from the initial incident report the day before, when police only said that […]
Afghan Taliban eye aid at their first UN climate talks
BAKU: The first Afghan official to attend UN climate talks since the Taliban came to power has said that his country hopes to benefit from a global finance deal under negotiation at COP29 in Baku. Heading a three-person team, former Taliban negotiator Matiul Haq Khalis stood out in the bustling halls of the conference in […]
