Indonesia looking for answers after deadly soccer stampede
MALANG: Dozens of Indonesian police were placed under investigation on Monday over a stampede at a soccer match that killed 125 people, as authorities sought to determine what caused one of the world’s deadliest stadium disasters and who was to blame. Nine police were stripped of their positions and the local police chief transferred, police spokesperson Dedi […]
Russia annexes four Ukraine regions amid warnings from West
• Ukraine seeks accelerated accession to Nato • US seeks to slap severe sanctions on Moscow • Putin says West ready to step over everything to preserve neo-colonialism MOSCOW: Despite warnings from the West and the United Nations Secretary-General, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed treaties to annex four Moscow-occupied Ukrainian regions — Donetsk, Kherson, […]
China certifies homegrown C919 jet to compete with Boeing, Airbus
Chinese regulators have approved the country’s first domestically produced large passenger jet, local media said, with Beijing hoping the plane will challenge foreign models such as the Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A320. The C919 narrow-body jet, built by state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC), was certified at Beijing Capital Airport in an official […]
Waning Hurricane Ian creeps across Florida after battering Gulf Coast
A weakened but still formidable Hurricane Ian chugged across Florida toward the Atlantic seaboard on Thursday after thrashing the state’s Gulf Coast with fierce winds, torrential downpours and raging surf that flooded oceanside communities. Ian blasted ashore with catastrophic force on Wednesday afternoon as a Category 4 hurricane, packing maximum sustained winds of 150 miles […]
Blasts, leaks in Russian pipelines alarm Europe; foul play feared
COPENHAGEN: Explosions were recorded before mysterious leaks in two Baltic Sea gas pipelines linking Russia and Europe, seismologists said on Tuesday, raising suspicions of sabotage amid tensions over Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Photos taken by the Danish military showed large masses of bubbles on the surface of the water emanating from the three leaks in […]
1,200 held as crackdown widens in Iran; rights group says 76 killed so far
PARIS: The Iranian authorities’ crackdown on protests following the death of Mahsa Amini has left at least 76 people dead, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) NGO said on Monday. “We call on the international community to decisively and unitedly take practical steps to stop the killing and torture of protesters,” said IHR director Mahmood […]
Rajasthan political crisis: Kharge meets Gehlot, underlines need for ‘discipline’ in party
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday met with the observer for the state Mallikarjun Kharge amid the ongoing political crisis. After the meeting, Kharge said that there should be discipline in the party and the party has to be kept united. “We have informed the Congress president about what happened yesterday. Everybody has to […]
North Korea fires yet another ballistic missile
SEOUL: North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Sunday, Seoul’s military said, just days after a US aircraft carrier arrived for joint drills with the South in a show of force against Pyongyang. With talks long-stalled, nuclear-armed North Korea has doubled down on its banned weapons programmes, even revamping its laws earlier this month to […]
270 freed in Ukraine, Russia swap
KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed as “superheroes” the senior Ukrainian commanders, including those who led the dogged defence of Mariupol, who were freed by Russia as part of a prisoner swap involving 270 people, including foreigners. Under the terms of the deal, which Turkiye helped broker, 215 Ukrainians — most of them captured after the […]
Over 400 detained across Russia at protests against mobilisation
MOSCOW: More than 400 people have been arrested at demonstrations across Russia against President Vladimir Putin’s announcement earlier of a partial mobilisation of civilians to fight in Ukraine, a police monitoring group said on Wednesday. The OVD-Info monitoring group said at least 425 people were detained at rallies in 24 different cities across the country […]
