Category: World

Iraq’s military condemned overnight US air strikes on Friday and said they had killed six people and wounded 12, describing it as targeted aggression against the nation’s formal armed forces and a violation of sovereignty. The Pentagon said the strikes targeted five weapons stores used by Iran-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups, including facilities housing arms used […]

Malaysia’s new prime minister, Muhyiddin Yassin, extended an olive branch on Wednesday to the leader he recently replaced, veteran politician Mahathir Mohamad, calling on him to endorse the new government after weeks of political tension. Mahathir, 94, sparked turmoil with his surprise resignation last month, shortly after his coalition partners were seen in talks with his […]

Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it plans to boost oil production capacity for the first time in more than a decade, a day after it announced a record hike in crude supply in a battle for market share that has hammered global prices this week. Saudi Arabia’s energy ministry has directed oil producer Saudi Aramco […]

Turkey’s president on Wednesday made the incendiary claim that the Greek authorities’ alleged mistreatment of migrants at its border was comparable to “what the Nazis did,” and said he would denounce Greece’s action at international platforms. In his weekly address to his ruling party’s legislators, Recep Tayyip Erdogan also said there would be no change […]

A spokesperson for the Afghan Taliban on Wednesday termed the decree signed by President Ashraf Ghani to facilitate the release of some Taliban prisoners in Afghan jails as “conditional”, saying the release order went against the agreement signed between the militant group and the US last month. Sediq Seddiqi, spokesperson for the Afghan president, said […]

Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Wednesday following his sexual assault and rape conviction last month in a case hailed as a victory for the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct. The sentence was handed down in a Manhattan criminal court by Justice James Burke, who presided over Weinstein’s […]

Four men accused of murder over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 went on trial in the Netherlands on Monday, with families of the 298 victims calling for justice. The suspects — three Russians and a Ukrainian — were not present in the dock, but judges ruled that the hearing could continue […]

Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok survived an assassination attempt early on Monday targeting his convoy in the capital Khartoum, state television and a cabinet source said. Hamdok, who was appointed to head a transitional government after the overthrow last year of long-time president Omar al-Bashir, was well and had been moved to a safe location, […]

At least 27 people died from methanol poisoning in Iran after rumours that drinking alcohol can help cure the novel coronavirus infection, state news agency IRNA reported on Monday. The outbreak of the virus in the country is one of the deadliest outside of China, where the disease originated. At least 20 have died in the southwestern […]

Afghanistan lurched deeper into political crisis Monday as the rivals for the country’s leadership had themselves sworn in at simultaneous ceremonies that were interrupted by at least two blasts. The bitter feud between President Ashraf Ghani and his former chief executive Abdullah Abdullah has raised fears for Afghanistan’s fragile democracy as the United States prepares […]