Arabs in Israel protest unchecked crime as Netanyahu vows crackdown
Hundreds of Arab citizens marched on Wednesday in the funeral of a slain community leader, voicing anger at what they say is an Israeli government failure to curb a surge ...
Zelenskiy says Ukraine will end Russian occupation of Crimea
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed on Wednesday to end Russia’s occupation of the Crimea peninsula and all other areas that Moscow controls in his country.
Russia seized and annexed ...
Scorched Europe battles deadly fires, Turkey shuts shipping lane
More searing temperatures fuelled wildfires and prompted health warnings across Europe on Wednesday, as a blaze in Turkey forced the closure of the Dardanelles shipping lane and winds fanned the ...
How Russia keeps its fleet of Western jets in the air
A Ural Airlines Airbus landed in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on Nov. 14 last year. Then it remained grounded on the tarmac.
Three days later, a spare part crucial for ...
Chandrayaan-3 lands on moon in historic moment for India
– An Indian spacecraft landed on the rugged, unexplored south pole of the moon on Wednesday in a mission seen as crucial to lunar exploration and India’s standing as a ...
Putin uses BRICS summit to justify Russia’s war in Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin used a speech to a summit of BRICS leaders on Wednesday to defend Russia’s war in Ukraine and praise the grouping as a counterbalance to U....
Rubiales’ apology over unsolicited World Cup kiss not enough – PM
The Spanish football federation chief’s public apology for his unsolicited kiss of national player Jenni Hermoso during celebrations of Spain’s victory in the Women’s World Cup was “...
Serena Williams gives birth to second child
Tennis great Serena Williams has given birth to her second child, a girl named Adira River Ohanian, and along with husband Alexis Ohanian welcomed the new arrival in social media ...
‘King of Crypto’ living on bread and water – lawyer
FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried is “subsisting on bread and water” because the federal jail where he is being held ahead of his fraud trial has not provided him ...
UK’s handling of Microsoft deal sows doubts over post-Brexit direction
The long-running battle between Microsoft (MSFT.O) and Britain over the Activision Blizzard (ATVI.O) deal took another twist on Tuesday, raising more questions than answers about the country’s ...
Russia names new air force chief after mutiny-related disappearance of ‘General Armageddon’ – RIA
Russia has appointed a new acting head of its aerospace forces to replace Sergei Surovikin, nicknamed “General Armageddon”, who vanished from view after a Wagner mercenary mutiny against the top ...
Bonus freedom to pay paltry ‘Brexit dividend’ for Britain’s banks
Banks in Britain may be free to award even bigger bonuses from January but new pay perks are unlikely to help the country’s financial industry outshine its rivals because ...
Blood and billions: the cost of Russia’s war in Ukraine
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has left tens of thousands of dead, displaced millions and sown economic turmoil across the world in the 18 months since its launch on Feb. 24, 2022.
Here ...
First Trump allies in Georgia election subversion case surrender
The first of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in Georgia’s criminal case accusing the former U.S. president and his associates of subverting his 2020 election loss surrendered at an Atlanta ...
India counts down to crucial moon landing
India will make its second attempt to land on the moon on Wednesday, a mission seen as crucial to lunar exploration and the country’s standing as a space power, ...
Drone attacks in Moscow continue, US says it does not support Ukrainian attacks inside Russia
The United States does not encourage or enable attacks inside Russia, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said after Russian authorities said they downed drones that tried to attack Moscow ...
Spanish king nominates conservative Feijoo for premiership bid
Spain’s King Felipe on Tuesday nominated the leader of the conservative People’s Party (PP), Alberto Nunez Feijoo, to face a parliamentary vote for prime minister, according to lower ...
Number of US children killed by guns hit record high in 2021 – study
Child gun deaths in the United States have hit a record high, according to a new study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Using the Centers for Disease Control ...
Maui wildfire victims fear land grab may threaten Hawaiian culture
Deborah Loeffler felt she could not lose much more after a wildfire destroyed the home in Maui where five generations of her family have lived, and a son died the ...
Day-long Pakistan cable car ordeal ends with all passengers rescued
Rescuers in Pakistan pulledall seven children and one man to safety after their cable car became stranded high over a remote ravine on Tuesday, officials said, ending an ordeal lasting ...
African Union suspends Niger over coup, prepares sanctions
The African Union (AU) has suspended Niger from all its activities following last month’s military coup there and told its members to avoid any action that might legitimise the ...
Forest fire shuts down Turkey’s Dardanelles Strait for maritime traffic
Maritime traffic from the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara has been suspended due to the ongoing forest fire in the Turkish northwestern province of Canakkale, the transport ministry ...
EU’s Sefcovic named interim climate chief after Timmermans quits
European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic will be the European Union’s temporary climate chief after Frans Timmermans quit to run as a candidate in Dutch national elections in November, ...
Former London police officer jailed for 16 years for rape
A former London police officer was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Tuesday for raping a woman and teenage girl, the latest in a series of shocking cases that have ...