[ad_1] A ferry carrying more than 350 people sank after midnight off an island in the southern Philippines, killing at least 15 people while more than 300 others were rescued, Philippine authorities said on Monday. The M/V Trisha Kerstin 3, an inter-island passenger and cargo ferry, went down about a nautical mile off Basilan province […]
[ad_1] A 55-year-old Palestinian woman was hospitalised after a masked Jewish settler struck her on the head while she was picking olives.The unprovoked attack took place on Sunday morning in the Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya in the occupied West Bank and was captured on video by US journalist Jasper Nathaniel.Nathaniel said the settler struck […]
[ad_1] Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy (Image credits: AP) PARIS: Nicolas Sarkozy will become the first former French president in living memory to be imprisoned when he is expected to begin a five-year sentence on Tuesday in Paris’ La Sante prison.Convicted of criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds […]
[ad_1] Representative image (Picture credit: AP) A senior Hamas source has claimed that the group will not take part in governing Gaza once the ongoing ceasefire holds and post-war arrangements are finalised. The announcement comes as preparations are underway for a high-level peace summit in Egypt, where global leaders will discuss the implementation of US […]
[ad_1] Officials and others attend funeral prayers of police officers, who were killed when gunmen attacked a police training center, in Dera Ismail Khan in northwestern Pakistan. (Picture credit: PTI) The Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for a series of deadly attacks on Friday across northwestern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, […]
[ad_1] US secretary of state Marco Rubio (AP) WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump was holding a roundtable event with conservative influencers about antifa Wednesday when secretary of state Marco Rubio, standing in the back corner of the White House’s Blue Room, caught his eye. He had news for Trump, he said, but it would have to […]
[ad_1] US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent The US directly purchased Argentine pesos on Thursday and finalised a $20 billion currency swap framework with Argentina’s central bank, said treasury secretary Scott Bessent. The move is intended to provide assistance amid the Latin American country’s economic turmoil. In a social media post on X, Bessent wrote, […]
[ad_1] File photo: California Governor Gavin Newsom (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of 300 California National Guard members to Oregon, a move that Governor Gavin Newsom condemned as “a breathtaking abuse of the law and power.” The deployment comes just a day after a federal judge temporarily blocked the […]
[ad_1] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office released an overnight statement noting that Israel is ready to begin the first stage of Trump’s plan to secure the immediate release of all hostages.“Israel is prepared for the immediate implementation of the first stage of Trump’s plan for the immediate release of all the hostages,” the statement […]
[ad_1] Demonstrators and riot police face off during a protest (Image credits: AP) MEXICO CITY: The annual march to commemorate the 1968 massacre of protesting students in Mexico’s capital was eclipsed Thursday by demands to end a humanitarian crisis halfway around the world in Gaza. The October 2 march that has regularly been used not […]
