Top South African official accuses police minister of colluding with crime syndicates (Image: AP) JOHANNESBURG: A South African top security official accused the police minister and a deputy national commissioner of colluding with crime syndicates, sparking public uproar. In an unprecedented move, General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, head of the police in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, called […]
KYIV: Foreign minister Johann Wadephul made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday, in a show of continuing support for Ukraine’s fight to repel Russia’s invasion as US-led international peace efforts fail to make progress.Wadephul was due to meet with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.Wadephul said in a statement that […]
Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araqchi (Image credit: AP) Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araqchi arrived in Istanbul on Saturday morning to participate in the 51st session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported. Speaking to the reporters, Araqchi said that Tehran would use the “opportunity […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanks Donald Trump for support (Photo: ANI) JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent effusive birthday wishes to US President Donald Trump on Saturday, praising him as a staunch ally as Israel continued to bombard its arch foe Iran.There had been reports in the Israeli press of friction between the […]
Rafizi Ramli (left) and Nurul Izzah Anwar (right) (Image credit: X/Rafizi Ramli , X/ Nurul Izzah Anwar) Malaysia’s economy minister said Wednesday he was resigning from his cabinet post after losing his position as deputy president of the ruling PKR to the premier’s daughter in a party poll.“My defeat in the recent PKR party election […]
New Zealand minister Erica Stanford said in parliament Indians spam her email asking for immigration advice. New Zealand’s immigration minister Erica Stanford came under fire after she said in parliament that Indians spam her inbox with emails asking for immigration advice. Indian-origin Labour MP Priyanca Radhakrishnan took offence over the remarks and said it is […]
LONDON : A top Kremlin official on Monday scoffed at a report that Russia could be involved in recent arson attacks on the private home of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, a building where he once lived and a car that he had owned. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was responding to a Financial Times report […]
Japan’s agriculture minister Taku Eto (AP) Japan’s agriculture minister Taku Eto announced his resignation on Wednesday following backlash over an inappropriate comment about rice.Eto came under fire earlier this week after stating that he had “never had to buy rice” because supporters gave it to him, a remark that sparked public outrage amid a national […]
Anita Anand, the Indian-origin Canadian politician appointed as Canada’s new foreign minister, is a practising Hindu. Her religious identity was once again on quiet yet dignified display as she took her oath of office with her hand on the Bhagavad Gita—a tradition she has maintained since her first Cabinet appointment in 2019.Anand’s appointment is part […]
Anita Anand, the Indian-origin Canadian politician, has been appointed as Canada’s new foreign minister in a major Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Mark Carney.Anand replaces Mélanie Joly in the role and previously served as the country’s defence minister. She took her oath with her hand on the Bhagavad Gita, a tradition she has followed in […]
