A North Korean military guard post, left, and loudspeaker are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo) South Korea began dismantling loudspeakers broadcasting anti-North Korea messages along the border on Monday, according to the country’s defense ministry.The move is part of President Lee Jae-myung’s efforts to […]
Al Udeid Air Base outside of Doha, Qatar, after many aircraft on its tarmac left, June 18, 2025 (left), and a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter hovering over the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier while operating in the Middle East. (AP) Satellite images show that dozens of US military aircraft are no longer visible on the […]
Monaco joins the EU’s ‘high-risk’ list alongside nine other jurisdictions, while UAE is removed In a significant development for its global financial standing, the European Union on Tuesday announced the removal of the United Arab Emirates from its money-laundering “high-risk” list. This decision reflects growing international recognition of the UAE’s intensified efforts to combat financial […]
Dutch museum removes ‘priceless’ Benin Bronzes for return to Nigeria (Photo: AFP) Clad in protective blue surgical gloves, a Dutch museum worker gingerly unhooks a precious decorative artefact before gently laying it down on a pillow and wrapping it in dozens of layers of special paper.The artefact is a “Benin Bronze”, a priceless cultural object […]
A Listeria monocytogenes bacterium (AP) At least 10 people have been hospitalised in the United States due to a Listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat food products, prompting an urgent recall by a California-based food producer.The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), alongside state and local agencies, has identified the source of the outbreak as Fresh […]
South Korean constitutional court on Friday upheld President Yoon Suk Yeol‘s impeachment over his decision to impose the controversial martial law last year. It said that the president “took actions beyond the powers”.“We hereby pronounce the following ruling, with the unanimous agreement of all Justices. (We) dismiss respondent President Yoon Suk Yeol,” acting chief justice […]
File Photo: Sirajuddin Haqqani (ANI) The United States has lifted its $10 million bounty onTaliban‘s Sirajuddin Haqqani, the interior minister in Afghanistan’s Taliban-led regime, officials in Kabul said on Sunday.The US government has also removed the bounties placed on two other senior Taliban figures, namely Abdul Aziz Haqqani and Yahya Haqqani, interior ministry spokesman Abdul […]
