- World
EU leaders consider using seized Russian assets to fund loan to Ukraine
Copenhagen: European Union leaders on Wednesday weighed a new scheme to provide longer-term financial and military support to Ukraine using hundreds of billions of dollars in frozen Russian assets held in Europe.…
- Middle East
Hamas says it will study Trump’s peace plan before responding
Gaza Strip: Hamas said Tuesday it will discuss US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza within the militant group and with other Palestinian factions before responding. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
- World
Pope Leo XIV urges Hamas to accept Trump’s peace plan for Gaza
Vatican City: History’s first American pope repeated his call for an immediate cease-fire and the release of hostages taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023. But Pope Leo also expressed hope for…
- Middle East
Houthis claim missile strike on Dutch cargo ship in Gulf of Aden
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi rebels early Wednesday claimed the attack that left a Dutch-flagged cargo ship ablaze and adrift in the Gulf of Aden, underlined the range of their weaponry and their campaign…
- World
US government headed to shutdown after last-ditch vote fails in Senate
Washington: Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a near certain path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday for the first time in…
- Technology
Google’s YouTube settles Trump lawsuit for USD 24.5 million
San Francisco: Google’s YouTube has agreed to pay USD 24.5 million to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump over his 2021 account suspension following the January 6, 2021 attack on the…
- Middle East
Netanyahu, Trump to meet as calls intensify to end Gaza conflict
Washington: Days after his defiant speech at the United Nations rejecting demands to end the war in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to confer with his most important supporter.…
- Middle East
Iran executes man for spying for Israel amid execution wave
Tehran: Iran said Monday, September 29, it hanged a man accused of spying for Israel, the latest as Tehran carries out its largest wave of executions in decades. Iran identified the executed…
- World
US: Gunman crashes truck into Michigan Church, kills 4, injures 8
Grand Blanc Township: At least four people were killed and eight injured when a gunman in a pickup truck smashed through the doors of a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…
- Middle East
Gaza death toll tops 66,000 amid ongoing Israeli offensive
Gaza Strip: Over 66,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Sunday. The ministry said in its daily report the death toll has climbed to 66,005, with…
- Middle East
Iran signals hardline response to UN sanctions, treaty exit possible
Tehran: Iran weighed Sunday, September 28, how to respond to reimposed United Nations sanctions over its atomic program, with one lawmaker suggesting parliament would consider potentially withdrawing from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty…
- World
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia N-plant runs on generators, safety woes mount
Kyiv: Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant entered its fifth day running on emergency generators Saturday, prompting mounting safety concerns. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, announced a USD 90 billion arms agreement with…
- World
Early-morning earthquake injures 7 in northwest China’s Gansu province
Beijing: A 5.6-magnitude earthquake scattered roof tiles and knocked over houses Saturday in northwest China’s Gansu province, state media said. Seven people were reported injured, the official Xinhua News Agency said. None…
- World
UN Security Council rejects bid to delay Iran nuclear sanctions ahead of deadline
United Nations: The UN Security Council has rejected another last-ditch effort to delay the reimposition of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program a day before the deadline and after Western countries…
- Middle East
Netanyahu vows ‘must finish the job’ in Gaza amid UN backlash
United Nations: Surrounded by critics and protesters at the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told fellow world leaders on Friday that his nation “must finish the job” against Hamas in…
