- Middle East
Israeli soldiers kill Lebanese official in border village raid
Blida: Israeli soldiers raided a municipal government building in a border village in southern Lebanon early on Thursday, October 30, and killed an employee, Lebanese state media said. The incident in the…
- Middle East
Aid groups fear mass killings after RSF seizes Sudan’s El-Fasher
Khartoum: Aid workers worried on Thursday, October 30, that only a trickle of the people believed to have fled a paramilitary force that seized a city in Sudan’s Darfur region have reached…
- World
Over 2,000 civilians killed by RSF in Sudan’s El Fasher, says govt
Khartoum: The Sudanese government said Wednesday, October 29, that more than 2,000 civilians have been killed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in western Sudan’s El Fasher since it entered the…
- World
Amnesty urges inquiry into US strike on Yemen prison killing migrants
Sanaa: An American airstrike in April on a prison run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels that killed over 60 detained African migrants should be investigated as a possible war crime, activists said Wednesday,…
- Middle East
Two Russians face sentencing in plot to kill Iranian-American journalist
New York: A plot to assassinate Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her Brooklyn home came “chillingly near success,” prosecutors told a judge who will sentence two purported Russian mobsters. Prosecutors are…
- Middle East
US sanctions are ‘revenge’ for exposing Israel’s Gaza abuses, says Francesca Albanese
United Nations: An independent UN investigator again took world nations to task Tuesday for not standing up to the US over sanctions it imposed on her — penalties that complicated her ability…
- News
Musk launches Grokipedia to compete with online encyclopedia Wikipedia
Washington: Elon Musk has launched Grokipedia, a crowdsourced online encyclopedia that the billionaire seeks to position as a rival to Wikipedia. Writing on social media, Musk said that “Grokipedia.com version 0.1 is…
- Middle East
Hamas expands search for hostages’ bodies in Gaza
Cairo: Hamas expanded its search for the bodies of hostages in new areas in the Gaza Strip Sunday, the Palestinian group said, a day after Egypt deployed a team of experts and…
- World
Two suspects arrested over Louvre jewel heist in Paris
Paris: Suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday, a week after the heist at the world’s most…
- World
Rubio to follow Vance’s Israel visit, aims to sustain momentum on Gaza ceasefire
Jerusalem: As US Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Israel comes to a close, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would be travelling to the country to keep the momentum…
- Middle East
Israel ‘not a US protectorate’, says Netanyahu ahead of Gaza talks
Tel Aviv: Israel’s prime minister toughened his stance Wednesday by declaring that his country is in charge of its own security and isn’t an American protectorate as he prepared to discuss progress…
- Offbeat
This seat taken? Thieves busted for stealing over 1,000 restaurant chairs in Spain
Madrid: Spanish police have busted a criminal group dedicated to stealing your seat. Literally. Spain’s National Police said Wednesday that they had arrested seven people suspected of stealing more than 1,100 chairs…
- Middle East
Video: Israeli settlers attack Palestinian olive farmers in West Bank
Ramallah: Israeli settlers descended on Palestinian olive harvesters and activists this week in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, beating them with clubs in an attack Palestinian health officials said sent at least one…
- World
Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan’s first female Prime Minister
Tokyo: Sanae Takaichi, a star of ultraconservative Japanese politics and a rare woman to rise in its male-dominated hierarchy, has been elected the country’s first female prime minister. Takaichi, 64, is also…
- World
Portugal parliament passes bill to ban face veils in public
Madrid: Portugal’s parliament on Friday approved a bill banning face veils worn for “gender or religious” reasons in public, in a move seen as largely targeting the face coverings worn by some…
