- World
Trump plans to meet with New York City’s mayor-elect Mamdani
West Palm Beach: President Donald Trump indicated on Sunday that he plans to meet with New York City’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and said they’ll “work something out,” in what could be a…
- Middle East
Iran halts uranium enrichment as nuclear sites hit in June attacks
Tehran: Iran’s foreign minister on Sunday, November 16, said that Tehran is no longer enriching uranium at any site in the country. Answering a question from an Associated Press journalist visiting Iran,…
- Middle East
South Africa probes mystery charter flight carrying 150 Palestinians from Gaza
Johannesburg: South Africa’s intelligence services are investigating who was behind a chartered plane that landed in Johannesburg with more than 150 Palestinians from war-ravaged Gaza who did not have proper travel documents…
- Middle East
First major winter rains pummel Gaza, leaving makeshift shelters ruined
Gaza Strip: The first heavy rainfall of the season sent water cascading Saturday, November 15, through the sprawling Muwasi tent camp in the Gaza Strip, as the embattled enclave struggles to cope…
- Middle East
Lebanon to file complaint against Israel over wall built on its territory
Beirut: Lebanon’s president asked the country’s foreign minister Saturday, November 16, to work on filing a complaint against Israel for building a wall inside Lebanese territory. A statement released by President Joseph…
- World
Protestors don Pikachu costumes asking Japan to end fossil fuel financing
Belem (Brazil): Protesters in Pokemon costumes stomped around the United Nations climate conference on Friday to send a message to Japan: end financing of coal and natural gas projects across Southeast Asia…
- Middle East
Palestinian leader Abbas turns 90, weakened by Israel, deeply unpopular
Cairo: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas turns 90 on Saturday, still holding authoritarian power in tiny pockets of the West Bank, but marginalised and weakened by Israel, deeply unpopular among Palestinians, and struggling…
- World
Beef, coffee, fruit tariffs slashed by Trump administration
Washington: President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was scrapping US tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and a broad swath of other commodities — a dramatic move that comes amid mounting…
- Middle East
UN holds special session on Sudan after hundreds killed in El-Fasher
Geneva: The UN’s top human rights body was holding a one-day special session Friday to highlight hundreds of killings at a hospital in Sudan’s Darfur region and other atrocities committed last month…
- Middle East
Over 150 Palestinians stranded on plane for 12 hours in South Africa
Johannesburg: South African authorities faced heavy criticism Friday after they held more than 150 Palestinians, including a woman who is nine months pregnant, on a plane for around 12 hours due to…
- Technology
Blue Origin launches huge rocket carrying twin NASA spacecraft to Mars
Cape Canaveral: Blue Origin launched its huge New Glenn rocket Thursday with a pair of NASA spacecraft destined for Mars. It was only the second flight of the rocket that Jeff Bezos’…
- World
BBC apologizes to Trump over its misleading edit
London: The BBC apologized Thursday to U.S. President Donald Trump over a misleading edit of his speech on Jan. 6, 2021 but said it had not defamed him, rejecting the basis for…
- Middle East
Turkey suspends C-130 flights after crash kills 20
Ankara: Turkey has temporarily grounded its C-130 military cargo planes as a precaution, the Defence Ministry announced Thursday, November 13, following a crash in Georgia that claimed the lives of all 20…
- Middle East
Israeli settlers set fire to West Bank mosque
West Bank: Israeli settlers torched and defaced a mosque in a Palestinian village in the central West Bank overnight, scribbling hateful messages in a show of defiance, a day after some Israeli…
- Middle East
Breaking barriers: Iranian women ride motorbikes in Tehran
Tehran: When Merat Behnam first gathered enough courage to ride her yellow scooter through the gridlocked streets of Iran’s capital to the coffee shop she runs, traffic wasn’t her main worry. She…
