18-02-2024 THE HAGUE/ JERUSALEM: The top United Nations court said that it notes the “perilous” situation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, but has declined South Africa’s request for urgent measures to safeguard Palestinians being threatened by an Israeli ground assault there. “The Court notes that the most recent …

17-02-2024 ATHENS: Greece has become the first Christian Orthodox-majority country to legalize same-sex marriage. Same-sex couples will now also be legally allowed to adopt children after Thursday’s 176-76 vote in parliament. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the new law would “boldly abolish a serious inequality” but it has divided the …

17-02-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY: Australia’s Eagers Automotive (APE.AX), opens new tab said on Friday a third party has claimed it has published on the internet data alleged to have been removed from the automotive retailer’s servers. The company said it was investigating the claim and was assessing the …

17-02-2024 BEIJING: As the Lunar New Year celebrations draw to a close, millions of people across China are preparing for a challenging journey back home, with a cold snap forecasted to drastically change the scenery. From February 17 to 22, a significant temperature plunge of up to 20 degrees Celsius …

17-02-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ AMBALA: Farmers protesting in India this week are using a homemade arsenal to counter the state-of-the-art weaponry of the security forces trying to disperse them: they’re flying kites to ensnare police drones carrying tear gas canisters. For the past two days, thousands of …

17-02-2024 LONDON: Voters went to the polls on Thursday for two new British lawmakers, with the opposition Labour Party expected to win parliamentary seats in central and southwestern England in yet another blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives. The Conservatives have done little to win over voters in Wellingborough …

17-02-2024 MOSCOW/ WASHINGTON: The Kremlin dismissed on Thursday a warning by the United States about Moscow’s new nuclear capabilities in space, calling it a “malicious fabrication” and a trick by the White House aimed at getting US lawmakers to approve more money to counter Russia. The United States has told …

17-02-2024 THE HAGUE/ JERUSALEM: Israel has asked the International Court of Justice to dismiss a request by South Africa to issue additional emergency measures because of Israel’s plan to extend its offensive in Gaza into the city of Rafah. In documents released on Thursday by the ICJ, also known as …

17-02-2024 MOSCOW: Russian families must produce at least two children for the sake of the nation’s ethnic survival, and three or more if it is to develop and thrive, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. Russia has suffered heavy but undisclosed casualties since launching its war in Ukraine nearly two …

16-02-2024 NEW YORK/ GAZA CITY: Seventy-two of the 99 journalists martyred worldwide in 2023 were Palestinians reporting on Israel’s war on Gaza, making those 12 months the deadliest for the media in almost a decade, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Killings of reporters would have dropped globally …