23-05-2024 WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has suggested he will work with lawmakers on potential sanctions against the International Criminal Court as its prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials. Blinken told a congressional hearing he was “committed” to taking action against the “profoundly wrong-headed decision”. His …
Read More »Ex-Russian army commander detained over fraud charge
23-05-2024 MOSCOW: A former Russian army commander who raised concerns about the country’s high military casualties in Ukraine has been detained on suspicion of large-scale fraud. Maj Gen Ivan Popov, 49, will be held in custody for two months, Russian state-run media reported. His attorney was quoted by Tass news …
Read More »Iran’s supreme leader leads prayers at Raisi funeral
22-05-2024 TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader has presided over a funeral for the country’s late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led prayers at Tehran University, where caskets carrying the dead were draped in Iranian flags. President Ebrahim Raisi died alongside Foreign …
Read More »India braces for more heatwaves amid elections
22-05-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ KERALA: As India’s northwest braces for more heatwave days this summer, capital Delhi has ordered the closure of all schools as temperatures surge as high as 47 degrees Celsius ahead of voting in the final two phases of national elections. The India Meteorological …
Read More »Singapore Airlines flight hits severe turbulence
22-05-2024 BANGKOK: One passenger was killed and 30 injured after a Singapore Airlines (SIAL.SI), opens new tab flight from London hit severe turbulence en route on Tuesday, forcing it to make an emergency landing in Bangkok, officials and the airline said. “Singapore Airlines offers its deepest condolences to the family …
Read More »ICC arrest warrants against Sinwar & Netanyahu
22-05-2024 THE HAGUE: The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the October 7 attacks on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza, the court’s prosecutor Karim …
Read More »Dozens more Palestinians martyred in West Bank raid
22-05-2024 EST BANK: Dozens of more Palestinians, including a doctor, have been killed by Israeli forces during an operation in Jenin in the north of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry has said. Dr Aseed Jabareen, a 50-year-old surgeon at Jenin Government Hospital, was shot dead on his …
Read More »Greek court throws out shipwreck trial against 9 men
22-05-2024 CAIRO: A court in Greece has abandoned the trial of nine Egyptian men accused of causing the biggest migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea for a decade. The judges in the southern port city of Kalamata ruled they did not have jurisdiction to hear the case on the grounds …
Read More »France’s President to fly to riot-hit New Caledonia
22-05-2024 PARIA: Emmanuel Macron will fly to New Caledonia on Tuesday night to “set up a mission” on the riot-hit island, France has confirmed. France’s president will travel to the island after more than a week of unrest there over his government’s voting reform plans, which have been rejected by …
Read More »Thousands mourn Iran’s President in Tabriz procession
22-05-2024 TEHRAN/ TABRIZ: Iranians have gathered in Tabriz, the capital of the East Azerbaijan province, to mourn at a farewell procession for President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and six other people in the helicopter, including crew members, were also killed …
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