01-07-2026 BERLIN/ COPENHAGEN: Europe has experienced another day of extreme heat with temperature records being broken across the continent again on Saturday. Germany set a new all-time high for the second day in a row, as temperatures reached 41.5C, according to provisional data. On Saturday, records also fell in Denmark …
Read More »Trump nominates ex-state trooper as ICE Director
01-07-2026 WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump has nominated a former Oklahoma state trooper to serve as the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), one of the primary agencies charged with carrying out his mass deportation campaign. On Saturday, Trump revealed Lance Schroyer as his pick, praising his 29 …
Read More »Australia to double penalty for social media ban violators
01-07-2026 TCANBERRA: he federal government will double the penalty for breaches of Australia’s youth social media ban to $99m, arguing tech companies are “not doing enough” to keep children off harmful social media sites. And the eSafety commissioner, now investigating potential breaches of the law by Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok …
Read More »Israel strikes Lebanon as Hezbollah condemns new deal
01-07-2026 BEIRUT: Israeli air strikes in Lebanon have killed one person, the country’s health ministry said’ a day after the two countries signed a deal aimed at paving the way to a lasting peace. Lebanon’s state news agency said an Israeli drone hit the southern town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa, and …
Read More »US court demands details to drop case against Indian billionaire
01-07-2026 NEW YORK: A U.S. judge ordered the Justice Department on Friday to justify its decision to drop criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, declining to rule immediately on Adani’s lawyers’ request to dismiss the case. Brooklyn-based US District Judge Nicholas Garaufis said federal prosecutors’ May 18 announcement that …
Read More »Burkina Faso cuts diplomatic ties with France
01-07-2026 QUAGADOUGOU: Burkina Faso has broken off diplomatic relations with France, further widening the rift with its former colonial ruler. “The government of Burkina Faso hereby informs the national and international community that it has decided to sever diplomatic relations with France with effect from today, June 26, 2026,” said …
Read More »Israeli prosecutors charge 6 settlers after mosque attack
01-07-2026 JERUSALEM: Israeli prosecutors have filed charges against six people following attacks on villages and a mosque by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. “Six indictments were filed for acts of terrorism, arson, sabotage and violent rioting in the village of Deir Dibwan out of a nationalistic motive,” Israeli …
Read More »Hezbollah demands Israel leave Lebanon ‘unconditionally’
30-06-2026 BEIRUT: Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has demanded that Israel must pull its troops completely out of Lebanon “unconditionally”. Qassem delivered the remarks in a televised address on Friday, on the Muslim holy day of Ashura, and as the latest round of United States-mediated ceasefire talks between Lebanon and Israel …
Read More »Indian Supreme Court ends 1997 culpable homicide case
30-06-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: An Indian Supreme Court bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Arun Palli has closed criminal proceedings under section 304 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which deals with the punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, against three convicts. The top court has noted …
Read More »North Korea conducts major weapons tests
30-06-2026 PYONGYANG: North Korea has conducted major weapons tests as part of its push to strengthen its military capabilities and reinforce its southern border amid ongoing tensions with South Korea. Seoul said on Friday that it is building an army of “drone warriors” after the North’s leader Kim Jong Un …
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