23-12-2025 ALGIERS: Lawmakers in Algeria have begun debating a draft law that would criminalize France’s colonization of the North African country amid a period of tense ties between the two countries, according to the People’s National Assembly. French colonial rule in Algeria lasted for more than 130 years, which was …
Read More »Trump expands US travel ban to five more countries
23-12-2025 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has expanded a US travel ban, barring nationals of five additional countries and people travelling on Palestinian Authority-issued documents from entering the US. The White House said the restrictions were intended “to protect the security of the United States” and will come into force on …
Read More »‘Israeli death penalty bill violates international law’
22-12-2025 JERUSALEM: Palestinian prisoners in Israel already face horrific conditions, with a rights group documenting the deaths of at least 94 of them in the past two years, and the rape of prisoners caught on camera. The far-right Israeli minister responsible for prisons, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has proudly declared that conditions …
Read More »Epstein victims slam release of heavily-redacted files
22-12-2025 WASHINGTON: Victims of Jeffrey Epstein have criticized the United States government after it released a partial trove of documents from cases against the late convicted sex offender with heavily redacted pages and blacked-out photos. The growing outcry on Saturday came as US media reported that at least 16 files …
Read More »Australia marks Day of Reflection for Bondi attack victims
22-12-2025 SYDNEY: Australians were set to light candles at 6:47 p.m. on Sunday (9:47 am Israel time; 7:47 GMT) to collectively commemorate the moment the first shots rang out a week earlier at Sydney’s Bondi Beach in an attack on a Jewish Hanukkah event that left 15 dead. The federal …
Read More »Engineer becomes first wheelchair user to go to space
22-12-2025 HOUSTON: An engineer from Germany has become the world’s first wheelchair user to go into space. Michaela Benthaus, who suffered a spinal cord injury in a mountain bike accident seven years ago, had reached out to a retired space engineer online to see if her dream of being an …
Read More »US, Egypt, Qatar, Turkiye urge restraint in Gaza as Israeli attacks continue
22-12-2025 MIAMI: The United States, Egypt, Qatar and Turkiye have urged the parties to the Gaza ceasefire to honor their commitments and show restraint, the chief US envoy says after talks in the US city of Miami. Senior officials from the four mediator countries met Steve Witkoff, US President Donald …
Read More »Lebanon claims first phase of Hezbollah’s disarmament close to complete
22-12-2025 BEIRUT: Lebanon is close to completing the disarmament of Hezbollah in the south of the Litani River before a year-end deadline as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel, according to Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. Saturday’s statement comes as the country races to fulfil the key demand in the …
Read More »Israel launches new raids in Syria’s Quneitra, establishes checkpoints
22-12-2025 JERUSALEM/ DAMASCUS: Israeli forces have advanced into the Quneitra area of Syria’s occupied Golan Heights and set up two military checkpoints, a journalist on the ground reports. The Israeli military operation on Saturday took place in the villages of Ain Ziwan and al-Ajraf in the southern part of the …
Read More »No more wars if West treats Russia with respect: Putin
21-12-2025 MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said there will be no more wars after Ukraine, if Russia is treated with respect and dismissed claims that Moscow is planning to attack European countries as “nonsense”. In a televised event lasting almost four and a half hours, he was asked by …
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