11-12-2021 SANA’A/ RIYADH/ TEHRAN: A Saudi spy drone was shot down by Yemeni forces over oil-producing province of Ma’rib, a spokesman said on Friday. It is an area where Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from the Popular Committees, are advancing on Saudi-backed forces. The spokesman for Yemeni Armed …
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12-12-2021 GENEVA/ TEHRAN: Talks are continuing in Vienna to restore Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, but a final agreement still appears elusive as Iran and the West have varying views on the path forward. After a week-long pause, representatives of Iran, China, Russia, the United Kingdom, France and …
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12-12-2021 NEW YORK/ KENTUCKY: US President Joe Biden has pledged support to states affected by a swarm of devastating tornadoes that demolished homes, levelled businesses and left at least 100 people feared dead. Describing the tornadoes as likely “one of the largest” storm outbreaks in history, Biden on Saturday approved …
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12-12-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Gunmen from the Pakistani Taliban armed group have killed one police officer guarding a polio vaccination team in northwest Pakistan, in the first attack since the end of a one-month ceasefire with the government. Mohammad Khurasani, spokesman for the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan …
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11-12-2021 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: About 150 firefighters are waging a fierce battle to contain an out of control bushfire tearing through Margaret River in Western Australia. Campers and residents have been evacuated around the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park near Margaret River in Western Australia. A bushfire emergency warning is in place …
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11-12-2021 TEHRAN/ SANA’A: A Saudi Arabian dual-purpose drone was shot down by Yemen’s air defense units over the west-central province of Ma’rib, a spokesman announced. The Yemeni air defenses targeted a CH-4 combat drone in Marib, Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced on Wednesday, describing the aerial vehicle as a “spy …
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11-12-2021 MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has been hardening his rhetoric over the situation in Ukraine, saying the war in the country’s east looks like genocide. Russian-backed rebels have been fighting Ukrainian troops there since 2014, and tensions have been growing as Russia amasses troops on the border. Meanwhile, US …
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11-12-2021 WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM: Former US President Donald Trump has launched a scathing attack on his once-close ally, ex-Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of disloyalty. Trump said he was furious at Netanyahu for the way he congratulated Joe Biden on his election victory, using an expletive towards him. He also …
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10-12-2021 CHIAPAS/ MEXICO CITY: At least 53 people, most of them migrants and refugees from Central America, have died after the truck they were travelling in crashed in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, officials said, in one of the worst road accidents in the country in recent years. The …
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10-12-2021 NEW YORK/ LONDON: The United States government has won an appeal at Britain’s High Court over the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Friday’s ruling, which overturns an earlier decision, means 50-year-old Assange may now be closer to being extradited from London’s high-security Belmarsh prison to the US, where …
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