DUBAI: Iran’s intelligence minister told its regional rival Saudi Arabia on Wednesday that there is no guarantee of Tehran continuing its “strategic patience,” according to semi-official Fars news agency. “Until now, Iran has adopted strategic patience with firm rationality, but it cannot guarantee that it will not run out if hostilities continue,” Fars quoted Esmail Khatib as […]
US President Joe Biden’s agenda hung in the balance on Tuesday on a tense election night, with one potential 2024 challenger, Ron DeSantis, winning a crushing victory for a new term as Florida’s governor. As polls closed in the midterm elections, Republicans were projected to have picked up at least two seats in the House […]
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden warned Americans on Monday that the 2022 mid-term contest was between democratic and non-democratic forces as his predecessor Donald Trump indicated that he would not accept the results if his candidates lost. “An overwhelming majority of Americans believe that our democracy is under threat,” said Mr Biden in one of […]
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: The UN’s COP27 climate summit kicked off on Sunday in Egypt with warnings against backsliding on efforts to cut emissions and calls for rich nations to compensate poor countries after a year of extreme weather disasters. Just in the past few months, climate-induced catastrophes have killed thousands, displaced millions and cost billions in […]
MOSCOW: Russia pushed ahead on Friday with a civilian pullout from Ukraine’s Kherson region amid a mounting counter-offensive, with President Vladimir Putin saying residents must be “removed” from danger zones. The Russian army said “more than 5,000 civilians” were being led across the Dnipro River every day, showing footage of soldiers directing lines of cars […]
PARIS: Iranians staged fresh protest actions on Thursday in defiance of a crackdown by the authorities as an 18-year-old became the latest teenager killed in clashes in the northwest. Iran has for over six weeks been gripped by protests sparked by the death on Sept 16 of Mahsa Amini, who had been arrested by the “morality […]
The warring sides in Ethiopia announced on Wednesday an agreement to silence their guns after two years of devastating conflict that have claimed thousands of lives and left millions needing aid in Africa’s second most populous country. The surprise deal between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government and Tigrayan rebels was unveiled after little over a […]
A North Korean ballistic missile landed less than 60 kilometres off South Korea’s coast on Wednesday, the first time an apparent test had landed near the South’s waters, prompting South Korea to issue rare air raid warnings and launch missiles in protest. The missile landed outside of South Korea’s territorial waters, but south of the […]
South Korea moved to calm public outrage on Tuesday over a Halloween party crush that killed more than 150 people, most of them young, promising a speedy and intensive inquiry and calling for tough new safety measures to prevent similar disasters. The death toll from the crush at a crowded Halloween street party on Saturday […]
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has quashed “rumours” that he is abandoning the long march to hold talks with the Government, saying no dialogue will be held until authorities announced a date for snap elections. The long march dubbed as ‘Haqeeqi Azadi March’ began on Friday. On its second day on Saturday, the marchers […]