Japan Airlines reported a cyberattack on Thursday that caused delays to domestic and international flights but later said it had found and addressed the cause. The airline, Japan’s second biggest after All Nippon Airways (ANA), said 24 domestic flights had been delayed by more than half an hour. Public broadcaster NHK said problems with the […]
China’s foreign minister said Tuesday that Beijing and Washington can achieve “many great things” if they work together, ahead of next month’s inauguration of president-elect Donald Trump. But top diplomat Wang Yi also warned against what he called the US’ “crude interference” on the issue of Taiwan. The world’s two largest economies have butted heads […]
TikTok must now move quickly with a request to the US Supreme Court to block or overturn a law that would require its Chinese parent ByteDance to divest of the short-video app by Jan 19 after an appeals court on Friday rejected a bid for more time. TikTok and ByteDance on Monday had filed the […]
• Commander rules out pardon for Assad’s supporters • Interim leader vows to rebuild Syria but faces cash crunch DAMASCUS: The main commander of the fighters who toppled Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday that anyone involved in the torture or killing of detainees during the ousted Syrian president’s rule would be hunted down, and pardons […]
Syria’s new transitional prime minister Mohammad al-Bashir on Tuesday said it was time for “stability and calm” in the country, two days after longtime president Bashar al-Assad was toppled by rebels in a lightning offensive. The rebels appointed Bashir as the transitional head of government to run the country until March 1, a statement said. […]
GENEVA: The escalation in fighting in Syria has displaced around 280,000 people in just over a week, the United Nations said on Friday, warning that numbers could swell to 1.5 million. “The figure we have in front of us is 280,000 people since Nov 27,” Samer Abdel Jaber, head of emergency coordination at the UN’s […]
US president-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he has chosen former Senator David Perdue to be ambassador to China, tapping a former politician with business experience to help steer relations riven by deep mistrust and trade tensions. “He will be instrumental in implementing my strategy to maintain Peace in the region, and a productive working […]
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler discussed “new crises” in the Middle East with the UAE’s president during his first visit to the country in three years, Emirati media said. Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and UAE leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met on Sunday in Al Ain, a former oasis on the […]
Joe Biden headed to Angola on Sunday for a trip that will deliver on a promise to visit Africa during his presidency and focus on a major US-backed railway project that aims to divert critical minerals away from China. The project, partly funded with a US loan, links the resource-rich Democratic Republic of Congo and […]
GENEVA: European and Iranian officials made little progress in meetings on Friday on whether they could engage in serious talks, including over Iran’s nuclear programme, before Donald Trump returns to the White House in January, diplomats said. The meetings in Geneva, the first since this month’s US election, come after Tehran was angered by a […]