WASHINGTON: US commitments to defend Japan and the Philippines are “ironclad,” President Joe Biden said Thursday as he hosted his regional counterparts amid increasing provocations from China. “I want to be clear. The United States’ defence commitments to Japan and to the Philippines are ironclad. They are ironclad,” the president said during brief remarks to […]
United States State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller has highlighted growing concerns regarding the surge of hate amidst the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict. Miller’s remarks came during his weekly briefing on Friday when he was questioned about the escalating hate witnessed not only within the United States but also across the globe, stemming from the conflict in […]
ANKARA: Senior Pentagon officials were frustrated as Israel did not notify the US before conducting a strike on an Iranian diplomatic mission in the Syrian capital of Damascus earlier this month, an escalation that they assess increases risks to American forces in the Middle East, The Washington Post reported on Friday, citing US officials. Tensions […]
Amidst escalating tensions, Russia, Germany, and Britain urged restraint among Middle Eastern nations, while Israel affirmed it was preparing to ‘meet all its security needs’ in response to the Iran’s threat to strike Israel on Thursday. The German airline Lufthansa, one of only two Western carriers flying to Tehran, extended a suspension of its flights […]
BEIJING: China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Friday its launch of a key signal relay satellite was a “complete success” and it would serve as the communication bridge for its future lunar probe missions for years to come, state media reported. China launched the satellite Queqiao-2, which was named after a mythological bridge made […]
KYIV: Russian missiles and drones destroyed a large electricity plant near Kyiv and hit power facilities in several regions of Ukraine on Thursday, officials said, ramping up pressure on the embattled energy system as Kyiv runs low on air defences. The major attack more than two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion completely destroyed the Trypilska coal-powered thermal […]
The village of Kaminskoye in Russia’s Kurgan region was being evacuated on Friday morning after the water level there rose 1.4 metres (4.59 ft) overnight, regional governor Vadim Shumkov said on the Telegram messaging app. Kaminskoye is a settlement along the Tobol river which also flows through the regional centre Kurgan, a city of 300,000 […]
WASHINTON: OJ Simpson, the American football star and actor who was acquitted in a sensational 1995 trial of murdering his former wife but was found responsible for her death in a civil lawsuit and was later imprisoned for armed robbery and kidnapping, has died at the age of 76. Simpson, cleared by a Los Angeles jury […]
TAMIL NADU, INDIA: Few doubt Narendra Modi will win re-election in India’s marathon polls starting this month — the question is how far the prime minister will succeed in wooing the wealthier and better-educated south. After a decade in power, Modi hopes to significantly increase his Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) 55 percent parliamentary majority — […]
MOSCOW: Russia and Germany on Thursday urged countries in the Middle East to show restraint and Israel said it was preparing to “meet all its security needs” in a region on edge over an Iranian threat to strike Israel. The German airline Lufthansa, one of only two Western carriers flying to Tehran, extended a suspension […]
