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Pope Leo warns world leaders will answer to God at Colosseum Good Friday service
ROME, April 4 — Pope Leo led a candle-lit service with thousands of Catholics inside Rome’s famed Colosseum yesterday evening that featured prayers for war orphans and deported immigrant children, and a warning to world leaders that their decisions will
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Three charged over arson attack on Jewish charity ambulances in London
LONDON, April 4 — Three young men have been charged with arson over the vandalising of four ambulances run by a Jewish charity in London, British police said yesterday. British citizens Hamza Iqbal, 20, and Rehan Khan, 19, will appear
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Israel hits Beirut after destroying key bridge to block Hezbollah reinforcements
BEIRUT, April 4 — The Israeli military said today it had begun striking “Hezbollah infrastructure” in Beirut after it destroyed a bridge in eastern Lebanon to prevent the Iran-backed group’s reinforcements from crossing. An AFP journalist heard two loud explosions
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WHO flags multiple attacks on health facilities in Iran amid escalating conflict
PARIS, April 3 — The World Health Organisation warned Friday about “multiple attacks on health” in Iran in recent days, while paying tribute to the Pasteur Institute in the capital which was destroyed in an airstrike. “Multiple attacks on health
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Lights out early: Bangladesh cuts office hours, rolls out austerity drive to curb energy use
DHAKA, April 3 — The Bangladeshi government has decided to reduce office hours and take a series of austerity measures to cope with the ongoing global energy crisis triggered by instability in West Asia. According to United News of Bangladesh
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Anwar meets AIIB chief to discuss Malaysia’s green energy and digital infrastructure plans
KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the president and chair of the Board of Directors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Zou Jiayi, have discussed a sustainable development agenda covering the transition to
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Penang MACC arrests two over RM1m bribe to suppress corruption report against sand supplier
KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested a managing director and a jobless man for allegedly soliciting a RM1 million bribe to bury a corruption report against a sand supplier. The suspects, both in their
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Thailand probes suspected fuel hoarding after 57m-litre supply gap
BANGKOK, April 3 — Thai authorities have launched a nationwide investigation into illegal fuel hoarding after uncovering a 57-million-litre discrepancy in oil shipments to Surat Thani province early this month. Justice Minister Pol Lt Gen Rutthaphon Naowarat said inspections are
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Hegseth asks US Army chief of staff to step down as military shake-up deepens
WASHINGTON, April 3 — Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth has asked General Randy George to step down as chief of staff of the US Army, an official said yesterday. George is the latest senior military officer to be ousted during
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Flotilla 2.0: 1,000 pro-Palestinian activists to relaunch Gaza mission from Barcelona on April 12
BARCELONA, April 3 — A flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists who attempted to reach Gaza last year said yesterday they would launch a new mission to the devastated territory from Barcelona on April 12. The Global Sumud Flotilla’s first weeks-long journey
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