World
Back to homepage
Netanyahu seeks Red Cross help for Gaza hostages as emaciated videos fuel Israeli outrage
JERUSALEM, Aug 4 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross yesterday to aid hostages in Gaza, as outrage built at videos showing two of them emaciated. The premier’s office said he spoke
Read More
South Korea starts dismantling border loudspeakers in bid to ease tensions with North
SOUTH KOREA, Aug 4 — South Korea said on today it has started removing loudspeakers used to blare K-pop and news reports into the North, as a new administration in Seoul tries to ease tensions with its bellicose neighbour. The
Read More
Trump sends envoy to Moscow as sanctions deadline looms and tensions spike
WASHINGTON, Aug 4 — President Donald Trump confirmed yesterday his special envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Russia in the coming week, ahead of a looming US sanctions deadline and escalating tensions with Moscow. Speaking to reporters, Trump also said that
Read More
Former NZ top cop Jevon McSkimming charged over child abuse, bestiality material
WELLINGTON, Aug 4 — New Zealand’s former deputy police commissioner lost the right to anonymity today after he was charged with possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality material. Jevon McSkimming was arrested in June and charged with eight counts of possessing
Read More
Indian and Philippine navies hold joint patrols in disputed South China Sea ahead of Marcos’ visit to New Delhi
MANILA, Aug 4 — Indian Navy warships have begun patrolling areas of the disputed South China Sea with their Philippine counterparts for the first time, Manila’s military said Monday, as President Ferdinand Marcos departed for a state visit to New Delhi.
Read More
What’s behind the Gaza ceasefire deal? Key details explained
JERUSALEM, Jan 18 — International mediators said this week that 33 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza would be released in the first stage of a ceasefire deal for the Palestinian territory agreed with Israel. In return, Israel is to
Read More
First phase of Gaza ceasefire deal: Israel to free 737 Palestinian prisoners, hostages starting tomorrow
JERUSALEM, Jan 18 — Israel’s justice ministry has said 737 prisoners and detainees will be freed as part of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal approved Saturday. It said in a statement on its website
Read More
Two judges shot dead at Iran’s Supreme Court
TEHRAN, Jan 18 — Two judges were killed in a shooting attack today at the Supreme Court building in Tehran, state media reported. “This morning, a gunman infiltrated the Supreme Court in a planned act of assassination of two brave
Read More
America’s First Family moves back in
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 — Donald Trump’s family will likely be less formally involved in White House business in his second term as they were in the first, but some will remain key to his political operation as unofficial advisors. Here
Read More
Australian court extends ban on X stabbing videos
SYDNEY, April 24 — An Australian court today extended an order that X take down videos of a Sydney bishop being stabbed, after Elon Musk, the social media platform’s boss, vowed to fight the ban. In a brief hearing, Justice
Read More