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Analysis: After spy balloon incident, can China and the US talk again?
WASHINGTON: When U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken this month called off his trip to Beijing, he chose his words carefully. China’s launch of a spy balloon on a high-altitude journey over the United States was unacceptable and irresponsible, he
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In Syria’s quake-hit Aleppo, survivors try to reach the missing
ALEPPO, Syria: After Monday’s earthquake brought down his family’s building in Syria’s battle-scarred second city of Aleppo, Youssef managed to reach one of his trapped relatives by phone, hearing voices despite a bad line. Since then the 25-year-old has been
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“I am still traumatised,” Malaysian student at the centre of earthquake
KUALA LUMPUR: “Currently, even the slightest earth movement, scares me. I am still traumatised,” said Zahirul Amin Mohamad, 21, a student at Gaziantep University who is currently under the care of the Malaysian Embassy in Ankara, Turkiye. Recalling the moments before
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Malaysia hopes to bring resolution to WHO
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia hopes for more members of the executive board of the World Health Organization (WHO) to support the resolution on ‘Behavioral Science for Better Health’ proposed by the country at its 152nd meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, last Feb 3.
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EU hopes Malaysia comes on board ASEAN-EU Air Traffic Agreement
KUALA LUMPUR: European Union (EU) hopes Malaysia will join the other 36 EU and ASEAN states in ratifying the ASEAN-EU Comprehensive Air Traffic Agreement (AE CATA), the world’s first bloc-to-bloc air transport agreement. AE CATA aims to bolster connectivity and
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Four dead, at least 39 rescued after migrant boat sinks off Greece
ATHENS: Four migrants, including three children, died after their boat sank off the island of Leros in the southeastern Aegean Sea on Sunday, the Greek coast guard said. The coast guard recovered the body of a woman and rescued at
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Deadly Turkey earthquake sends rescuers scrambling for survivors
DIYARBAKIR/ANKARA: A major earthquake of magnitude 7.9 killed more than 50 people in southern Turkey on Monday and was felt in Cyprus, Lebanon and Syria, collapsing dozens of buildings and triggering a search for survivors under the rubble in snowy
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Chinese spy balloon flying over the United States, Pentagon says
WASHINGTON: A suspected Chinese spy balloon has been flying over the United States for a couple of days, U.S. officials said on Thursday, in what would be a brazen act just days ahead of a planned trip to Beijing by
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Soccer: Man United’s Greenwood has all charges against him dropped
MANCHESTER: Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood has had all criminal charges against him dropped, police and prosecutors said on Thursday. Greenwood, who was suspended by United in January 2022 when accusations against him surfaced on social media, was charged with
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Close to 1,000 migrant children separated by Trump yet to be reunited with parents
WASHINGTON: Nearly 1,000 migrant children separated at the U.S.-Mexico border by the administration of former President Donald Trump have yet to be reunited with their parents despite a two-year effort by President Joe Biden.The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
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