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Khamenei loyalists may tighten grip at Iranian elections
DUBAI: Hardliners are set to tighten control of Iran in a parliamentary election stacked in their favour, as the leadership closes ranks with Washington. Big gains by security hawks would confirm the political demise of the country’s pragmatist politicians, weakened
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Syrian forces seize most of Aleppo province, on eve of Turkey-Russia talks
AMMAN/BEIRUT/ANKARA: Syrian government forces made significant advances yesterday in the country’s northwestern Aleppo province, seizing most of the rebel-held region, state media said, a day before a new round of talks between Turkey and Russia on the escalation in the
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Israel hopes Germany, other ICC members will help stave off Palestinian probe
JERUSALEM/THE HAGUE: Israel’s prime minister yesterday hailed what he called efforts by friendly states to stop the International Criminal Court opening an investigation into alleged war crimes against Palestinians. The court’s chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said in December there was
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Rouhani says Iran will never yield to US pressure for talks
DUBAI: Iran will never hold talks with the US under pressure, President Hassan Rouhani said yesterday, adding that Tehran’s help was essential in establishing security in the Middle East. Relations between Tehran and Washington reached crisis point in 2018 after
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Americans disembark from virus-hit cruise
SHANGHAI/BEIJING: American passengers were taken off a cruise liner yesterday to fly home after being quarantined for two weeks off Japan, while China said the rate of new coronavirus cases had slowed, calling that proof its steps to fight the
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Former DOJ officials call on Attorney General Barr to resign
WASHINGTON: More than 1,000 former US Justice Department officials yesterday called for Attorney General William Barr to resign over his handling of the trial of a longtime adviser of President Donald Trump. The former officials, who served under both Republican
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UK post-Brexit rules to ‘turn off tap’ of low-skilled foreign labour
LONDON: Britain will “turn off the tap” of foreign, low-skilled labour and require all skilled workers wishing to come to the country to have a job offer and meet salary and language requirements as it sets post-Brexit rules from next
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Treat Facebook like something between a telco and a newspaper, says CEO
MUNICH: Online content should be regulated with a system somewhere between the existing rules used for the telecoms and media industries, Facebook (FB.O) CEO Mark Zuckerberg told global leaders and security chiefs yesterday. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference in
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Twitter says Olympics, IOC accounts hacked
Twitter (TWTR.N) said yesterday that an official Twitter account of the Olympics and the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) media Twitter account had been hacked and temporarily locked. The accounts were hacked through a third-party platform, a spokesperson for the social
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Blasts hit US coalition base in Baghdad, damage unknown
Several blasts hit a US-led coalition military base in Baghdad early today from an apparent rocket attack, a US military official said. The official did not immediately say if the attack caused any casualties or significant damage. Rocket attacks which
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