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Tens of thousands flee as Syrian forces continue Idlib advance
Tens of thousands of civilians have fled parts of Syria’s northern Idlib province towards the border with Turkey as Russian-backed Syrian forces gain ground following days of renewed attacks against the last rebel-held enclave. Civilians have been fleeing bombardment en masse
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Tesco suspends Chinese supplier after suspected prisoner message
British supermarket giant Tesco suspended a Chinese supplier of Christmas cards yesterday after a press report said a customer found a message written inside a card saying it had been packed by foreign prisoners who were victims of forced labor.
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Turkey: Over 3,000 irregular migrants held last week
ANKARA: More than 3,000 irregular migrants were held across Turkey over the past week, according to data compiled by Anadolu Agency from security sources. Turkish gendarmerie forces held some 1,600 of the migrants in the northwestern province of Edirne, which
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NZ volcano eruption death toll rises to 17 after another person dies
New Zealand police said today that one of those injured during the eruption of a volcano visited by tourists earlier this month died in an Auckland hospital, bringing the official death toll to 17 while two remain missing. “Police can
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Battle lines harden over Trump impeachment trial witnesses
The White House yesterday signaled comfort with plans by Senate Republicans to avoid new witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, while a top Democrat seized on a newly released email on the withholding of US aid to Ukraine to
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‘Bull’s-eye’ landing caps Boeing’s faulty astronaut capsule test mission
Boeing Co’s (BA.N) Starliner astronaut spacecraft made a “bull’s-eye” landing in the New Mexico desert yesterday, a successful ending to a crewless test mission that two days earlier failed to reach the orbit needed to dock with the International Space
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Netanyahu uses the anti-Semitism card against ICC war crime probe
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the International Criminal Court of anti-Semitism yesterday over its chief prosecutor’s plan to pursue a war crimes probe in the Palestinian Territories. The right-wing leader, who is fighting for his political life in
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Hundreds arrested in India during days of protests over citizenship law
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: More than 1,500 protesters have been arrested across India in the past 10 days, officials said, as police try to quell sometimes violent demonstrations against a citizenship law that critics say undermines the country’s secular constitution. Additionally, officials
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Bushfires hit emergency level on Sydney’s outskirts; One dead in South Australia
SYDNEY: Catastrophic conditions fuelled massive bushfires across Australia’s New South Wales state today, with three blazes around Sydney burning at emergency level, while in South Australia one person was found dead in a fire zone. Some major roads outside Sydney
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UK all set for Jan 31 Brexit as Johnson wins vote on deal
Prime Minister Boris Johnson won approval for his Brexit deal in Parliament yesterday, the first step towards fulfilling his election pledge to deliver Britain’s departure from the European Union by Jan 31 after his landslide victory. Lawmakers voted by 358
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