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Typhoon Tapah cuts off power in Okinawa
TOKYO: A powerful Typhoon Tapah hit Japan’s southern Okinawa islands Saturday, cutting power to more than 15,000 homes and grounding hundreds of flights. Tapah – packing wind gusts of up to 180 kilometres per hour – is now moving north
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Iran claims it will destroy any aggressor
DUBAI: Iran will pursue any aggressor, even it carries out a limited attack, and seek to destroy it, the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday, after attacks on Saudi oil sites which Riyadh and US officials blamed
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Bracing for airport protest after night of violent clashes
HONG KONG: Hong Kong announced new curbs on rail travel on Sunday ahead of the latest in a series of planned protests targeting the airport after a night of widespread violent street clashes in the Chinese-ruled territory. Anti-government protesters have
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Africans should unite to end xenophobic violence in South Africa
CAPE TOWN: “Africans have no choice but to be united” against hatred and conflicts that plague South Africa, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting an official as saying yesterday on the recent spate of xenophobic violence. “The escalation of violence, intimidation
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Inspired by Greta Thunberg, worldwide protest demands climate action
Millions of young people flooded the streets of cities around the world yesterday to demand political leaders take urgent steps to stop climate change, uniting in a worldwide protest inspired by 16-year-old Swedish activist, Greta Thunberg. Alarmed by images of
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Brazilian climate strikers blame Bolsonaro for Amazon fires
BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO: Thousands of Brazilians demanded action on climate change yesterday, taking aim in nationwide protests at President Jair Bolsonaro who they say is allowing fires to destroy the Amazon rainforest, worsening the environmental crisis. Global anxiety that not
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US sends troops to bolster Saudi defences after attack
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yesterday approved sending American troops to bolster Saudi Arabia’s air and missile defences after the largest-ever attack on the kingdom’s oil facilities, which Washington has squarely blamed on Iran. The Pentagon said the deployment would
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Tunisia’s ex-president Ben Ali passes away in exile
TUNIS: Former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the first leader to be toppled by the Arab Spring revolts, died yesterday in Saudi Arabia, said the Tunisia’s foreign ministry. He was 83. “We had confirmation of his death 30
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Letter detailing civilian presence failed to deter deadly Afghan drone strike
JALALABAD, Afghanistan/KABUL: Twelve days ahead of the pine-nut harvest season, the governor of Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province received a letter from village elders in the Wazir Tangi area about their plans to recruit 200 labourers and children to pluck the
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Saudi-led coalition strikes north of Hodeidah in Yemen
DUBAI: The Saudi-led coalition today launched a military operation north of Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah against what it described as “legitimate military targets”, an incident that could aggravate regional tensions after a weekend attack on Saudi oil installations. The
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