World News
-
Lebanon’s economic crisis endures, as does the EU’s ‘fear’ of refugees
Lebanon and the Lebanese people are still suffering a debilitating economic crisis that has gripped the country since 2019. The…
Read More » -
Zelenskyy warns Russia’s Kharkiv offensive may only be ‘first wave’
Russia’s offensive in Ukraine’s northeastern border region of Kharkiv may just be the “first wave” in a wider assault, Ukrainian…
Read More » -
G7 finance ministers to back EU plan to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine
Finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies meeting in Italy next week will back a European Union plan to…
Read More » -
Kharkiv air raid alert lifted after 16 hours of drone strikes, missile warning
A protracted air raid alert in most of Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region was lifted early on Friday after officials reported Russian drone strikes…
Read More » -
Kim Yo Jong denies North Korea-Russia arms exchange amid US, South Korea accusations
Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, again denied arms exchanges with Russia, state media…
Read More » -
US House votes to expedite weapon shipments to Israel
The Republican-led US House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would force President Joe Biden to send weapons to Israel,…
Read More » -
Ukrainian shelling claims lives of four women in Donetsk: Moscow
Ukrainian shelling killed four women in the Russian-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, the region’s Moscow-installed authorities said. Donetsk…
Read More » -
Israel accuses South Africa of making false claims at ICJ genocide case
Israel’s foreign ministry said South Africa was ‘presenting biased and false claims’ that ‘rely on unreliable Hamas sources’ in response…
Read More » -
Turkey sentences pro-Kurdish party leaders to decades in prison over 2014 protests
A Turkish court sentenced former pro-Kurdish party leader Selahattin Demirtas to more than 40 years in jail on Thursday for instigating protests…
Read More » -
Canada imposes first-ever sanctions on four ‘extremist’ Israeli settlers
Canada on Thursday imposed its first-ever sanctions on what the foreign ministry called “extremist” Israeli settlers in the West Bank, and said Ottawa was weighing…
Read More »