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Turkey protesters defiant despite mass arrests
Protesters were defiant yesterday despite a growing crackdown and nearly 1,500 arrests as they marked a week since the start of Turkey’s biggest street demonstrations since 2013.
26 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Moscow not ‘pursuing real peace’: Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday denounced the latest attacks from Russia, which launched over a hundred drones overnight, hours after agreeing to outlines of a Black Sea ceasefire.
26 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Secretive Chinese network tries to lure fired federal workers, research shows
Once employed by the network, federal employees could then be asked to share increasingly sensitive information about government operations
26 March 2025, 04:40 AM
Hundreds arrested as Turkey protesters defy crackdown
The biggest protests in Turkey in over a decade erupted last week following the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on corruption charges
26 March 2025, 04:04 AM
Israel releases Palestinian Oscar winner after West Bank detention
Basel Adra, who worked with Ballal on the Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land", posted a photo of Ballal on X after his release with blood stains on his shirt.
26 March 2025, 04:01 AM
Turkish court jails 7 journos after anti-Erdogan protests
A Turkish court yesterday remanded in custody seven journalists for covering the mass protests that erupted following the arrest of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival, in a crackdown that has now seen more than 1,400 people arrested.
25 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Pak YouTube star charged with blasphemy
A Pakistani YouTube star has been charged with blasphemy after launching a perfume named after the very law he has fallen foul of, police said yesterday.
25 March 2025, 18:00 PM
China slams US ‘interference’ in Venezuela
China yesterday accused the United States of “interfering in Venezuela’s internal affairs” after President Donald Trump announced 25 percent tariffs on imports from countries that bought oil and gas from the South American nation.
25 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Trump pushes US claims to Greenland
President Donald Trump on Monday doubled down on his suggestion that the US should take over Greenland as leaders from the semi-autonomous Danish territory criticized a planned trip there this week by a high-profile US delegation.
25 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Russia hits Ukraine with 139 drones, ballistic missile
The Ukrainian air force said yesterday that Russia launched 139 drones and an Iskander-M ballistic missile during an overnight attack that injured two people and damaged storage facilities.
25 March 2025, 18:00 PM
UK sanctions ex-Sri Lankan commanders
Britain on Monday imposed sanctions on three former senior Sri Lankan military commanders and one former Tamil Tiger rebel commander over human rights violations during a civil war that ended in 2009.
25 March 2025, 18:00 PM
`Trump backs national security adviser
President Donald Trump yesterday expressed support for his national security adviser, Michael Waltz, after a magazine journalist said on Monday that Waltz had accidentally included him in a discussion of highly sensitive war plans on the messaging app Signal.
25 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Israeli strikes hit bases in central Syria
Israeli shelling killed four people in southern Syria yesterday, Syria’s state news agency reported, after the Israeli military said its troops had clashed with militants there who had opened fire on them.
25 March 2025, 18:00 PM
No Ukraine deal after US-Russia talks in Saudi
US President Donald Trump is pushing for a rapid end to Russia's invasion and had hoped the latest round of talks in Saudi Arabia would pave the way for a truce
25 March 2025, 14:50 PM
Japan awards longest-serving death row inmate $1.4 million
The former boxer, now 89, was exonerated last year of a 1966 quadruple murder after a tireless campaign by his sister and others.
25 March 2025, 05:11 AM
Journalist killed, evacuation calls issued as Israel presses Gaza offensive
AFPTV footage from the scene in Beit Lahia showed Palestinians gathering around the car, which had an Al Jazeera sticker on its windscreen. A body could be seen on the ground nearby.
25 March 2025, 03:15 AM
Humanitarian aid cuts could cause more children to die: UN
However, the annual report from UNICEF, the World Health Organization and the World Bank does not single out the United States
25 March 2025, 02:56 AM
US, Russia talks on Ukraine ceasefire end after 12 hours
Kremlin has downplayed expectations of a rapid resolution
25 March 2025, 02:05 AM
'Nazis were treated better than Venezuelans deported by Trump'
Says a US judge at hearing
25 March 2025, 01:53 AM
Samsung Electronics co-CEO Han dies of cardiac arrest
Han was in charge of Samsung's consumer electronics and mobile devices division
25 March 2025, 01:46 AM