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Russia says it can now operate nuclear capable bombers from Syrian air base
Russia said on Tuesday it had the ability for the first time to operate long-range strategic nuclear-capable bombers from its air base in Syria, expanding its capabilities and allowing such planes to train in new regions.
25 May 2021, 17:07 PM
Biden to meet Putin for Geneva summit amid US-Russia tension
President Joe Biden will hold a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month in Geneva, a face-to-face meeting between the two leaders that comes amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Russia in the first months of the Biden administration.
25 May 2021, 16:22 PM
UK PM Johnson offers qualified apology for remarks on Islam
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued a qualified apology for offence caused by his past remarks about Islam, speaking in a critical report into his Conservative Party which looked at discrimination including complaints of Islamophobia.
25 May 2021, 11:56 AM
$150b stolen oil cash smuggled out since 2003: Iraq
Iraq’s president said $150 billion from oil had been smuggled out of the country since Saddam Hussein was ousted in 2003, as he introduced a law to fight endemic corruption.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Afghan forces, Taliban clash near capital
Afghan forces clashed with Taliban fighters in a provincial capital about 120 kilometres (75 miles) from Kabul, officials and witnesses said, prompting the defence minister to take charge of a counteroffensive.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM
115,000 health workers died from Covid-19: WHO chief
At least 115,000 health and care workers have died from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, the WHO chief said yesterday, calling for a dramatic scale-up of vaccination in all countries.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Iran inspection deal extended by one month: IAEA
Iran has informed the UN nuclear watchdog that it has decided to extend a monitoring deal with the agency for a month, Iran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency said yesterday, according to the Etemad website.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Mass evacuations as 2nd cyclone in week forms off India
Indian authorities yesterday ordered the evacuation of nearly half a million people out of the path of a new cyclone heading towards eastern India just one week after another deadly storm smashed into the west coast.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM
CBI moves SC challenging ‘house arrest’ of TMC leaders
India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) yesterday filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) before the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court’s order allowing Narada case accused and senior leaders of TMC to be kept under house-arrest.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM
West weighs action
Belarus’ forced diversion of a plane and arrest of a journalist who was on board has widened a rift between Western powers and Minsk, prompting calls for further sanctions and an international probe over the incident.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Gaza bookshop owner’s dreams buried under the rubble
For decades, it was the place to go for books in the blockaded Gaza Strip, from school texts to the Koran to Arabic translations of European literary classics.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Russia warns Turkey over ties with Ukraine
Russia's foreign minister on Monday warned Turkey against what he said were attempts to fuel "militaristic sentiment" in Ukraine after Ankara moved to boost cooperation with Kyiv.
24 May 2021, 15:19 PM
Belarus scrambles fighter to force airliner to land, arrests opponent
Belarusian authorities scrambled a fighter jet and flagged what turned out to be a false bomb alert to force a Ryanair plane to land on Sunday and then detained an opposition-minded journalist who was on board, drawing criticism from across Europe.
23 May 2021, 20:10 PM
More than 125,000 teachers suspended
More than 125,000 school teachers in Myanmar have been suspended by the military authorities for joining a civil disobedience movement to oppose the coup in February, an official of the Myanmar Teachers’ Federation said.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM
The Children of Gaza: Bombing ends, trauma persists
When an Israeli air strike targeted a security office near her home in Gaza this month, 10-year-old Zeina Dabous frantically scribbled a note and slipped it under her mother’s pillow.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Gaza ceasefire: UNSC calls for ‘full adherence’
The UN Security Council has called for “full adherence to the ceasefire” in the conflict between Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in its first statement since violence erupted on May 10.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Photos appear to show Dubai’s Sheikha Latifa
Two pictures purportedly showing Dubai’s Sheikha Latifa were published on an unverified Instagram account this week, months after the United
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Bolsonaro fined for breaking Covid curbs
President Jair Bolsonaro must pay a fine for failing to adhere to state health safety regulations at a public event, the governor of Maranhao state
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Cold weather in China kills 21 in ultramarathon
Twenty-one people were killed when extremely cold weather struck during an ultramarathon in rugged Gansu province in northwestern China,
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM
BBC journo apologises to William, Harry
Martin Bashir, the BBC journalist who tricked princess Diana into giving an explosive interview, yesterday apologised to Princes William and Harry, but said claims linking his actions to her death were “unreasonable”.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM