Jenin: Israeli military launches major operation in West Bank city
There have been intense exchanges of fire between Israeli forces and armed Palestinian militants in Jenin refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli...
US Supreme Court bans the use of race in university admissions
WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Thursday (Jun 29) banned the use of race and ethnicity in university admissions, dealing a major blow to a...
US ‘deeply troubled’ by Israel’s approval of settler building permits in West Bank
JERUSALEM: The United States yesterday objected to a decision by Israel’s nationalist-religious government to approve the construction of around 5,700 additional housing units for Jewish...
Biden singles out Russia on world torture day
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden singled out “appalling brutality” by Russian authorities both at home and in occupied Ukraine in a statement yesterday marking the...
New York Mayor says ‘no room’ in his city for migrants
LOS ANGELES: The mayor of New York travelled to the Mexican border city of El Paso on Sunday and declared that “there is no room...
US to provide Patriot missile system to Ukraine
WASHINGTON: The United States said yesterday it would provide Ukraine with the advanced Patriot air defence system to help counter Moscow's relentless aerial attacks. The...
Ukraine’s Zelensky planning to visit US on Wednesday – reports
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is planning to visit Washington on Wednesday and may meet US President Joe Biden, reports say. It would be his first...
Replacing a UK prime minister without a general election
LONDON: Replacing a prime minister mid-term is far from unusual in Britain and the incumbent’s party is under no obligation to call a general election....
China’s navy begins to erase imaginary Taiwan Strait median line
TAIPEI: For nearly 70 years an imagined line running down the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and China has helped keep the peace but the...
Kyiv vows to restore Ukrainian rule in Russia-annexed Crimea
KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed today to restore Ukrainian rule over Russia-annexed Crimea, a move that he said would help re-establish “world law and...