Jerusalem: Israeli police attacked dozens of worshippers in Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound before dawn on Wednesday, witnesses said, in what Israeli police said was a response to rioting. The incident sparked protests across the occupied West Bank and the Israeli military said nine rockets were fired from Gaza toward Israel after sirens blared in southern […]
New York: Former US President Donald Trump is scheduled to appear on Tuesday before a Manhattan court here following an investigation related to hush money payments to a porn star, Stormy Daniels, who has said she had a sexual relationship with him. Following is the chronology of the scandal that led to Trump’s conviction, the […]
Brussels: Finland will become the 31st member of the world’s biggest military alliance on Tuesday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says, prompting a warning from Russia that it would bolster its defences in response. “This is a historic week,” Stoltenberg told reporters on Monday on the eve of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in […]
New Delhi: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Monday introduced the four astronauts, who will be a part of the lunar mission, Artemis II, next year. The four astronauts will now begin training for the historic Artemis II lunar flyby, which is scheduled to launch in November 2024. This will be the first […]
Tehran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said that the hijab was the law in Iran after a viral video showed a man throwing yoghurt at two unveiled women in a shop in a town near the northeastern city of Mashhad. In live remarks on state television, Raisi said: “If some people say they don’t believe […]
Jeddah: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has met Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the kingdom’s Red Sea city of Jeddah as Cairo tries to navigate through an acute financial crisis. The two leaders met on Monday to discuss joint cooperation and regional developments, Saudi state-run SPA news agency reported. El-Sisi arrived in […]
Moscow: The rouble steadied on Monday and Russia’s benchmark stock index surged to a near seven-month high after OPEC+ oil producers announced further oil output target cuts of about 1.16 million barrels per day (bpd) that saw oil prices jump. By 0804 GMT, the rouble-based MOEX Russian index was 0.9% higher at 2,472.4 points, reaching […]
Washington: Donald Trump raised over USD 4 million towards his 2024 presidential run in 24 hours after a Manhattan grand jury indicted the former US president on charges related to paying off a porn star, his office has said. According to the former president’s campaign, over 25 per cent of donations came from first-time donors […]
Moscow: Russian forces in Syria have protested over what Moscow described as “provocative actions” by United States forces also deployed in the country, Russia’s state news agency TASS has reported. TASS cited a senior Russian military official on Friday saying that “provocative” incidents had occurred in Syria’s northeastern province of Hassakeh where US forces have […]
New York: Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury over hush money payments made to a porn star during his 2016 campaign, making him the first former US president to face a criminal charge and upending his bid to retake the White House in 2024. The office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin […]