A Lebanese judge on Thursday fined and issued a six-month travel ban to a woman who stormed her bank with a fake pistol and took her trapped savings to cover her sister’s cancer treatment. Lebanon’s cash-strapped banks have imposed strict limits on wit…
Thailand mass shooting kills 34 at day-care centre
Thirty-four people were killed in Thailand on Thursday in a mass shooting at a day-care centre by a former policeman who killed his wife and child before shooting himself dead, police said. There were 22 children among the victims of the suspected gunm…
OPEC+ oil output cut ahead of winter fans inflation concerns
Global oil supply is set to tighten, intensifying concerns over soaring inflation after the OPEC+ group of nations announced its largest supply cut since 2020 ahead of European Union embargoes on Russian energy. The move has widened a diplomatic rift b…
Turkey summons Sweden envoy over ‘insulting’ Erdogan: report
NATO member Turkey summoned the Swedish ambassador over “insulting content” about President Tayyip Erdogan aired on Swedish public service television, Turkey’s Anadolu Agency said on Wednesday. Sweden and Finland applied for membership in NATO earlier …
IOC not consulted to pick Saudi for 2029 Asian Winter Games
The International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday it was not consulted in the decision by the Olympic Council of Asia to pick Saudi Arabia as the hosts of the 2029 Asian Winter Games. The choice for the 2029 Games at the OCA general assembly on Tue…
Iran-made drones hit Kyiv region for first time: officials
Dozens of firefighters rushed to douse blazes on Wednesday in a town near Ukraine’s capital Kyiv following multiple strikes caused by what local officials said were Iranian-made loitering munitions, often known as ‘kamikaze drones’. Six drones hit a bu…
Houthis should be more flexible over truce deal: US envoy
US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking on Wednesday called on the Houthi rebel group to show more flexibility over an extended and expanded truce deal proposed by the United Nations to build on a previous pact that expired on Sunday. An initial truc…
Russian launches to space from US for first time in 20 years
For the first time in 20 years, a Russian cosmonaut rocketed from the US on Wednesday, launching to the International Space Station alongside NASA and Japanese astronauts despite tensions over the war in Ukraine. Their SpaceX flight was delayed by Hurr…
UK: Greenpeace protesters disrupt Truss’s conference speech
Protesters from Greenpeace briefly disrupted a speech by British Prime Minister Liz Truss at a conference of the governing Conservative Party on Wednesday, holding up a sign and shouting slogans before they were removed by security. Two protesters amon…
EU condemns Houthi threats to bomb Saudi Arabia, UAE
The European Union has condemned threats by Yemen’s Houthi rebels to bomb targets in the UAE and Saudi Arabia following the breakdown of a six-month truce with forces loyal to the internationally recognised government. In a statement published on Tuesd…