US extends battalion in Lithuania as Russia fears persist
WASHINGTON: The United States will extend its rotation of a heavy tank battalion in Lithuania, which sees no reduction in the threat from Russia since...
French soccer chiefs to check migrant workers’ conditions in Qatar
The French Football Federation (FFF) said on Friday (Oct 14) it will send a delegation to Qatar to carry out checks on the working conditions...
IAEA’s Grossi hails Ukraine restoration of power to key nuclear plant
Zaporizhzhia is one of four Ukrainian regions Russia has proclaimed as annexed but only partly occupies. This week Grossi shuttled from Moscow to Kyiv in...
Commentary: Russia’s escalating use of Iranian ‘kamikaze’ drones creates new problems for Ukraine
The kamikaze drones are slow and easy to target, but the low cost of those weapons means Russia could conduct mass swarming attacks against Ukraine,...
Commentary: Qatar’s frantic countdown to a World Cup full of controversy
With just weeks to go before the FIFA World Cup kicks off, significant sections of Doha’s streets are inaccessible as the country belatedly seeks to...
BTS holds free concert to support South Korea’s bid to host World Expo
The concert is expected to draw about 100,000 fans to the stadium and designated areas in Busan....
One dead as Australia floods start to recede
MELBOURNE: Australia reported the first fatality from days of widespread flash flooding on Saturday (Oct 14), despite heavy rains easing and flood levels topping out...
Australia floods: Why the country is battling weather again
Floods caused by torrential rain are hitting large swathes of south-east Australia, inundating hundreds of homes and forcing authorities to urge thousands of people to...
At least 40 killed, one still missing in Turkey mine blast
AMASRA, Turkey: Rescuers on Saturday (Oct 15) searched for the last miner missing at a coal mine in northern Turkey, where a methane blast the...
UK police charge two women after soup thrown at van Gogh’s Sunflowers
LONDON: Two women have been charged with criminal damage after climate change protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh’s painting Sunflowers at London’s National Gallery,...