LITTLE WARNING: Washington said it told Qatar before the Israeli strike took place, a statement Doha disputed, saying that the US sent a message 10 minutes after the attacks
Qatar yesterday awoke still digging through the rubble of an Israeli attack the previous day on Hamas’ political leaders who had gathered in the capital of the energy-rich Middle East country to consider a US proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.Qatar’s local media hewed tightly to government
TALKS: A former Supreme Court judge urged protesters to set up a negotiation team, while calling for fresh elections and the formation of a caretaker government
Armed soldiers yesterday guarded Nepal’s parliament, amid streets deserted after an indefinite curfew was clamped on the capital, Kathmandu, following two days of deadly anti-graft protests that spurred Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli to resign.The worst upheaval in decades in the H
Australia yesterday said it would deploy a US$1.1 billion fleet of “Ghost Shark” underwater attack drones to bolster its firepower in a “threatening” regional landscape.The Royal Australian Navy is to arm itself with dozens of the home-developed, cutting-edge autonomous drones, with the first enteri
A chartered plane yesterday left Seoul for the US to repatriate hundreds of South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid, flag carrier Korean Air said.South Koreans made up the majority of 475 people arrested at a Hyundai-LG battery plant under construction in Georgia last week, US immigrati
Uighurs and rights advocates on Tuesday decried lame global action over a damning 2022 UN report detailing torture and sweeping abuses in China’s Xinjiang region.Members of China’s Uighur minority joined non-governmental organizations on the sidelines of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switze
Protesters yesterday blocked roads, set blazes and were met with volleys of police tear gas in Paris and elsewhere in France, seeking to heap pressure on French President Emmanuel Macron by attempting to give his new prime minister a baptism of fire.French Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau a
AUSTRALIAKoala vaccine approvedA vaccine to protect koalas against chlamydia has been approved for the first time, a development that scientists believe could stop the spread of the deadly disease that has ravaged populations of the beloved endangered animal. Chlamydia, which also affects humans, ac
SEX CRIMES CASE: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that ‘it’s very clear President Donald Trump did not draw this picture, and he did not sign it’
A lewd birthday letter that US President Donald Trump allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 — which Trump said did not exist — was published on Monday by a US congressional panel investigating the late financier’s sex crimes case. The letter, a type-written message inserted into the sketched out
The Israeli military yesterday morning urged a full evacuation of Gaza City ahead of its planned expanded military operation in the city in northern Gaza. The announcement was the first warning for a full evacuation of the city in the current round of fighting. Israeli Minister of Defense Israel Kat
Vanuatu is not yet ready to sign a security and economic treaty with Australia over concerns the bilateral pact could restrict the South Pacific island nation’s ability to secure infrastructure funding from a third country, Vanuatuan Prime Minister Jotham Napat said yesterday. Australian Prime Minis
French President Emmanuel Macron was expected to accept the resignation of French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou yesterday after his government was ejected in a confidence vote, with Macron rushing to find a successor and stave off a new political crisis. On Monday, Bayrou lost a confidence vote he
LANDMARK CASE: ‘Every night we were dragged to US soldiers and sexually abused. Every week we were forced to undergo venereal disease tests,’ a victim said
More than 100 South Korean women who were forced to work as prostitutes for US soldiers stationed in the country have filed a landmark lawsuit accusing Washington of abuse, their lawyers said yesterday. Historians and activists say tens of thousands of South Korean women worked for state-sanctioned
Police on Monday fired pepper spray and detained supporters of Turkey’s main opposition party as protesters gathered at the party’s Istanbul headquarters to prevent the replacement of a senior party official ordered by a court last week. Hundreds of riot police maintained barricades around the Repub
‘BETRAYED’: The arrests at a Hyundai-LG battery plant construction site in Georgia have sparked outrage in South Korea, with shock over the US’ treatment of an ally
A massive US immigration raid on a battery factory that ensnared hundreds of South Korean workers has left many of the Asian nation’s lawmakers and investors feeling shaken.Seoul has urged Washington to respect the rights of its investors and is sending a plane to bring home its affected citizens, a
China on Monday announced its first ever sanctions against an individual Japanese lawmaker, targeting China-born Hei Seki for “spreading fallacies” on issues such as Taiwan, Hong Kong and disputed islands, prompting a protest from Tokyo. Beijing has an ongoing spat with Tokyo over islands in the Eas
Argentine President Javier Milei on Sunday vowed to “accelerate” his libertarian reforms after a crushing defeat in Buenos Aires provincial elections.The 54-year-old economist has slashed public spending, dismissed tens of thousands of public employees and led a major deregulation drive since taking
In a highly rare exercise of wartime legal restraint, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled on Sunday that the Israeli government has deprived Palestinian detainees of even a minimum subsistence diet and ordered authorities to increase the amount and improve the quality of food served to deprived Palestin
Pacific Islands leaders began a week-long summit yesterday in the Solomon Islands, where they are expected to endorse an “Ocean of Peace” declaration amid concern over rising tensions between the US and China.The leaders are also expected to back Australia’s bid to host the COP31 UN climate summit,
‘WAKE UP CALL’: The Red Sea cable cuts cannot be isolated from the series of direct attacks carried out by the Houthi militia, a Yemeni minister said
Undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea disrupted Internet access in parts of Asia and the Middle East, experts said on Sunday, although it was not immediately clear what caused the incident.There has been concern about the cables being targeted in a Red Sea campaign by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, which the r
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