Malaysian Media Says Israel’s Mossad Behind Palestinian Kidnapped
Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency is believed to be behind the abduction of a Palestinian man who was abducted from a street in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, and interrogated before being released by police, a Malaysian news organization reported. Malaysia’s New Straits Times reported Tuesday that the Palestinian computer programmer was crammed into one of two […]
UN ‘Deeply Distressed’ Over Dispossessed Refugees Found by Greece
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says it is “deeply distressed by shocking reports and images” of 92 people found at the Greek-Turkish land border stripped of their clothes. “We condemn such cruel and degrading treatment and call for a full investigation into this incident,” UNHCR said on Twitter on Sunday. Ankara and Athens traded accusations […]
Mysterious Beijing Protester Sparks Hunt, Tributes Online
The protester had set up the Sitong Bridge in Beijing’s Haidian district and covered two large banners calling for an end to China’s harsh zero Covid policy and the overthrow of Xi. While state media has remained silent, photos and videos of Thursday’s event have circulated widely online, prompting a swift crackdown by censors on […]
Biden Pledges Air Defenses Amid Putin’s Threats
Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened more attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure after his country’s missiles hit cities across Ukraine. In a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, President Joe Biden pledged to “continue to provide Ukraine with the support necessary to defend itself, including advanced air defense systems.” Zelenskiy called that “the No. 1 priority […]
Suicide bomber kills at least 19 people in School Explosion in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber attacked an educational institute in the Afghan capital, killing at least 19 people. As many as 27 other people were injured in the early Friday blast, which occurred in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood of western Kabul, a predominantly Shiite-Muslim area that is home to the minority Hazara community, according to police spokesman Khalid […]
US has agreed Pacific Islands deal, offering ‘big dollar numbers’
The United States is looking to re-engage in a region where China has been steadily expanding its influence. The United States says it has agreed to a partnership with the Pacific Islands that offers the prospect of “big dollar” aid to a region where China has been expanding its influence. U.S. President Joe Biden will […]
North Korea, China Resume Freight Train Services: Reports
North Korea and China have resumed freight train services after a five-month suspension. The suspension was due to the pandemic, South Korean media reported. A freight train traveled from the Chinese border town of Dandong to North Korea’s Sinuiju, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported on Monday. Trains had been suspended since April 29, following […]
Russia’s Lavrov vows ‘full protection’ for any annexed territory
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says regions of Ukraine where widely-criticised. The referendums are being held will be under Moscow’s “full protection”, If they are annexed. Raising the prospect of the use of nuclear weapons if Kyiv tries to retake those territories. Lavrov’s comments at a news conference in the US city of New York […]
US Sends ‘Dangerous Signals’ to Taiwan, China Tells Blinken
China has accused the United States of sending “very wrong and dangerous signals” to Taiwan. China told Washington it had no “right to interfere” in any method Beijing can use to “solve” the Taiwan issue. Taiwan was the focus of 90 minutes of “direct and honest” talks. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese […]
Biden urges the world to help Pakistan “underwater”
As Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday urged the international community. Shehbaz urged to remain committed to Islamabad. As it struggles to recover from the devastating effects of this season’s unprecedented floods. US President Joe Biden made a fervent appeal to the world to help Pakistan deal with the devastation of the recent floods. He […]