It was the first major setback for the AT-5 Brave Eagle, made by state-owned Aerospace Industrial Development with a budget of T$68.6 billion ($2.1 billion). The first test flight in 2020. Taiwan’s air force said the aircraft took off from the Chihhang air base in Taitung on the island’s east coast for a weapons training […]
Wearing traditional keffiyeh scarves, the freed prisoners were hoisted on the crowd’s shoulders and hugged relatives before heading to a quick health checkup, the journalist reported. Earlier, buses carrying hundreds of Palestinian prisoners freed under the Gaza ceasefire deal left a jail in Israel’s Negev desert heading to the Gaza Strip on Saturday. Shortly thereafter, […]
Draft ideas will be discussed at a meeting in Riyadh this month of countries including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates. Proposals may involve a Gulf-led reconstruction fund and a deal to sideline Hamas, five of the people said. Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies were aghast at Trump’s plan to “clean […]
“Probably it will be very, very, very difficult. And of course, in all the difficult situations, you have a chance. But we will have a low chance – a low chance to survive without the support of the United States,” Zelenskiy said in an interview on the NBC News program “Meet the Press.” An excerpt […]
Israel and Hamas have traded accusations of violating the January 19 ceasefire, with the Palestinian group saying it would pause releases and Israel threatening the resumption of war in the Gaza Strip. But on Friday both sides signaled that the hostage release scheduled for Saturday would go ahead. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency has swept through federal agencies since Republican Donald Trump became president last month and put the chief executive of carmaker Tesla (TSLA.O), opening a new tab in charge of rooting out wasteful spending as part of Trump’s dramatic overhaul of government, which included thousands of job cuts on Friday. […]
Kyiv came back to the U.S. earlier with a revised draft agreement of the deal that could open up its vast resources of key minerals to U.S. investment, amid concerns in Kyiv over a U.S. version that was presented to Ukraine on Wednesday. “Our teams will continue to work on the document,” Zelenskiy wrote on […]
According to the Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC), in just 75 days since its inauguration on December 1, 2024, 18 million passengers commuted through Riyadh Metro. It added that Riyadh Metro completed over 162,000 journeys, and covered 4.5 million kilometers throughout its six metro lines. With 10 million passengers, the Blue Line (Al Olaya-Al […]
US smokers have been swapping out brands such as Altria’s Marlboro and British American Tobacco’s Newport, which have been raising prices for years, for less expensive brands as high inflation and interest rates stretch their wallets. BAT’s US cigarette volumes fell 10.1% last year in part due to this shift, it reported on Thursday, while […]
“We’ll be increasing military sales to India by many billions of dollars. We’re also paving the way to ultimately provide India with the F-35 stealth fighters,” Trump told reporters. Trump did not provide a timeline, but foreign military sales, especially for cutting-edge technology like the stealthy F-35 jet, typically take years to work through. Addressing […]
