Wearing a Santa hat, Harry answered questions at the party attended by the children of killed British soldiers. Harry said, “It’s okay to feel however you feel at Christmas.” “Some people will be celebrating and happy, other people feel reflective, some people will be sad, and maybe you’ll experience every single one of these emotions […]
Russia also said its military offensive on Ukraine remained its “absolute priority” amid questions over whether Moscow’s almost three-year campaign there meant it could not support long-term ally Bashar al-Assad in the face of the rebel offensive. “We would like to see the situation in the country stabilized somehow as soon as possible,” Kremlin spokesman […]
The clashes in Manbij, an Arab-majority city, have killed 218 combatants since Turkish-backed groups launched offensives in the north following the ouster of Assad on Sunday. “We have reached a ceasefire agreement in Manbij via US mediation,” said Syrian Democratic Forces commander Mazloum Abdi. He said fighters of the SDF-affiliated Manbij Military Council “will be […]
A major United States (US) ally and Asia’s fourth-largest economy were thrown into a constitutional crisis by last week’s unexpected martial law declaration, which sent shockwaves across the diplomatic and economic fronts and raised fears of a power vacuum. Following a week of quiet, KCNA released a story on the martial law problem and the […]
Beijing’s biggest maritime drills in years involve about 60 warships and 30 coast guard vessels deployed from near the southern islands of Japan to the South China Sea, a senior national security official told AFP on the condition of anonymity. China has also ramped up military aircraft activity closer to Taiwan, with 100 sorties detected […]
The International Water Research Centre will jointly be established by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Eng. Abdulrahman Al-Fadley will be patronizing the establishment. At the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention […]
President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on December 3 and sent soldiers and helicopters to parliament but was forced to rescind the decree hours later after lawmakers voted it down. Defense minister Kim Yong-hyun resigned last Thursday and was formally arrested Tuesday on charges including “engaging in critical duties during an insurrection” and “abuse […]
An image taken on Dec. 9 by Planet Labs showed at least three vessels in Russia’s Mediterranean fleet, including two guided missile frigates and an oiler, moored around 13 km (eight miles) northwest of Tartous. The rest of the fleet could not be immediately located in satellite imagery. In Moscow, Russia’s defense ministry did not […]
“Over the past three days, 4,000 Iranian citizens were returned to Iran,” Fatemeh Mohajerani, a spokeswoman for Iran’s government, said at a press conference in the capital. On Sunday morning, assailants rummaged through furniture and documents at the Iranian embassy in Damascus, according to footage. Esmaeil Baghaei, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, said embassy staff had […]
The coin, which sparked intense bidding among eight online participants, was purchased by a European collector for more than 1.83 million Swiss francs (approximately $2.09 million). The coin had been initially priced at over €800,000. Weighing 8 grams and roughly the size of a euro, the coin is described as “a piece of history” by […]
