MOSCOW – A Ukrainian drone hit a residential high-rise building in an upscale Moscow neighbourhood in a night-time attack, the Russian capital’s mayor Sergei Sobyanin said yesterday. The rare strike on heavily protected Moscow came just days ahead of Russia’s annual 9 May parade, which this year will be held without military hardware amid a...
Once the Nazis were done, quite a few people started scratching their heads. Obviously one thing to baffle any sane observer was the sheer enormity of their crimes, accomplished, moreover, with frenetic, really start-upish drive and ambition in a mere 12 years: World War? Check. Genocides? Check. Bad hairstyle? Check. But then, there also was...
GENEVA – Israeli authorities are systematically depriving people in Gaza of the water they need to live, Doctors Without Borders warned yesterday, decrying a campaign of “collective punishment” against Palestinians. The extensive destruction of civilian water infrastructure in Gaza coupled with obstruction of access constitutes “an integral part of Israel’s genocide”, said the medical charity,...
SAINT PETERSBURG – Iran’s top diplomat yesterday blamed Washington for the failure of talks after landing in Russia as part of a whirlwind diplomatic tour, with direct negotiations between the warring parties seemingly at an impasse. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made the remarks in Saint Petersburg, where he is expected to meet with Russian President...
BAMAKO – Mali’s military rulers faced a security crisis Sunday after coordinated nationwide attacks by jihadist fighters and separatist rebels this weekend killed the defence minister and reportedly left a key northern town in rebel hands. There was no word from the junta leader General Assimi Goita, who has not been seen since the attacks...
SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reaffirmed Pyongyang’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, vowing to help Moscow achieve victory in its “sacred” war, state media reported yesterday. Pyongyang has sent missiles, munitions and thousands of troops to assist Russia in Ukraine, and analysts say Moscow is sending financial aid, military technology,...
WASHINGTON – US Secret Service agents bundled Donald Trump from the stage as shots rang out Saturday at a media gala, in what the president later described as an attack by a “would-be assassin.” Armed guards opened fire at the gunman who charged through a security checkpoint just outside the ballroom of the hotel where...
DOHA – A US naval blockade of Iranian ports is likely to squeeze Iran’s oil output in the coming weeks but claims it will throw the Islamic republic into economic free fall remain premature, analysts say. After weeks of bombing and counter-strikes, focus has shifted to the standoff in the Strait of Hormuz, which ordinarily...
THE HAGUE – Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte will face trial at the International Criminal Court after judges yesterday confirmed charges of crimes against humanity over his so-called “war on drugs.” Pre-trial judges “unanimously confirmed all the charges… against Rodrigo Roa Duterte and committed him to trial,” the ICC said in a statement. Duterte will...
TEHRAN – US president Donald Trump extended a ceasefire with Iran to allow more time for talks, claiming the Islamic Republic was “collapsing financially” because of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. There was no word from Tehran on the ceasefire, and an Iranian gunboat fired on a container ship off the coast of...