Benjamin Netnayahu says Houthis ‘will continue to pay, a heavy price for their aggression against’ Israel. At least one person has been killed and several others were wounded after Israeli warplanes carried out air strikes across Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, local media reported. The Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV broadcaster reported on Friday that air strikes…
Australia has seen a series of anti-Semitic incidents in the last year, including graffiti on buildings and cars. A synagogue in Sydney has been daubed in anti-Semitic graffiti, police said, a day after the anti-Semitic vandalism of a separate synagogue in the New South Wales state capital. According to police officials, vandals spray painted red…
EPA-EFE Wang Xing’s case is a grim reminder of South East Asia’s booming scam industry A small-time Chinese actor had been missing for two days in Thailand when his girlfriend decided to ask the internet for help. “We have no choice but to borrow the power of the internet to amplify our voices,” Wang Xing’s…
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says he is confident sanctions will ‘significantly reduce Russia’s petrodollar income’. The United States has imposed “sweeping” sanctions on Russia’s energy sector as Washington pushes to choke Moscow’s funds for the war in Ukraine. The sanctions on Friday targeted two major Russian oil producers and 183 vessels that help transport the petrol,…
Australian police have released footage of two suspected arsonists who allegedly tried to set a fast-food outlet on fire in Melbourne. The security videos show one of the suspects accidentally setting their own trousers alight before stripping off clothes and fleeing the scene. Source link
The meeting in Dubai between Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting foreign minister of the Taliban, on Wednesday this week has confirmed India’s intentions to raise its influence with the Afghan leadership, analysts say. India has been gradually upping relations with the Taliban over the past year but this latest meeting…
Getty Images India’s cricket series loss to Australia ended their decade-long dominance of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Indian cricket fans are still reeling from the team’s crushing 1-3 defeat in the five-match Test series against Australia. Once dominant in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, with historic victories over the mighty Australians over the past decade, the tourists fell…
Here are the key developments on the 1,052nd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Saturday, January 11: Fighting Russian state news agency RIA Novosti quoted investigators as saying two people had been killed and two wounded in a Ukrainian attack on a supermarket in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region, as…
Ivan Toney returned to the scoresheet for the first time in six Saudi Pro League games as his early strike helped Al-Ahli on their way to a nervy 3-2 victory over Al-Shabab. The result moved Matthias Jaissle’s side three points clear of Friday’s opponents, leaving them fifth in the standings and still 10 points behind…
The Biden administration has imposed some of its toughest sanctions yet on Russia, in a move designed to hit Moscow’s energy revenue that is fuelling its war in Ukraine. The measures target more than 200 entities and individuals ranging from traders and officials to insurance companies, as well as hundreds of oil tankers. In a…
