NEW YORK, Sept 6 – A New York judge on Friday delayed former U.S. President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money criminal case until after the Nov. 5 election, writing that he wants to avoid the unwarranted perception of a political motive. Trump, the Republican nominee for president, had previously been scheduled to be sentenced on…
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany, Sept 6 – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin cautioned on Friday there was “no one capability” that would turn the war in Ukraine in Kyiv’s favour after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the West to let his forces use its long-range weapons to strike Russia. At a regular meeting of Ukraine’s allies…
BAKU, Sept 2 – Azerbaijan’s ruling party was set to retain its majority in Sunday’s snap parliamentary election, election officials said, in the country’s first vote since staging a lightning offensive a year ago to recapture the breakaway territory of Karabakh. President Ilham Aliyev’s party was on course to win 67 out of 125 seats…
BERLIN, Sept 1 – German state elections that dealt a heavy blow to the parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government and historic wins for two anti-establishment parties are likely to aggravate instability in an already fractious ruling coalition. With only a year to go before a national election in Europe’s largest economy, Sunday’s results look set to…
KYIV, Sept 2 – Russia pounded Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv with missiles early on Monday, while falling debris from the downed weapons injured at least two people, sparking fires and damaging homes and infrastructure, officials said. Ukraine’s air defence units destroyed more than 10 cruise missiles and nearly 10 ballistic missiles, the city’s military administration…
JERUSALEM, Sept 1 – Massive protests swept Israel on Sunday following the death of six hostages in Gaza as frustration mounted over the failure of the country’s leadership to secure a ceasefire deal that would free Israeli captives. Crowds estimated by Israeli media to number up to 500,000 strong demonstrated in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and other cities,…
A top UN diplomat has warned of the risk that a major international war could break out in the Middle East. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, who serves as UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, is particularly concerned about Hezbollah’s attacks on Israel along the UN demarcated “Blue Line” in southern Lebanon and Israel’s airstrikes on Hezbollah weapons sites…
The U.S. on Friday marked its third anniversary of the complete withdrawal from Afghanistan and the closure of the 20-years-long war, but questions remain over the lessons learned from the U.S. War on Terror and what can be applied to Israel’s fight against Islamic extremism. The collapse of Kabul to the Taliban, followed by the…
Russia has made sweeping advances in recent days that threaten to outweigh the gains made by Ukraine in its cross-border attack into the Kursk region. Russian forces are just a few kilometres from the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a crucial logistics hub used by the Ukrainian military. Home to a key railway station and major…
Israel says its forces have recovered the bodies of six hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the bodies were located on Saturday in an underground tunnel in the Rafah area. The IDF named the hostages as Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov,…
JAKARTA, Sept 1 – When Pope Francis visits Indonesia next week, he will stop by a mosque in Jakarta that has an unusual feature – a tunnel connecting it to the city’s Catholic cathedral, as part of a push for interfaith harmony on his 12-day Asia-Pacific tour. The 28.3-metre “Tunnel of Friendship”, connecting the iconic…
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris criticized Republican presidential rival Donald Trump on Saturday over a visit he made to soldiers’ graves at Arlington National Cemetery that was later used in campaign video footage. “It is a solemn place; a place where we come together to honor American heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice in…
KYIV, Aug 31 – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy increased pressure on the United States to let Kyiv strike military targets deep inside Russian territory after his representatives met senior U.S. officials in Washington on Saturday. Washington has provided Ukraine with more than $50 billion worth of military aid since 2022, but has limited the use…
Ukraine urges Mongolian government to execute warrant against Russian leader. Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to pay an official visit to Mongolia next week despite the country being a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has issued an arrest warrant for the Russian leader over war crimes. Putin will travel to Mongolia on…
The missing helicopter had picked up passengers near the Vachkajec ancient volcano in a scenic area of the peninsula known for its wild landscapes. A helicopter with 22 people on board, most of them tourists, has gone missing in Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula in the far east, authorities say. Kamchatka Governor Vladimir Solodov said they lost…
