China blocks viral WeChat post criticizing tough Covid policies
BEIJING: A social media post that questioned China’s Covid policies was removed and the author blocked after it went viral on the country’s...
Magnitude 5.9 quake hits northwest Turkey, causing panic
ANKARA: An earthquake with a magnitude 5.9 has hit a town in northwest Turkey on Wednesday, Turkey's government-run Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency...
US Supreme Court clears way for lawmakers to get Donald Trump’s...
WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the release of Donald Trump's tax returns to a House of Representatives committee, handing a...
Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes off the coast of Baja California, Mexico:...
MEXICO: An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude struck off the coast of Baja California in Mexico on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said....
France, Germany, Italy agree on next-generation space rockets
PARIS: France, Germany and Italy, the three biggest contributors to the European Space Agency, said Tuesday they have agreed to guarantee the future...
Italy PM Giorgia Meloni takes another investigative reporter to court
ROME: Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is taking one of Italy's best-known investigative journalists to court for alleged defamation, he said Tuesday, in the...
Over 70 killed in week in Iran’s crackdown on Amini protests:...
PARIS: Iranian security forces have killed 72 people, including 56 in Kurdish-populated areas, in the past week alone in their crackdown on the...
Indonesia quake toll jumps to 268, rescuers hunt for survivors
CIANJUR (INDONESIA): The death toll from an earthquake on Indonesia's main island of Java jumped to 268 on Tuesday, as rescuers searched for...
PM Orban’s scarf shows parts of Ukraine in Hungary, war-torn nation...
KYIV: Ukraine will summon the Hungarian ambassador to register protest against Prime Minister Viktor Orban who went to a football match wearing a...
Iran situation ‘critical’ with more than 300 killed: UN rights chief
GENEVA: The UN high commissioner for human rights said on Tuesday that the situation in Iran was "critical", describing a hardening of the...