International

14-12-2022 JERUSALEM: A close ally of Israeli prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has been elected as the new speaker of Israel’s parliament, marking a step closer to the formation of what is expected to be the most right-wing government in the country’s history. Yariv Levin, a senior member of Netanyahu’s right-wing …

14-12-2022 WELLINGTON: New Zealand´s Jacinda Ardern apologized for calling a political rival an “arrogant prick” in parliament on Tuesday, as the prime minister faces a drop in public support. In the throes of spirited parliamentary debate, Ardern took issue when the leader of an opposition party asked her to give …

13-12-2022 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said Sunday that Iran’s Gulf Arab neighbors would act to shore up their security if Tehran were to obtain nuclear weapons. Indirect US-Iranian talks to salvage a 2015 nuclear pact between global powers and Iran, which Washington exited in 2018, stalled in September. The …

13-12-2022 BRUSSELS: A Belgian judge has charged four people over allegedly receiving money and gifts from a Gulf state to influence decisions in the European Parliament, putting the credibility of the European Union at stake. Prosecutors searched 16 houses and seized 600,000 euros ($631,800) in Brussels on Friday as part …

13-12-2022 NEW YORK/ LONDON: A Libyan man accused of making the bomb which destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie 34 years ago is in United States custody, Scottish authorities have said. The US announced charges against Abu Agila Masud two years ago, alleging he had played a key role …

13-12-2022 TEHRAN: A new military vessel of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy has blocked the path of two American warships as they intended to sail into the Persian Gulf last week, a senior commander said. In an address to a cultural ceremony in Iran’s northern province of Gilan, IRGC …

13-12-2022 ANTIGUA/ GUATEMALA: One of the most active volcanoes in Central America has erupted again, spewing lava and ash and forcing authorities in Guatemala to close a major road on Sunday. The volcano named Fuego, Spanish for fire, rumbled into activity overnight Saturday into Sunday, with molten rock oozing down …

13-12-2022 LIMA: An airport in Peru has been closed and two people have been killed in violent protests, authorities say. Pictures on social media showed smoke billowing from Andahuaylas airport in the south of the country. Fifty police officers and workers were surrounded by demonstrators at the airport, the transport …

13-12-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report MELBOURNE/ QUEENSLAND: Two police officers and a member of the public have been shot dead at a remote property in Queensland, Australia as the PMI has been intimating that the days are nor for away when the world will count Australia as one …

12-12-2022 ROME: Three women including a friend of Italy’s new prime minister were killed when a man opened fire at a cafe in Rome, injuring four other people. Those inside were meeting as part of a local block’s residents’ committee. Roberto Gualtieri, mayor of Rome, described the shooting as a …