BEIRUT: Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Saturday his Lebanese movement’s response to a recent alleged Israeli drone attack on the group’s Beirut stronghold had been “decided”. “The need for a response is decided,” he said during a televised speech ahead of a Shiite religious holiday, adding it was about “establishing
LILLE (France): Thirteen migrants attempting to reach Britain by boat from France were rescued in the English Channel early Saturday, French maritime authorities said. The 13 migrants, all men, were rescued by the coast guard and brought to the port of Calais where they were handed over to border police.
WIELUN (Poland): German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier yesterday asked Poland’s forgiveness for history’s bloodiest conflict during a ceremony in the Polish city of Wielun, where the first World War II bombs fell 80 years ago. “I bow before the victims of the attack on Wielun. I bow before the Polish victims
TEHRAN: President Hassan Rouhani spoke with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Saturday, warning him Iran would take the next step in reducing its nuclear commitments unless Europe lives up to its own undertakings. Tensions have spiked in the Gulf since May last year when President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the
RIYADH: The new head of Saudi Arabia’s anticorruption commission said he plans to go after graft by ordinary government employees, following a high-profile campaign two years ago that netted princes, ministers and top businessmen. Members of the kingdom’s economic and political elite were detained for months at Riyadh’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel
MIAM: Hurricane Dorian roared yesterday towards the Bahamas as the island chain braced for a devastating direct hit, before the monster storm churns up the US coast from Florida towards the Carolinas. Barreling in from the Atlantic Ocean, the core of the extremely dangerous Category 4 storm is set to
CAYENNE: Customs officials caught a Polish man was after trying to smuggle nearly 100 tarantula spiders (pic) in his luggage, at Cayenne airport, French Guiana, regional officials told AFP Saturday. The prefecture said the man attempted to carry a bag containing 38 adult and some 50 young as well as
OSLO: A helicopter crash in the far north of Norway has killed four people, with one injured and another missing, rescue services said Saturday. “The helicopter which crashed south-west of Alta was operated by Helitrans and was based in Alta,” a statement said. No cause was given for the accident
TEGUCIGALPA: A journalist was shot dead in north-west Honduras Saturday, the 79th killed since 2001 in the Central American country, according to a human rights group. Edgar Joel Aguilar, a correspondent for HCH TV was shot dead in the city of Copan around 200 kilometres north-west of the capital Tegucigalpa,
Scientists rank hurricanes from one to five on what is called the SaffirSimpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Category 5 storms have sustained winds of at least 252 kilometres per hour. In addition to devastating winds, Category 5 storms unleash catastrophic storm surge — tsunami-like flooding — when they make landfall. Hurricane
