IDLIB (Syria): US forces attacked jihadist leaders in north-western Syria on Saturday, the Pentagon said, in what a battlefield monitor called a missile strike that left at least 40 dead. The US strike came as renewed Syrian regime bombardment of Idlib province killed one civilian in a first violation of
GOMA (DR Congo): UN chief Antonio Guterres arrived Saturday in the troubled east of DR Congo, expressing “solidarity” with a region ravaged by violence and an Ebola epidemic. The secretary general started his three-day tour of Africa’s largest country in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, which is trying
WASHINGTON: When a patient dies waiting for a kidney in the United States, they’re generally considered the unfortunate victim of a growing donor shortage. But the reality is more troubling: in the vast majority of such cases, patients had multiple opportunities to receive a transplant, but the organs were declined
LONDON: Protesters wielding pro-democracy placards and EU flags rallied on Saturday in dozens of British cities against Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s controversial move to suspend parliament just weeks before Brexit. In the biggest demonstration, thousands of whistle-blowing, drum-banging people gathered raucously outside the gates of Downing Street in London chanting
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
