WASHINGTON (United States): Twelve Chinese nationals, including two public security ministry officers, have been indicted for a series of hacking attacks, including a 2024 breach of the US Treasury, the Justice Department said on Wednesday. Other alleged victims include US-based Chinese dissidents, the foreign ministries of several Asian countries, religious
BANGLADESH: A lack of funds will force rations to be halved for around one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from next month, the United Nations food agency has said. Huge numbers of the persecuted and stateless Rohingya community live in squalid relief camps in Bangladesh, most arriving after having fled
PARIS (France): FIFA on Wednesday announced it will pay total prize money of one billion dollars to participants in the Club World Cup taking place in the United States this year. World football’s governing body has given few details about the funding of the first edition of the 32-team tournament
TAIPEI: The United States will not abandon the Asia-Pacific region, Taiwan’s Defence Minister Wellington Koo said, days after US President Donald Trump’s heated exchange with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky raised concerns over US support for Taiwan. Taiwan, facing a constant threat from China, relies heavily on Washington for security. Trump’s
Inuvik: Muslims in Inuvik, a remote Canadian Arctic town, gathered this week at the Midnight Sun Mosque to break their Ramadan fast, enjoying Sudanese home-cooked meals amid stunning yet challenging surroundings. For some, the town’s isolation is a struggle. “Every year I say, ‘This is my last year in Inuvik,’”
BERLIN (Germany): German giants Bayern Munich are irritated by suggestions they are the outsiders in their high-stakes Champions League last 16 tie against Bayer Leverkusen. Bayern host Xabi Alonso’s defending German champions in Munich on Wednesday, with the return leg the following Tuesday in Leverkusen. With resources and history that
LOS ANGELES (United States): The Cleveland Cavaliers erased an 18-point deficit to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 133-129 in an NBA overtime thriller and boost their league-best record with a 10th straight victory Sunday, as Boston defeated Denver in a clash of the past two champions. De’Andre Hunter, getting a
MANCHESTER (United Kingdom): Manchester United’s dismal season hit a new low as the FA Cup holders crashed out after a 4-3 penalty shoot-out defeat against Fulham in the fifth round on Sunday. Ruben Amorim’s (pic) side trailed to Calvin Bassey’s first-half opener at Old Trafford before Bruno Fernandes equalised to
JERUSALEM: Israel said yesterday it endorsed a proposal to temporarily extend the truce in Gaza as a bridging measure after the first phase of its ceasefire with Hamas drew to a close. The proposal, put forward by US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, would cover Ramadan, due
LA PAZ (Bolivia): Two passenger buses collided Saturday on a highway in southern Bolivia, leaving at least 37 people dead including eight minors, police said, in the country’s worst bus accident to date this year. “So far we have 37 confirmed deaths,” Colonel Wilson Flores told AFP of the crash