Netanyahu may return to power in Israel, report

TAL AVIV, Israel – June 22 (ONLINE) Israel’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who lost power last year, may return to power this fall, a report from The New York Times revealed Wednesday. “My friends and I will form a national government,” Netanyahu said in […]

Russia warns Lithuania, pushes into Ukraine’s Donbas

Kyiv, Ukraine, June 21 (AFP/APP): Moscow on Tuesday warned Lithuania of “serious” consequences over its restriction of rail traffic to Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave, as Kremlin forces made gains in Ukraine’s strategic Donbas region. The row over Lithuania, the arrival of sophisticated German weaponry in Ukraine’s […]

Ecuadorans teargassed at demos that military deems ‘grave threat’

Quito, June 21 (AFP/APP): Police used tear gas Tuesday to disperse hundreds of Ecuadorans protesting in the capital Quito on the ninth day of Indigenous-led fuel price protests that the military described as a “grave threat.” Some 500 protesters among thousands who arrived in the […]

Italy’s Five Star party heads for breakdown over Ukraine

Rome, June 21 (AFP/APP): Italy’s Five Star Movement, the biggest party in Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s government, on Tuesday looked on course to split over long-running tensions exacerbated by attitudes to the Ukraine war. Dozens of lawmakers have signed up to form a new group […]

Battle in Ukraine’s east rages, Zelenskiy vows to retake territory

KYIV (Ukraine) – June 8 (ONLINE) Ukrainian forces struggled to hold their ground in bloody street-to-street fighting in the eastern frontline city of Sievierodonetsk as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the situation was difficult, also pledging to retake Russia’s gains. The days-long battle for the industrial […]

Police arrest armed man who made threats against US Supreme Court justice

Washington, June 8 (AFP/APP): US police arrested an armed man who made threats against Brett Kavanaugh near the conservative Supreme Court justice’s home, the court said Wednesday. “At approximately 1:50 AM today, a man was arrested near Justice Kavanaugh’s residence. The man was armed and […]

Sudan starts post-coup talks without key civilian bloc

Khartoum, June 8 (AFP/APP): Sudan on Wednesday began UN-facilitated direct talks between rival factions hoped to resolve a political crisis sparked by last year’s coup, but with a critical civilian bloc refusing to participate. Since the coup, Sudan has been rocked by deepening unrest — […]

Car ploughs into school trip teenagers killing teacher in Berlin

Berlin, June 8 (AFP/APP): A German-Armenian man drove into a crowd in a busy shopping district in Berlin on Wednesday, mowing down a group of teenagers and killing their teacher before crashing through a shop window. The incident happened at around 10:30 am (0830 GMT) […]

Graft-accused Gupta brothers face extradition to S.Africa from UAE

Johannesburg, June 7 (AFP/APP): Two Indian-born brothers who allegedly wove a web of corruption across South Africa have been arrested in Dubai and face extradition, in a landmark step in Pretoria’s anti-graft fight. Dubai police confirmed Tuesday they had arrested Atul and Rajesh Gupta after […]