Oil prices edged lower on Monday after Opec+ agreed to raise its production targets for August, while crude exports through the Strait of Hormuz continued recovering following recent regional tensions, increasing expectations of higher global supply. Read More: Levy adjustment keeps fuel rate unchanged despite global price fall Brent crude futures fell 24 cents, or 0.33%, to $71.88 per […]
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Libyan army chief killed in plane crash in Turkiye
ANKARA: Libya’s army chief of staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, was killed on Tuesday when a business jet carrying him crashed shortly after departing Turkiye’s capital Ankara, Libyan and Turkish officials confirmed. Read More: Libyan commander, CNS discuss maritime security Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah said the aircraft went down while returning from an official […]
Iran welcomes conditional release of student held in France
DUBAI: Iran has welcomed the conditional release of Mahdieh Esfandiari, an Iranian student detained in France earlier this year for alleged anti-Israel social media posts, the country’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. In a statement, the ministry said Tehran “welcomes the decision of a French judge to issue a conditional release order for Ms. Esfandiari” […]
Trump Deploys National Guard to Chicago
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of 500 National Guard troops to the Chicago area on Wednesday, defying objections from both Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, who condemned the move as an unnecessary militarization of their city. The deployment — which includes 200 troops from Texas and 300 from Illinois […]
Germany protests as thousands demand solidarity in energy relief
Germany protests: Thousands of protesters in six Germany gathered on Saturday for protests to demand solidarity and a more just distribution of government funds to deal with rising energy prices and living costs and a faster transition away from fossil fuels. Protesters marched in Berlin, Duesseldorf, Hannover, Stuttgart, Dresden and Frankfurt-am-Main, holding signs bearing slogans […]
Meet Japan’s cyborg cockroach, coming to disaster area near you
Meet Japan’s cyborg cockroach, coming to disaster area near you. If an earthquake strikes in the not-too-distant future and survivors are trapped under tonnes of rubble, the first responders to locate them could be swarms of cyborg cockroaches. That’s a potential application of a recent breakthrough by Japanese researchers who demonstrated the ability to mount […]
Gaza’s first marine fish farm helps make up for dwindling catch
GAZA: Gaza’s first marine fish farm helps make up for dwindling catch. A fish farm established in the Mediterranean Sea off Gaza last year has begun to produce sea bream for the local market as well as for export to the occupied West Bank, bringing a welcome boost to diets and much-needed cash to the […]
Ukraine narrowly escapes nuclear catastrophe
KYIV: Ukraine narrowly escapes nuclear catastrophe. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the world narrowly avoided a radiation disaster as electricity to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was cut for hours due to Russian shelling in the area, allegations that Moscow denied. Zelensky said Russian shelling on Thursday sparked fires in the ash pits of a […]
US lawmakers arrive in Taiwan as China tensions simmer
TAIPEI/WASHINGTON: US lawmakers arrive in Taiwan as China tensions simmer. A delegation of US lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Sunday for a two-day trip during which they will meet President Tsai Ing-wen, the second high-level group to visit while there are military tensions between the self-ruled island and China. Beijing, which claims democratically governed Taiwan […]
Gunman kills three in Indiana mall before being shot by armed bystander
A gunman killed three people when he opened fire in the food court of a shopping mall outside Indianapolis on Sunday before a bystander fatally shot the assailant, Greenwood Police Chief Jim Ison said. Two other people were injured in the incident, which took place in the early evening at Greenwood Park Mall, the Indianapolis Star reported. […]