Three Syrian soldiers killed in Israeli strike near Damascus: state media on February 24, 2022Damascus: Three Syrian soldiers were killed Thursday in an Israeli airstrike near the capital Damascus, according to Syria’s state media. It was the fourth reported time this month Israel has launched strikes inside Syria, keeping up a campaign against forces supporting the Damascus government in the more than decade-old civil war. “The Israeli enemy carried […]
Journalist killed during violent Haiti protest on February 24, 2022PortauPrince: A Haitian journalist was killed Wednesday in Port-au-Prince during a violent protest by thousands of textile workers demanding a higher minimum wage, the country’s prime minister confirmed. “I deplore the death of journalist Lazard Maximilien, during the workers’ protests Wednesday,” said Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Twitter. The Haitian photojournalist, also known as Maxihen […]
Mexico rejects US ‘interfering’ over journalist murders on February 24, 2022Mexico City: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday accused US Secretary of State Antony Blinken of “interfering” after he called for greater accountability over a string of journalist murders. The rare public spat with US President Joe Biden’s administration follows the killing of at least five media workers already in 2022 in one […]
Ukraine rebels ask Putin for help, Zelensky appeals to Russians on February 24, 2022Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “military operation” in Ukraine on Thursday and called on soldiers there to lay down their arms, defying Western outrage and global appeals not to launch a war. Putin made a surprise statement on television to declare his intentions. “I have made the decision of a military operation,” he […]
Up to 18 civilians feared killed near Niger’s border with Mali on February 23, 2022Niamey: Up to 18 civilians have been killed in two suspected jihadist attacks in the west of Niger near the Sahel nation’s border with Mali, local sources told AFP Tuesday. A lawmaker in Tillaberi region said armed men “who came from Mali… first targeted Tizigorou village where there were three or four dead, before attacking […]
Biden meets with Ukraine FM to ‘reaffirm’ support: W.House on February 23, 2022Washington: US President Joe Biden met Tuesday with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba to “reaffirm” support for Kyiv amid soaring tensions with Russia. Biden met with the top diplomat after Russia recognized two breakaway Ukrainian regions as independent to “reaffirm the United States’ commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the White House said in […]
Amsterdam police say several people have left Apple store held by gunman on February 23, 2022The Hague: Several people have left an Apple store in central Amsterdam after being held hostage by an armed man on Tuesday evening, police said. “Since the start of the hostage-taking in the Apple store in Leidseplein, several people have managed to leave the store,” the Amsterdam police force said on Twitter.
Biden announces ‘first’ sanctions on Russia over Ukraine on February 23, 2022Washington: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced sanctions against Russian banks and the country’s wealthy elite after what he said was Moscow’s launching of an invasion against Ukraine. “This is the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine,” Biden said in a televised speech at the White House. Biden stressed that the measures were […]
Israel forces kill Palestinian teen in W. Bank: Palestinians on February 23, 2022Ramallah: Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank killed a Palestinian teenager on Tuesday, the Palestinian health ministry said. “Mohammed Shehade, 14, was killed by Israeli forces’ gunfire in Al-Khader” in the Bethlehem area, a ministry statement said. Two other teenagers have been killed over the past 10 days in the West Bank, where deadly […]
Bangladesh call up uncapped Shahriar for Afghanistan T20s on February 22, 2022Dhaka: Bangladesh on Tuesday included uncapped opening batsman Munim Shahriar in their 14-man Twenty20 squad for a two-match series against Afghanistan next month. Shahriar, 23, made 178 runs in six matches at a strike rate of 152 for Barishal in the recently-concluded Bangladesh Premier League T20 tournament. Test batsman Yasir Ali, yet to make his […]