Oil prices firmed on Monday, with Brent trading near $70 a barrel on growing optimism that fuel demand will grow in the next quarter, while investors looked ahead to see how producers will respond at this week’s OPEC+ meeting. Trading was thin as markets in the […]
Istanbul, Turkey – Millions of Turks have tuned in this month to the YouTube channel of convicted Turkish mob boss Sedat Peker with his videos gripping the nation and rattling the government. In a series of videos, apparently made in exile, Peker made a series […]
More than one-third of the world’s heat deaths each year are directly due to global warming, according to the latest study to calculate the human cost of climate change. But scientists say that is only a sliver of climate change’s overall toll – even more […]
Turkish agents have captured a nephew of US-based Muslim leader Fethullah Gulen in an overseas operation and have brought him to Turkey where he faces prosecution. Selahaddin Gulen, wanted in Turkey on charges of membership of a terror organisation, was seized in an operation by […]
Bangladesh drops ‘except Israel’ clause from its e-passport at a time when Israel is censured globally for bombing Gaza. Article source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2021/5/31/can-safety-be-assured-in-bangladeshs-garment-industry
Russia said on Monday it would send what it described as “uncomfortable” signals to the United States ahead of a summit between the two countries’ leaders next month and announced it was beefing up its western border militarily. The comments came a day after US […]
Zinedine Zidane stepped down as Real Madrid coach because the club had “no faith” in him. Zidane returned to Real for a second spell in March 2019 after having won two La Liga titles and three consecutive Champions League titles in his first stint from […]
Sixty years ago, a group of idealistic young people set out to challenge segregation in the southern United States. Among them were Lewis Zuchman, 19, and Luvaghn Brown, 16, who became friends during the Freedom Rides campaign in the summer of 1961. Now in their […]
Four more members of the anti-government Oath Keepers militia have been charged for their roles in the January 6 storming of the US Capitol to stop the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory, according to newly unsealed court documents. The superseding indictment, which allows prosecutors […]
The head of the World Health Organization has called for speedily launching global negotiations to agree on an international treaty on pandemic preparedness, as part of sweeping reforms envisioned by member states. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, told its annual ministerial assembly on Monday that […]
