Former United States President Donald Trump has lost a bid to stop the New York state attorney general’s investigation into his business practices, allowing the three-year probe to continue. In a 43-page ruling, US District Judge Brenda Sannes said on Friday that she based her […]
Iranian forces seized two Greek tankers in the Gulf on Friday, Iranian state media reported, shortly after Tehran warned it would take “punitive action” against Athens over the confiscation of Iranian oil by the United States from a tanker held off the Greek coast. Iran’s […]
Israeli forces injured almost 90 people during protests in the occupied West Bank over the confiscation of Palestinian flags by Jewish settlers and Israeli soldiers. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said on Friday that at least one Palestinian was shot in the leg and taken […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said China poses the most serious long-term challenge to the international order. He made the comment as he unveiled the Biden administration’s strategy to compete with China’s rise as a global superpower and insisted Washington does not want […]
African leaders gathered for a summit Friday in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to address growing humanitarian needs on the continent, which is also facing increased violent activity, climate change challenges and a run of military coups. Leaders called for increased mobilisation to resolve a humanitarian crisis […]
The United States and the Netherlands have called for international action to address the “imminent threats” of a decrepit oil supertanker holding more than one million barrels of oil off the coast of Yemen. The two countries issued a joint statement on Friday warning of […]
Ethiopia’s state-appointed human rights body has called for the release of 16 journalists and media personnel after new arrests in recent days in the capital Addis Ababa and the restive region of Amhara. Press watchdogs and rights groups have said Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government […]
More than 4,000 civilians have been killed in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion began on February 24, although the true number is likely much higher, the UN rights office (OHCHR) has said. In total, 4,031 people have been killed, including nearly 200 children, according to OHCHR, […]
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on two Russian banks, a North Korean company and a person it accused of supporting North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction programme, increasing pressure on Pyongyang over its renewed ballistic missile launches. The latest American move came a […]
Football teams from Belarus and Ukraine will be prevented from being drawn against each other in any UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) competitions, the executive committee of European football’s governing body said. The move announced on Friday follows Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February […]
