President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to withdraw Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general until two Republican senators who have expressed concerns about Blanche leave office in January. “I have no objection to temporarily withdrawing Todd’s name, if they do not do the right thing, and putting him back after Cornyn and Tillis are…
New Zealand’s top diplomat Winston Peters drew the ire of Beijing’s ambassador in Wellington on Thursday after telling a lawmaker of Chinese descent to “go back to your own country”. During a debate about New Zealand’s response to the Covid pandemic on Wednesday, populist NZ First leader Peters was asked by China-born Green Party member…
Three Greek firefighters have died tackling wildfires in Crete and in the Peloponnese. In Crete, gale-force winds whipped up flames prompting the evacuation of several villages, and two firefighters died after becoming trapped when the blaze swept through the Rethymno region, in the island’s west. Another firefighter died after being found unconscious near the southern…
On a hot afternoon in Southeast Asia, a parked car can become almost unbearable within minutes. In some cases, the cabin temperature can climb to 70 to 90 degrees Celsius, turning the first blast of air-conditioning into a survival reflex rather than a comfort choice. But air-conditioning carries its own contradiction. It cools the inside…
Parisa Hafezi, Ahmed Tolba and Ahmed Elimam July 29, 2026 — 8:02pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Dubai/Cairo: The United States on Wednesday launched its first airstrikes in the Middle East sincesuspending its bombing campaign last week, hitting Iran-backed armed…
YAME, Japan — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said 13 people have been found dead after a powerful quake shook part of southwestern Japan and rescue work was continuing Wednesday morning for the missing. A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu late Tuesday afternoon. “There are people…
Published On 28 Jul 202628 Jul 2026 Hundreds of mourners have paid their respects to the late Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. The Republican lawmaker and key ally of President Donald Trump unexpectedly died on July 11. Graham was elected to the US Senate in 2002 and was re-elected in 2008, 2014 and 2020….
BERLIN — Investigators have found what appears to be a claim of responsibility by the suspect in the fatal attack near Berlin’s Pride festival, German authorities said Tuesday. The 21-year-old suspect, Abdul Ballout, was killed in a confrontation with police on Sunday, the day after investigators say he drove a van into a crowd near…
SK Hynix Inc. signage at the company’s office in Seongnam, South Korea, on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Semiconductor shares tumbled Tuesday, extending a rout in chipmakers after another weak session on Wall Street. SK Hynix plunged 14.65% at the close, while Samsung Electronics fell more than 13%. Other…
In April 2026, a Murakami-class Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) destroyer transited the Taiwan Strait. Such passages have become more frequent amid rising tensions over Taiwan since 2025. Yet this instance triggered an unusually strong reaction from China. The reason was not the transit itself, but its timing. It occurred on April 17, the anniversary…
