ISTANBUL: Turkey will not allow extremists to drag Syria back into chaos and instability, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday after a suicide attack killed 22 at a Damascus church. “We will never allow our neighbour and brother Syria… be dragged into a new environment of instability through proxy terrorist organisations,“ he said, vowing…
BEIJING: China urged Iran and Israel on Monday to de-escalate in order to prevent the “spillover” of their war, as fighting between the two foes raged for the 11th day. “The Chinese side urges the parties to the conflict to prevent the situation from escalating repeatedly, resolutely avoid the spillover of war, and return to…
BEED: When wedding season comes in India, the phone of child rights activist Tatwashil Kamble never stops ringing with appeals to stop girls from being married off due to poverty. Kamble said he has helped stop thousands of illegal marriages in India, where nuptials before the age of 18 are banned. “The elders of the…
BEED: When wedding season comes in India, the phone of child rights activist Tatwashil Kamble never stops ringing with appeals to stop girls from being married off due to poverty. Kamble said he has helped stop thousands of illegal marriages in India, where nuptials before the age of 18 are banned. “The elders of the…
NAIROBI: Save the Children said Monday it had witnessed a “horrifying” spike in the number of children being sexually assaulted in DR Congo, recording more than triple the number compared to a year ago. “Armed men entered our house and raped me, my sister and my mother,“ a 16-year-old Congolese girl told the charity. She…
SEOUL: North Korea condemned on Monday US strikes on Iran, calling it a violation of the United Nations charter and blaming the tension in the Middle East on the “reckless valor of Israel”. It marks nuclear-armed North Korea’s first commentary on the US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend. “The Democratic People’s Republic…
KYIV: Ukraine said Monday “another massive attack” on Kyiv by Russian drones was underway, a day after the country’s top military commander vowed to increase the “scale and depth” of strikes on Russia. Diplomatic efforts to end the three-year war have stalled, with the last direct meeting between the two sides almost three weeks ago…
DALTON: Sasha and Jamie Cordle thought their small farm in rural Georgia would be a ladder out of working-class struggle, and a gift for their children and grandchildren. Instead, it may be poisoning them. Tests show their spring water is laced with toxic “forever chemicals” at levels tens of thousands of times above federal safety…
WASHINGTON: Iran on Sunday threatened US bases in the Middle East after massive air strikes that Washington said had destroyed Tehran’s nuclear program, though some officials cautioned that the extent of damage was unclear. With aerial assaults between Iran and Israel raging — including fresh strikes by Israel on what it said were military targets…
WASHINGTON: The US State Department issued a “worldwide caution” for Americans on Sunday, saying the conflict in the Middle East could put those traveling or living abroad at an increased security risk. “The conflict between Israel and Iran has resulted in disruptions to travel and periodic closure of airspace across the Middle East. There is…
