KANANASKI: European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said she told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that diplomacy was ultimately best on Iran, but stopped short of calling for an immediate ceasefire. Von der Leyen said that she agreed with Netanyahu in a telephone call that “Iran should not have a nuclear weapon,…
MINNEAPOLIS: Police arrested a man on Sunday who allegedly shot dead a Democratic state lawmaker and her husband while posing as a police officer, according to ABC News, citing several sources. ABC News said the man was arrested near his farm near Green Isle, Minnesota, but Minnesota Department of Public Safety did not immediately respond…
KANANASKIS: More pressure must be exerted on Russia to secure a ceasefire in Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday, and urged the G7 nations to ramp up sanctions to achieve that goal. Leaders of the world’s largest industrial nations are meeting in Canada’s Rockies with European countries seeking to keep…
AHMEDABAD: Mourners covered white coffins with flowers in India on Sunday as funerals were held for some of the at least 279 people killed in one of the world’s worst plane crashes in decades. Health officials have begun handing over the first passenger bodies identified through DNA testing, delivering them to grieving relatives in the…
DAMASCUS: A civilian woman was killed Sunday in Syria’s western Tartus province when a drone struck her home, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. It marked the first reported casualty on Syrian soil since the latest escalation between Iran and Israel began. The Britain-based war monitor reported the death of “a woman after a…
BAT YAM: Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on Sunday, killing and wounding civilians and raising concerns of a broader regional conflict, with both militaries urging civilians on the opposing side to take precautions against further strikes. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he hoped a meeting of the Group of Seven leaders in Canada on…
KANANASKIS: Group of Seven leaders including US President Donald Trump began arriving Sunday in the Canadian Rockies for a summit where they will consider whether to take a common stance as violence intensifies between Israel and Iran. The three-day gathering in the mountain town of Kananaskis marks the return to the international diplomatic calendar of…
LONDON: British authorities said Sunday a nationwide police operation is being launched against “grooming gangs” suspected of sexually exploiting thousands of girls and young women over decades. The announcement came hours after Prime Minister Keir Starmer said a national inquiry was being started into the scandal, which has attracted the attention of billionaire Elon Musk….
LONDON: The UK government has appointed Blaise Metreweli as the first-ever woman to head its MI6 spy service as the country faces “threats on an unprecedented scale”, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Sunday. The MI6 Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) achieved global fame through Ian Fleming’s fictional agent James Bond. Metreweli will be the 18th…
STOCKHOLM: Most of the world’s nuclear-armed states continued to modernise their arsenals last year, setting the stage for a new nuclear arms race, researchers warned Monday. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said nuclear powers including the United States and Russia — which account for around 90 percent of the world’s stockpile — had…
