PARIS: If a huge asteroid smashes into the Moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming towards Earth that would threaten satellites and create a spectacular meteor shower, according to researchers. Earlier this year there were briefly fears that the 60-metre-wide (200-foot-wide) asteroid called 2024 YR4, which is big enough to level a…
BERLIN: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday strongly backed the United States over its strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran, staking out a more defined position than other European allies have. “There is no reason to criticise what America did at the weekend. Yes, it is not without risk. But leaving things as they…
MARSEILLE: Two people in France have been taken into custody after a 27-year-old bride was killed at a wedding party in a village in southeastern France, a source close to the case said on Monday. The bride was killed when gunmen attacked a wedding party in the tiny village of Goult early Sunday, with one…
LONDON: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday had lunch with King Charles III at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace said, after he arrived in London ahead of a NATO summit in The Hague. Zelensky, who is seeking to shore up support for his country more than three years after Russia invaded, “visited The King this afternoon…
PARIS: Global airlines have suspended or reduced flights in the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Iran rages and the United States joins the fight. The US carried out strikes against Iranian nuclear sites overnight Saturday to Sunday after over a week of deadly missile exchanges between Israel and Iran. Here is the…
THE HAGUE: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stressed that Tehran should not be allowed to have a nuclear bomb, as Israel and Iran exchanged fresh strikes on Monday. “When it comes to NATO’s stance on Iran’s nuclear programme, allies have long agreed that Iran must not develop a nuclear weapon,“ said Rutte ahead of a…
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump thinks Iranians should overthrow their government if it refuses to negotiate on its nuclear program, but the US president is “still interested” in diplomacy, the White House said Monday. “If the Iranian regime refuses to come to a peaceful diplomatic solution, which the president is still interested and engaging in, by the…
JERUSALEM: Israel’s state power company reported supply disruptions on Monday after damage near a “strategic infrastructure facility” at an undisclosed location, as Iran launched a fresh wave of missiles. “Due to damage near a strategic infrastructure facility of the Israel Electric Corporation… disruptions in electricity supply are being reported in several communities in the area,“…
LONDON: British interior minister Yvette Cooper announced on Monday that she will ban campaign group Palestine Action, after its activists broke into the UK’s largest air force base last week. Cooper said the vandalism of two aeroplanes at RAF Brize Norton in southern England on Friday was “disgraceful” and the group had a “long history…
DAMASCUS: Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa vowed Monday that those involved in a “heinous” suicide attack on a Damascus church a day earlier would face justice, calling for unity in the country. The shooting and suicide bombing Sunday at the church in the working-class Dwelaa district of the Syrian capital killed 25 people and wounded…
