Category: World

The Russian foreign minister on Monday said his country will strongly “defend and support” Iran’s military action against Israel as “legitimate defense” at the UN Security Council meeting. Sergey Lavrov made the remarks in a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Monday, according to a statement issued by Iran’s Foreign Ministry. Lavrov […]

Joe Biden “made it very clear” to Israel that he hopes to de-escalate tensions after Iran’s attack, according to senior administration officials. Over 300 drones and missiles were fired at Israel overnight, which Iran said was in response to an 1 April strike on its consulate in Syria. Almost all weapons were shot down by […]

Westfield Bondi Junction looked exactly like it usually does on a Saturday afternoon. According to BBC reports: Hundreds of people crammed into the centre – packs of teenagers, parents with grumbling kids, and weary customers sneaking a caffeine hit between shops. Just minutes from Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach, this is one of the most popular […]

ANKARA: Senior Pentagon officials were frustrated as Israel did not notify the US before conducting a strike on an Iranian diplomatic mission in the Syrian capital of Damascus earlier this month, an escalation that they assess increases risks to American forces in the Middle East, The Washington Post reported on Friday, citing US officials. Tensions […]

China tried to meddle in the last two Canadian elections but the results were not affected and it was “improbable” Beijing preferred any one party over another, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has told an official probe. In sworn testimony on Wednesday before a commission conducting a public inquiry into alleged foreign interference in the 2019 […]

In recent years, the U.S. has seen an unprecedented surge in undocumented migrants from India, most slipping in through Mexico. But as the U.S.-Mexico border faces growing pressure, many are turning to a less conventional path: crossing the expansive and lightly guarded border with Canada. In fiscal year 2023, U.S. border agents encountered nearly 97,000 […]

Conflicting reports emerge on Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo with Egyptian media reporting “significant progress”, but Hamas and Israeli officials saying no agreement is close. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) begins two days of hearings to consider Nicaragua’s request that emergency measures be imposed on Germany over its support for Israel’s war on Gaza. […]

World Central Kitchen founder Jose Andres raised questions on Sunday over the Israeli probe into a strike that killed seven of his staff in Gaza, and warned that the conflict had become a “war against humanity itself”. “I want to thank, obviously, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), for doing such a quick investigation,” the head […]

Britain’s support for Israel depends on it abiding by international humanitarian law, Foreign Secretary David Cameron says in a newspaper column. The remarks by the former prime minister came days after an Israeli air strike killed seven aid workers, including three Britons, in Gaza. “Our backing is not unconditional,” Cameron wrote in The Sunday Times […]

By corroding the legitimacy of governments, exacerbating domestic inequalities, eroding public trust in governance institutions, elite capture has diminished the country’s credibility and reputation on the world stage. Riaz Missen Elite capture, a phenomenon deeply rooted in feudalism and the contentious privatization drive of the 1990s and beyond, has led to the creation of powerful […]