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A Greek court has reversed its decision to give parole to the leader of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party Nikos Michaloliakos, a judicial source said on Monday.The 66-year-old, who was granted early release on May 2, was sentenced to 13 and a half years in prison in 2020 as the presumed head of a crimi...
Nepal on Monday unveiled a statue of French climber Maurice Herzog, the first to summit the world's 10th highest mountain Annapurna, calling it a symbol of the "indomitable human spirit".The 8,091-metre (26,545-foot) Annapurna is a dangerous and difficult climb, and the avalanche-prone...
Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun warned Sunday his military is ready to "forcefully" stop Taiwan independence but called for greater exchanges with the United States.The remarks at an annual security forum in Singapore followed the first substantive face-to-face talks in 18 months between...
Lebanon's state media on Sunday reported that two civilians were killed in an Israeli strike in the south of the country, as fighting between Israel and the powerful Shiite movement Hezbollah intensified.Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, has traded regular cross-border fire with Israel since the Palestin...
Businesswoman Halla Tomasdottir was set on Sunday to become Iceland's new president, election results showed, beating former prime minister Katrin Jakobsdottir, who critics said was too political for the post.Jakobsdottir conceded defeat early on Sunday and congratulated Tomasdottir, the CEO of ...
Sports,Football
Real Madrid withstood a Borussia Dortmund barrage to win the Champions League for the 15th time as Dani Carvajal and Vinicius Junior struck late in a 2-0 win at Wembley on Saturday.Right-back Carvajal headed in from Toni Kroos' corner on 74 minutes before Vinicius fired into the far corner to ex...
World,Back Page
US President Joe Biden branded Donald Trump "reckless" Friday after the Republican lashed out in rambling, angry comments at verdicts in New York making him the first former US president to become a convicted felon.The dramatic climax to Trump's hush money trial came five months before...
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Saturday the Asia-Pacific region remained a "priority" for Washington, saying the United States was secure "only if Asia is".Lloyd made the remarks at a major security forum in Singapore, a day after he met with his Chinese counterpart Dong ...
Israeli forces hammered Rafah in southern Gaza with tanks and artillery Saturday, hours after US President Joe Biden said Israel was offering a new roadmap towards a full ceasefire.Shortly after Biden's announcement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted his country would still purs...
Donald Trump's campaign said Friday it had raised nearly $53 million in online small-dollar donations after he was convicted in his New York hush money trial, boasting that the verdict had galvanized his support "like never before."The record haul was equivalent to more than $2 million...
India's gruelling heatwave is set to abate soon but that was no consolation to housewife Bindwasvini Devi, one of the millions braving Saturday's scorching sun to vote in the final day of national elections.Crowds lined up early outside polling booths to beat the heat in the Hindu holy city ...
Negotiations towards a global agreement on how to handle future pandemics seemed on course Friday to be extended for up to a year as countries try to bridge their differences.Nations meeting at the annual World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva have been trying to work out the way forward, after two y...
Muslim-majority Indonesia is ready to send "significant peacekeeping forces" as well as medical personnel to Gaza if Hamas accepts a new ceasefire proposal, President-elect Prabowo Subianto said Saturday.US President Joe Biden announced the Israeli roadmap to permanent peace in Gaza on Fri...
Twenty people, including children, drowned when a boat sank during a river crossing in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, a provincial official said."A boat with women and children on board sank on Saturday morning at 7 am (0230 GMT) in the river in the Basawul area of Mo...
Iran on Saturday criticised the European Union's imposition of new sanctions on high-ranking officials and the Revolutionary Guards for supplying drones to Russia and its Middle East allies.The EU's measures unveiled on Friday target Iran's Defence Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani and Esm...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at a Singapore security forum on Saturday as he seeks to rally support for Kyiv while a Russian offensive gains ground.Zelensky got out of a white Audi sedan in front of the luxury hotel hosting the Shangri-La Dialogue and walked quickly into the lobby,...
A Canadian serial killer, convicted in 2007 of murdering six women, died Friday after being attacked two weeks ago by a fellow inmate.Robert Pickton, 74, a former pig famer from western Canada, is one of the country's most notorious killers.Although he was sentenced to life in prison for six mur...
Spain has rejected Israel's "restrictions" on the activities of its Jerusalem consulate in response to Madrid's recognition of a Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said Friday."This morning we sent a 'note verbale' to the Israeli government rejecti...
World,Front Page
Lebanese Hezbollah said it launched a series of attacks on Israeli military positions Saturday after state media reported Israel had stepped up its own strikes the night before.Since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas on October 7, the Iran-backed Hezbollah has exchanged...
Business & Commerce
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgradedFrance's credit score on Friday citing a deterioration in the country's budgetary position, a blow to Emmanuel Macron's government days before EU parliamentary elections.In a statement, the American credit assessor justified its decision...
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