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SYRIAN despot Bashar al-Assad traded his country’s military secrets with Israel in exchange for safe passage out of the country, it has been claimed. The murderous tyrant allegedly handed over coordinates for weapons depots which Israel is now using to drop bombs on Syrian targets in a cowardly last act. Abdulkadir Selvi, a well-established commentator from Turkish…

Judges in the French city of Avignon will hand down verdicts on 51 men on Thursday in a mass rape trial that has turned a 72-year-old woman into a feminist icon. For almost a decade, Gisèle Pelicot was drugged by her ex-husband Dominique, who then invited dozens of men he had recruited online to have sex with…

The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints in France and Belgium against subsidiaries of the tech giant Apple, accusing it of using conflict minerals. Acting on behalf of the Congolese government, lawyers have argued that Apple is complicit in crimes committed by armed groups that control some of the mines in the east of DR…

TikTok made a last-ditch effort on Monday to continue operating in the United States, asking the Supreme Court to temporarily block a law intended to force ByteDance, its China-based parent company, to divest the short-video app by Jan. 19 or face a ban. TikTok and ByteDance filed an emergency request to the justices for an injunction to…

Drone sightings forced officials to close the airspace at one of the largest US Air Force bases in the world over the weekend. Drones flying around Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, led base officials to shut down the airspace for around four hours late on Friday and into early Saturday morning, a base spokesperson has…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has been thrown into disarray with the abrupt departure of his finance minister, Chrystia Freeland. By the end of a frenetic day on Monday, a new finance minister was in place – but Canadians had yet to hear directly from Trudeau as questions about his political future reached a fever pitch.…

Close to 1,000 people may have been killed after Cyclone Chido hit Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, according to the island’s top official. Mayotte Prefect Francois-Xavier Bieuville told local TV: “I think there are some several hundred dead, maybe we’ll get close to a thousand, even thousands… given the violence of this event.” However, he said it…

Bitcoin has surged to a new record high, extending a rally that has seen the cryptocurrency’s price rise by more than 50% since Donald Trump’s victory in the 5 November election. The world’s largest cryptocurrency briefly passed $106,000 (£83,890), before falling back to around $104,500 in Asia trade on Monday. The incoming Trump administration is seen as…

ABC News has agreed to pay $15m (£12m) to US President-elect Donald Trump to settle a defamation lawsuit after its star anchor falsely said he had been found “liable for rape”. George Stephanopoulos made the statements repeatedly during an interview on 10 March this year while challenging a congresswoman about her support for Trump. A jury in…

Former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili became president of Georgia on Saturday, as the ruling party tightened its grip in what the opposition calls a blow to the country’s EU aspirations and a victory for former imperial ruler Russia. Kavelashvili, 53, who was the only candidate on the ballot, easily won the vote given the Georgian Dream party’s…

In the decade since SpaceX arrived on the Texas coast, billionaire Elon Musk’s company has created thousands of jobs near the Mexico border, launched rockets and sprung up new homes — all around an area dubbed Starbase. Now SpaceX wants to make Starbase a recognized city. Nearby residents are asking for an election to incorporate the area,…

NANCY Pelosi is seen clinging to a fellow lawmaker’s left hand in a photo before she reportedly fell going down a marble staircase and fractured her hip. The former House speaker was rushed to the hospital on Friday after falling while on an overseas trip in Luxembourg. Pelosi “sustained an injury during an official engagement and was…

Fresh fin whale meat was sold for the first time at an auction in nearly five decades in the Asian country. Whale fin meat from off Japan’s northern coast was sold for the first time in nearly 50 years. The animal protein was sold for more than $1,300 per kilogram (2.2 lbs) at an auction Thursday. Fin…

THE head of Nato has warned the alliance must gear up for war or its members will flounder in the face of Russian aggression. Mark Rutte, Nato’s secretary general, harked back to the Cold War days, when countries cranked up defence spending to over 3 per cent of GDP. “We are still spending far less than during…

Russia could launch its lethal new intermediate-range ballistic missile against Ukraine again soon, the Pentagon said Wednesday, as both sides wrestle for a battlefield advantage that will give them leverage in any negotiations to end the nearly 3-year war. Sabrina Singh, Pentagon spokeswoman, told reporters in a briefing that an attack could be carried out “in the…

Elon Musk, one of President-elect Donald Trump’s closest confidants, revealed Wednesday his support for weight-loss drugs like Ozempic being made cheaper for the general public — in contrast with comments Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made. “Nothing would do more to improve the health, lifespan and quality of life for Americans than…

Is the world’s fastest-growing big economy losing steam? The latest GDP numbers paint a sobering picture. Between July and September, India’s economy slumped to a seven-quarter low of 5.4%, well below the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) forecast of 7%. While it is still robust compared with developed nations, the figure signals a slowdown. Economists attribute this…

The United States offered a $10 million reward on Tuesday for information leading to the arrest of a Chinese man and co-conspirators wanted for hacking computer firewalls. Guan Tianfeng, 30, is believed to be living in China’s Sichuan Province, according to the State Department. An indictment charging Guan with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and conspiracy to…

As the wave of drone incursions over US cities and military facilities intensifies, the FBI admits it has no clues as to who is operating the mystery craft For the past few months, mysterious drones have been sighted over US airbases both in the UK and in the US. By far the largest number of sightings, though,…

Polymarket saw a surge in bets for the suspect’s arrest just hours before police reportedly took him into custody A prediction market that allowed users to bet on the arrest of the killer of the UnitedHealthcare CEO has successfully forecasted the timing of his capture. On Dec. 4, Brian Thompson, the 50-year-old CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was shot…

The very high-risk countries are marked in red where travelers will face serious danger and must expect considerable restrictions. A new map shows the world’s most dangerous countries where travelers are at serious risk. The data has been released as President Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorial regime came to an end in Syria after rebels took over Damascus and…

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to end “the madness”, prompting Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy and the Kremlin to list their conditions. Trump made his comments just hours after meeting Zelenskiy in Paris for their first face-to-face talks since Trump won last month’s U.S. election. Trump…

Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad fled to Moscow and received asylum from his longtime ally, Russian media said Sunday, hours after a stunning rebel advance seized control of Damascus and ended his family’s 50 years of iron rule. Thousands of Syrians poured into streets echoing with celebratory gunfire and waved the revolutionary flag in scenes that recalled…

He killed a high-profile CEO on a sidewalk in America’s largest city, where thousands of surveillance cameras monitor millions of people every day. But the man who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a busy hotel keeps evading capture. Now, authorities say he might have slipped out of New York – meaning the elusive gunman could be…

The Prince of Wales and the US president-elect held 40 minutes of talks at the British ambassador’s residence after shaking hands earlier at a reopening ceremony marking the five-year restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral. ‘He’s doing a fantastic job’: Trump on WilliamDonald Trump has said the Prince of Wales is “doing a fantastic job” as they met for…

“In view of the situation prevailing in Syria, Indian nationals are advised to avoid all travel to Syria, until further notification,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in the advisory. India on Friday issued an advisory urging all citizens to avoid travelling to Syria in the wake of the violence and unrest in the country. “In…

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog has told the BBC Iran’s decision to begin producing significantly more highly enriched uranium was “very worrisome”. Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said Iran was increasing its stockpile of uranium enriched to 60%, just below the level of purity needed for a nuclear weapon.…

A Pakistani court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s wife, Bushra Bibi, in a graft case, local TV ARY News said, a move that could lead to her rearrest two months after she was freed from jail on bail. Bushra Khan, known more commonly as Bushra Bibi, a term that denotes…

New photo unmasks assassin who gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday morning outside the New York Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan. In the photos released by the NYPD, the alleged gunman is seen wearing what appears to be a green jacket and a black face mask around his neck. In the photos released by the…

The price of Bitcoin has for the first time broken past the $100,000 mark, hitting a new record high. The value of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency has been boosted by hopes US President-elect Donald Trump will adopt crypto-friendly policies. The milestone was reached hours after Trump said he would nominate former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) commissioner…

The hacking campaign is one of the largest intelligence compromises in US history, with at least eight major companies targeted. Dozens of nations have been hit by a Chinese hacking campaign, a senior White House official has said. Carried out by a group dubbed Salt Typhoon, it is one of the largest intelligence compromises in US history.…

A property tycoon in Vietnam is facing having to come up with more than £7 billion in a race to save her life. Truong My Lan, the chair of real estate developer Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group, is the mastermind behind what is the biggest financial fraud case on record. The 67-year-old was found guilty of embezzlement,…

A MENACING Vladimir Putin staged provocative war games in the Mediterranean today in a blatant show of strength to the West. The despot’s latest aggression came amid major tension with rebel advances in Syria, where he protects his authoritarian dictator pal Bashar al-Assad. It coincided with deep tension in Ukraine, and was aimed to show he has…

Joe Biden’s broad reprieve for his son gives the president-elect new rationale for even more expansive pardons than those he issued in his first term. In his sweeping pardon of Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden did not just protect his son. He also handed President-elect Donald Trump a template to shield his own allies and stretch the…

The 72-year-old required “immediate medical attention” following the test and was taken from the Rikers Island jail complex to Bellevue Hospital in New York City, according to his lawyers. Harvey Weinstein has been taken to hospital after an “alarming blood test result”, his lawyers have said. The 72-year-old required “immediate medical attention” following the test and was taken…

A controversial refereeing decision sparked violence and a crush at a soccer match in southeast Guinea, killing 56 people, according to a provisional toll, the government said on Monday, as a witness described scenes of chaos. The fatalities occurred during the final of a tournament in honour of Guinea’s military leader Mamady Doumbouya at a stadium in…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Monday lost his bid to get his 2018 CEO pay package reinstated when a Delaware judge upheld her prior ruling that the compensation plan was improperly granted. The package, worth about $56 billion, was the largest compensation plan in U.S. history for a public company executive. Tesla said in a post on…

The new law puts them on a par with other professionals after the industry was decriminalised in 2022. Sex workers in Belgium have been granted full employment rights, including maternity pay, sick days and pensions. The new law, which came into force on Sunday, puts them on a par with those in other professions in a legal…

Chinese researchers have developed sturdy, egg-shaped igloos intended for lunar colonization. As China continues to pursue its moon colonization ambitions, scientists are focusing on the issue of extraterrestrial real estate. Far from a futuristic space-age city, the designs for lunar dwellings suggest a more dystopian aesthetic. The initial sketches of a moon colony depict a group of…

Republican President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday he wanted former National Security official and loyalist Kash Patel to lead the FBI, signaling an intent to drive out the bureau’s current director, Christopher Wray. Patel, who during Trump’s first term advised both the director of national intelligence and the secretary of defense, has previously called for stripping the…

The Ukrainian president told Sky News’s chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay NATO membership would have to be offered to unoccupied parts of the country in order to end the “hot phase of the war”, as long as the NATO invitation itself recognises Ukraine’s internationally recognised borders. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suggested a ceasefire deal could be struck if Ukrainian…

VLADIMIR Putin’s remaining troops are being forced to wade through piles of fallen comrades as Russia faced its deadliest day of fighting. Moscow lost over 2,000 soldiers in the past 24 hours, say Ukraine’s defiant military – but Putin’s men are still storming through the country at an alarming rate. Russia’s staggering death toll marks the Russian…

At least 40 households were completely buried, the Uganda Red Cross Society said, and police said 113 people were missing. At least 15 people have died and more than 100 are missing after landslides buried homes in several villages in eastern Uganda. Some 15 people have been rescued and taken to hospital, police said. At least 40…

From luxury living to a grim jail cell, Waseem Khan’s Dubai dream has turned into a nightmare after being implicated in an alleged drug deal. A British crypto investor is staring down the barrel of a possible 25-year prison sentence in Dubai, having been implicated in an alleged drug deal. Waseem Khan, 22, found himself in trouble…

A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Parliament on Friday in a world-first law. The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million) for systemic failures to prevent children younger than 16 from holding accounts. The Senate…

Pakistani authorities arrested nearly 1,000 supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan who stormed the capital this week to demand his release, the city’s police chief said on Wednesday. Khan’s aides alleged, without immediately providing evidence, that hundreds had suffered gunshot wounds during chaotic scenes overnight in the heart of Islamabad as police dispersed protesters led…

MEXICO CITY, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday Mexico would retaliate if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump followed through with his proposed 25% across-the-board tariff, a move her government warned could kill 400,000 U.S. jobs and drive up prices for U.S. consumers. “If there are U.S. tariffs, Mexico would also raise tariffs,” Sheinbaum…

Opposition supporters in Pakistan have temporarily called off protests demanding the release of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, a day after marching on central Islamabad. Protesters had vowed not to leave the capital until Khan’s release. But as they breached barriers and made their way to Democracy Square on Tuesday, they were pushed back by police…

China’s military has undergone a sweeping anti-corruption purge since last year, with at least nine PLA generals and a handful of defence industry executives removed from the national legislative body to date. China Defence Minister Dong Jun has been placed under investigation as part of a wide-ranging anti-corruption probe that has roiled the top ranks of the…

Protests take place across French cities to mark International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women. Thousands of people across France are protesting against sexual violence to mark the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women. Women held banners reading “we won’t serve the rearming of the state” and “sexist violence, fascist violence, same feminist fight”.…

Countries at the COP29 summit in Baku adopted a $300 billion a year global finance target on Sunday to help poorer nations cope with impacts of climate change, a deal its intended recipients criticised as woefully insufficient. The agreement, clinched in overtime at the two-week conference in Azerbaijan’s capital, was meant to provide momentum for international efforts…

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has also said Britain ‘cannot allow Putin to win this war’ VLADIMIR Putin has called a secret meeting for tonight after threatening the UK with his new deadly missile. It comes as a top military chief told MPs Britain is ready to fight if Putin strikes another Eastern European nation. As tensions…

The country had 1,012 robots per 10,000 employees, topping the global list, according to a new survey The use of robots in factories around the world has more than doubled in the last seven years, with South Korea topping the list of countries with the highest robot density, according to a report. China has also surpassed Germany…

Suspected methanol poisoning from tainted drinks has reportedly killed five tourists in a Laos holiday town in the past fortnight. A British woman, an Australian woman, a US man and two Danish nationals have died, while another Australian woman remains critically ill in hospital. The deaths remain under police investigation, but news reports and testimonies online from…

At least 41 people – including women and children – have been killed after unidentified gunmen opened fire on a convoy of 200 passenger vehicles traveling through a remote area of Pakistan. The vehicles were attacked as they travelled through the tribal district of Kurram in Pakistan, close to the Afghan border, according to the area’s deputy…

U.S. billionaire Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, has criticised Australia’s proposed law to ban social media for children under 16 and fine social media platforms of up to A$49.5 million ($32 million) for companies for systemic breaches. Australia’s centre-left government on Thursday introduced the bill in parliament. It plans to try an age-verification system…

Defence Secretary John Healey announced the move in parliament on Wednesday, saying it would save up to half a billion pounds over the next five years. The UK will scrap five warships, dozens of military helicopters and a fleet of drones to save money despite growing threats from Russia and a war raging in Europe. John Healey,…

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius believes Russia poses not just a military but also a hybrid threat, wit the damage to the two cables “a very clear sign that something is afoot”. The Danish navy is keeping tabs on a Chinese ship in the Strait of Kattegat days after the severing of telecommunications cables running from Finland to Germany – with…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, held the second India-Australia Annual Summit on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G20) Summit in Rio de Janeiro on 19 November 2024 Rio de Janeiro: India and Australia on Tuesday officially launched the Renewable Energy Partnership aimed at boosting two-way investment in the…

VLADIMIR Putin has given the green light to a fresh nuke doctrine – threatening to use nuclear weapons against the West if Ukraine fires long-range missiles on Russian soil. The deluded tyrant was left raging when US President Joe Biden finally approved use of the far-reaching rockets by Ukraine after 1,000 days of war. Putin’s snarling propaganda…

In a historic attack on one of the largest digital companies in the world, top antitrust regulators from the Justice Department have chosen to urge a judge to order Alphabet Inc.’s Google to sell up its Chrome browser. According to those acquainted with the preparations, the department would request that the court, who declared in August that…

The Kremlin warned Monday that President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russia with U.S.-supplied longer-range missiles adds “fuel to the fire” of the war and would escalate international tensions even higher. Biden’s shift in policy added an uncertain, new factor to the conflict on the eve of the 1,000-day milestone since Russia began…

Another strain of bird flu (H5N1) has been confirmed at a poultry farm in Cornwall, with a mass cull of the birds ordered by the government. All birds at the St Ives premises will now be humanely killed, with a 3km protection zone and 10km protection zone put in place. The last avian flu outbreak in the…

On the last night of their lives, Jagdish Patel, his wife and their two young children tried to slip into the U.S. across a near-empty stretch of the Canadian border. Wind chills reached minus 36 Fahrenheit (minus 38 Celsius) that night in January 2022 as the family from India set out on foot to meet a waiting…

Authorities said the 21-year-old student is alleged to have went on a stabbing spree in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi. Eight people have died after a stabbing attack at a Chinese school, with 17 others injured. Authorities said in a statement that a 21-year-old student is believed to have carried out the attack in Yixing City,…

You may have seen the word “Bluesky” popping up on your social media pages recently and wondered what people are talking about. It is an alternative platform to Elon Musk’s X and in terms of its colour and logo, it looks quite similar. Bluesky is growing rapidly and is currently picking up around one million new sign-ups…

The first time Azaan made the jump across the wall, he broke his arm. Braving the 20ft (6m) drop into a wide trench below is, for many Afghans, the only way to cross into Turkey from Iran – and yet hundreds risk it each day. “I was in severe pain,” the former Afghan army officer told the…

Donald Trump, who is set to return to the White House after his victory over Kamala Harris in the November 5 US presidential elections, has appointed former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard as his US Intelligence Chief. The 78-year-old leader has secured all seven swing states, including Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Nevada. On Wednesday evening…

Flood-hit towns near the eastern city of Valencia were rushing on Tuesday to clear the sewage system of mud and debris, pile sandbags and cancel school classes as they prepared for another approaching storm. Two weeks after the worst floods in Spain’s modern history killed more than 200 people, national weather service AEMET issued an orange alert,…