An Australian judge ruled on Monday that a former government adviser, Bruce Lehrmann, raped a colleague, Brittany Higgins, in a Parliament House office. The decision came as Lehrmann’s defamation lawsuit against Network Ten, which broadcast an interview with Higgins in 2021, was dismissed. Justice Michael Lee of Australia’s Federal Court determined the rape occurred based […]Read More
Global airlines faced disruptions to flights on Monday after missile and drone attacks by Iran on Israel further narrowed options for planes navigating between Europe and Asia. Iran attacked Israel with more than 300 missiles and drones, which were mostly shot down by Israel’s US-backed missile defence system. But there’s chaos in the aviation industry […]Read More
On Monday, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, aged 72, said on May 15th, he would hand over power to his designated successor Lawrence Wong, 51, currently deputy prime minister and finance minister. In a statement posted on the website of the Prime Minister’s Office, Lee called the leadership transition a “significant moment”. “I will […]Read More
Donald Trump endorsed claims that President Biden was enabling genocide in Gaza. At a rally in Pennsylvania, the former president responded to chants of “Genocide Joe” by stating, “They are not wrong. He (Biden) has done everything wrong.” Such a statement from the former president left political observers wondering whether Trump was looking to woo […]Read More
SYDNEY: The man who fatally stabbed six people at a mall in Bondi, a beachside suburb of Sydney, seems to have targeted women, police said, as the attacker’s father opened up about his son’s long history of mental illness and frustration with women. Clad in shorts and an Australian national rugby league jersey, Joel Cauchi, […]Read More
Was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indifferent to the plight of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas? Did he even undermine efforts to strike a deal with Hamas that would have ensured their release? The Times of Israel, quoted two negotiators identified only as A and D, as saying that there was an atmosphere of […]Read More
Former Israel envoy upset about India’s ‘weak’ and ‘balanced’ statement on Iran attackRead More
China‘s leading authority on Hong Kong affairs emphasised that the city must firmly adhere to national security principles to protect its development. This statement was made in a speech a few weeks following the introduction of comprehensive new security legislation. “To move towards governance and prosperity, we need to tightly hold onto the bottom line […]Read More
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has condemned Iran’s drone and missile attack on Israel and said his country needed help from its allies to fend off threats from the air, just as Israel did. Zelenskyy again called on the US Congress to approve a vital aid package that has been blocked for months by political wrangling. […]Read More
US President Joe Biden and other leaders of the G7 nations have condemned Iran’s attack on Israel, saying it risked provoking an “uncontrollable regional escalation.” A White House official said Biden warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US will not take part in a counter-offensive against Iran if Israel decides to retaliate after […]Read More
Israel has called for fresh sanctions against Iran at an emergency meeting of the UNSC on Sunday. The meeting came after Iran launched a strike comprising over 300 drones and missiles on Israel early Sunday morning. Taking to X, Israeli ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan said, “Iran is the world’s biggest violator of human […]Read More
Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said on Sunday that Iran had given ample notice regarding the strikes. According to the Iranian foreign minister, Iran had informed neighbouring countries and even the US seven hours beforehand that it would launch strikes. The Iranian foreign minister’s assertion was backed up by Turkish, Jordanian and Iraqi officials […]Read More
Somalian pirates have released a hijacked ship MV Abdullah after receiving a ransom amount of $5 million according to the pirates. Speaking to Reuters, Abdirashiid Yusuf, one of the pirates said. “The money was brought to us two nights ago as usual… we checked whether the money was fake or not. Then we divided the […]Read More
Thousands of demonstrators came out on the streets in Niger’s capital Niamey on Sunday to demand that US troops leave the country. According to the New York Times around 1,000 American military personnel are stationed at a remote base in Niger’s desert, from which they fly drones tracking movements of extremist groups in Niger and throughout […]Read More
Some said the assault was agreed with the U.S. in order to cause no harm, pointing to the hours it took for Iranian drones to get close to Israel, which gave Israel plenty of time to shoot them down.Read More
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday warned members not to further escalate tensions with reprisals against Iran, while the US warned the Security Council it would work to hold Tehran accountable at the UN. Guterres, speaking to a meeting of the UN Security Council, told member states that the UN charter bars the use […]Read More
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in particular may be well placed to triangulate between Iran, Israel and the United States after diplomatic advances in recent years that benefited all those countries.Read More
The move comes in light of a 27-fold increase in migrant arrivals to Cyprus so far this year over the same period last year.Read More
Shadow play or prelude to a wider war? After launching an estimated 200 drones (if not more) and missiles at Israel on early Sunday morning, Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations posted the following message on X at 3:36 am on Sunday: “Conducted on the strength of Article 51 of the UN Charter pertaining […]Read More
As Iran conducted its first direct assault against Israel, it made sure the message travelled as far as it could. State media broadcast footage of Iranians “celebrating” the attacks against archrival Israel. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—the most powerful man in Iran—who, in a public message earlier this week, had said Israel would be punished, put up […]Read More
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