Ukraine detains 8 over Banksy mural theft
KYIV: Ukraine has detained eight people over the theft from a wall in the Kyiv suburbs of a mural painted by elusive British street artist Banksy, the authorities said. The…
Malaysia swears in new cabinet led by Anwar Ibrahim
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s new Cabinet led by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in on Saturday, after divisive polls last month. Anwar became Malaysia’s 10th premier on Nov. 24 after…
US condemns shooting at Pakistan’s embassy in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: The US on Saturday condemned an attack a day earlier on the Pakistani Embassy in Afghanistan’s capital, in which a senior Pakistani diplomat escaped unhurt but one of his…
Sweden extradites outlawed PKK member to Turkiye: report
ISTANBUL : Sweden has extradited a convicted member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to Turkiye as Ankara presses Stockholm for further steps in return for its membership in…
Leaders of French-speaking countries hold summit in Tunisia
TUNIS: Leaders of French-speaking countries gathered on Saturday on a Tunisian island to discuss debt relief, migration, food and energy shortages, with a soaring cost of living across Africa, Europe…
Russia trying to exhaust Ukraine’s air defenses, Pentagon official says
WASHINGTON: Russia’s surge in missile strikes in Ukraine is partly designed to exhaust Kyiv’s supplies of air defenses and finally achieve dominance of the skies above the country, a senior…
New UK PM Sunak visits Kyiv, pledges support
KYIV: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised 125 anti-aircraft guns and other air-defense technology as he made an unannounced visit Saturday — his first — to Ukraine’s snow-blanketed war-time capital…
UK FM during botched Kabul withdrawal ‘blocked’ talks with senior staff, sources say
LONDON: UK Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab’s conduct during Britain’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 led to significant delays and compounded the chaos of the evacuation, sources have told The…
Malaysia votes in general election, Anwar seen leading tight race
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians voted on Saturday in a general election that may fail to end the recent phase of political instability in the Southeast Asian nation as polls have predicted…
Hundreds protest southern China COVID-19 lockdowns
BEIJING: Protesters in southern China clashed with police in a rare display of public opposition to anti-COVID measures, videos posted online showed, after lockdowns in the area were extended over…