Foreign

Georgian ex-footballer turned far-right politician Mikheil Kavelashvili is set to become Tbilisi’s next figurehead president in an indirect election denounced as “illegitimate” by the current pro-EU leader. Picked by the governing Georgian Dream party as a loyalist, the former forward for the English Premier League’s Manchester City is known for his expletive-laden parliament speeches and […]

Israeli air strikes in Gaza have killed 12 guards protecting aid lorries, according to local medics and Gaza’s Hamas-run Civil Defence. The strikes occurred in Rafah and Khan Younis, as aid deliveries continue to face violent theft attempts. In Rafah, seven guards were killed while protecting lorries carrying flour to warehouses for the UN agency […]

Russian police have arrested a German-Russian citizen for allegedly preparing to “sabotage” a rail line on orders from Kyiv, the FSB security services said Tuesday, quoted by Russian news agencies. The man, born in 2003, is accused of having “prepared the sabotage of a section of railway line in the city of Nizhny Novgorod with […]

South Korean authorities banned more top officials from leaving the country Tuesday, Yonhap reported, in the wake of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s bungled attempt to impose martial law. A day after Yoon himself was hit with a travel ban, his party was forging a “resignation roadmap” that reportedly could see him step down in February […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Tuesday that there would be “no winners” in a trade war with the United States and vowed the country would hit its growth goals for the year. Former US president Donald Trump — who returns to the White House next month — unleashed a gruelling trade war with China during […]

Michael Sullivan, who spent over 27 years in a Massachusetts prison for a murder he steadfastly denied committing, has been awarded $1 million in compensation after new DNA evidence exonerated him. Sullivan, now 61, was convicted in 1985 and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. He was released in 2013 when advances in DNA technology […]

Sean “Diddy” Combs, the music mogul and entrepreneur, was denied bail for the third time on Wednesday by a New York City judge, as he awaits trial on charges, including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation for prostitution. The denial comes amid growing concerns over witness tampering and misconduct. US District Judge, Arun Subramanian ruled […]

China and Mexico lashed out Tuesday after President-elect Donald Trump threatened to begin his presidency with an immediate trade war against the top three United States economic partners. Trump made his threat in social media posts, announcing huge import tariffs against neighbours Canada and Mexico, and also rival China if they don’t stop illegal immigration […]

G7 foreign ministers are meeting, on Monday, near Rome for two days of talks with regional counterparts in the Middle East, before turning to Russia and the war in Ukraine. The Group of Seven ministers will also discuss the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas’s military chief, “and […]

United States Senator Lindsey Graham has threatened to impose sanctions on allied nations like Canada, Britain, Germany, and France if they enforce the International Criminal Court arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. These warrants were issued about alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. “To […]