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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the accord under which Russia is to supply diesel to the US and world markets is already working and lowering prices, writing in a piece published on Tuesday in Moscow daily Kommersant. Lavrov said Russia was distinct from the West in not using its economy to score…
INDIAN WELLS, CA: World number two Aryna Sabalenka got her WTA Finals campaign off to a winning start with a hard-fought victory over Karolina Muchova, while Mirra Andreeva eased past Elina Svitolina as Group 2 action got underway on Monday. Making her sixth consecutive appearance at the season-ending tournament…
CAIRO: Iraq will reopen the Sheeb border crossing with Iran on Tuesday morning after completing technical requirements and necessary procedures, the head of the country’s Border Ports Authority said, according to state news agency INA. The authority will temporarily close the Mandali border crossing with Iran from…
WASHINGTON, United States: Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) chief Dana White turned down President Donald Trump’s — apparently jovial — offer of a job as press secretary in a surprise appearance at the White House on Monday. Trump stunned the world by saying on social media on Saturday that he had asked White to…
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday, on the eve of US-led, three-sided talks on resolving the war with Russia, that Ukrainian battlefield successes and mounting Russian losses were strengthening Kyiv’s position in negotiations. The talks with Russian and US negotiators, opening on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi, will…
LONDON: Jehad Al-Jarbou’s young son danced in the rain, but inside the family’s tent in Gaza City water soaked their clothes and blankets. For the little boy, his mother said, the downpour was a discovery. For Al-Jarbou, a Palestinian visual artist and poet, it exposed how little stood between her family and the harsh…
BERLIN: Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday that Germany faced a test of its commitment to protecting its Jewish community as he decried the “horrifying sight” of kindergartens and synagogues protected by bulletproof glass and armed police. Speaking at a Munich synagogue on the anniversary of the…
NEW YORK CITY: The UN on Monday accused the Houthis of forcing UN personnel detained in Yemen to make statements on camera. It condemned the militia for broadcasting footage that showed an employee of the organization’s human rights office making what officials described as a ‘visibly forced statement’ while in…