France, Russia urge Iran ‘restraint’ after new ‘breach’ of nuclear accord
VIENNA, Austria: France and Russia have urged Iran to show restraint after it started producing uranium metal in a new breach of limits laid out...
2021
Thousands take to streets as police join protests in Myanmar
by TNT Desk
YANGON, Myanmar: Thousands of protesters gathered across Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, for the seventh consecutive day on Friday as mass demonstrations against the military coup....
Democrats warn of possible storming of Capitol again if Trump not convicted
by TNT Desk
WASHINGTON DC, USA: Democrats have concluded their arguments that Donald Trump incited the 6 January Capitol riot, warning “he can do this again” if he...
Three Turkish soldiers killed in northern Iraq
by Warda Patel
ANKARA, Turkey: At least three Turkish soldiers have been killed during a new offensive against Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq, according to the Turkish defence...
Passenger plane damaged in Houthi’s drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s Abha Airport
by TNT Desk
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: A passenger plane was damaged as the Houthi militia in Yemen attacked Saudi Arabia’s Abha Airport with explosive drones on Wednesday. No...
US sells 1.2 million barrels of Iranian oil seized under sanctions
by TNT Desk
WASHINGTON DC, USA: The United States has sold more than a million barrels of Iranian fuel seized under its sanctions programme last year, a Department...
Serial paedophile jailed for 25 years for targeting young boys on Facebook
by TNT Desk
KIRSTEAD GREEN, UK: A man who posed as teenage girls online and blackmailed 51 boys into sending him indecent images of themselves has been jailed...
India spends $0.41 per woman annually to fight gender-based violence: Oxfam
by TNT Desk
NEW DELHI, India: Nearly a decade since the gang rape and murder of a student on a bus shocked India, state spending to combat violence...
UAE’s space probe Amal enters Mars orbit
by TNT Desk
ABU DHABI, UAE: The United Arab Emirates’ first mission to Mars has entered the red planet’s orbit after a seven-month, 494 million kilometres (307 million...
US Justice Department asks most Trump-era prosecutors to submit resignations
by TNT Desk
Washington DC, USA: The US Department of Justice on Tuesday asked most federal prosecutors appointed during former President Donald Trump’s term to resign, though a...