Syria’s new leader has vowed accountability and an investigation after reports of mass killings of Alawite civilians triggered an international backlash against the worst violence since Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow. In its latest toll Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said 973 civilians had perished since March 6 in “killings, field executions and […]
President Donald Trump said Sunday the United States was in talks with four groups interested in acquiring TikTok, with the Chinese-owned app facing an uncertain future in the country. A US law has ordered TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner ByteDance or be banned in the United States. Asked Sunday if there was going […]
US President Donald Trump, who has multiple ties to the crypto industry, will host the sector’s top players at a White House summit on Friday, as the field enjoys renewed momentum following his election. The US crypto community rallied behind Trump’s campaign, contributing millions of dollars towards his victory over Joe Biden, whose administration tightened […]
South Korea’s Air Force said Thursday that one of its fighter jets had accidentally dropped eight bombs in the wrong place during a training exercise, resulting in civilian injuries. “Eight MK-82 general-purpose bombs were abnormally released from an Air Force KF-16 aircraft, landing outside the designated firing range,” the Air Force said. The incident occurred […]
China’s economy is facing growing “uncertainty” in the international environment, as well as insufficient domestic demand, a top economic official said on Thursday. Beijing set an ambitious annual growth target of around five percent on Wednesday, vowing to make domestic demand its main economic driver as an escalating trade war with the United States hit […]
China said Tuesday it would slap fresh tariffs on a range of agricultural imports from the United States as of next week, in retaliation against a hike in levies by Washington. “Additional 15 percent tariffs will be imposed on chicken, wheat, corn and cotton,” Beijing’s finance ministry said in a statement. And “additional 10 percent […]
A stabbing attack left one person dead and four others wounded in Haifa, Israel, on Monday. Police said they were treating the stabbing, which took place in a central transit hub, as a militant attack. A security guard and a civilian killed the attacker, who police said was an Arab citizen of Israel who had […]
US President Donald Trump has suspended military aid to Ukraine, heaping pressure on Kyiv to agree to peace negotiations with Russia and prompting Europe to unveil an 800 billion euro plan to shore up its defense. The move comes just days after a stunning public clash between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Trump, who is […]
A Philippines FA-50 fighter jet and its two-man crew are missing after flying in support of ground forces fighting communist rebels in the southern Mindanao region, a military official said Tuesday. Air force spokeswoman Colonel Consuelo Castillo said the jet was flying “over land” on the way to its target area when it went missing […]
Thai police have arrested a Singaporean man suspected of cyber attacks on more than 70 organisations in a dozen countries around the world. The 39-year-old was detained in Bangkok on Wednesday following a joint operation with Singaporean authorities, Thai police said on Thursday. The suspect, identified by police as Chia, is accused of hacking into […]
