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Trump, Putin announce ‘understanding’ on Ukraine after Alaska summit
ALASKA — US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin said they had reached an "understanding" on ending the war in Ukraine following a nearly three-hour meeting in Alaska — but offered no specifics and left the summit without answering questions from reporters.The two leaders met for about 2 1/2 hours behind closed doors on Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage.The summit began with a warm handshake on the tarmac beneath a sign reading "Alaska 2025" and concluded with brief statements from both leaders.They described the talks as productive and constructive, but declined to elaborate on what had been agreed.“We have a very good chance of getting there,” Trump said during a joint press conference, referring to ending the war....
August 16, 2025

Trump, Putin announce ‘understanding’ on Ukraine after Alaska summit

Trump and Putin shake hands in Alaska for high-stakes summit
ALASKA — U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shook hands warmly on Friday at the start of a high-stakes summit in Alaska, where they are expected to hold hours of talks that could reshape the trajectory of the war in Ukraine and redefine U.S.-Russia relations. #VIDEO: Trump and Putin meet, shake hands in Alaska pic.twitter.com/6baKyG9mMs — Saudi Gazette (@Saudi_Gazette) August 15, 2025 The leaders met on the tarmac at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, where a special stage was set up with a bold “Alaska 2025” banner flanked by fighter jets.Military officials in full dress stood at attention as Cold War-era B-2s and F-22s soared overhead in a symbolic flyover.In a departure from their 2018 Helsinki summit, which began with a closed-door...
August 15, 2025

Trump and Putin shake hands in Alaska for high-stakes summit

Police on scene outside a mosque after a shooting in Örebro, 15 August, 2025
At least two people wounded in shooting near mosque in southern Sweden
STOCKHOLM — Two people have been injured following a shooting near a mosque in Sweden, police said on Friday.Local media say at least one person has been taken to the hospital after being shot as they were leaving Friday prayers at the mosque in Örebro, west of the capital Stockholm.The extent of the injuries is unclear but police say they have opened a preliminary investigation into attempted murder.The perpetrator has yet to be apprehended and it is unclear if they were targeting the mosque or specific individuals.Emergency services are on the scene in large numbers and police have urged the public to stay away. — Euronews
August 15, 2025

At least two people wounded in shooting near mosque in southern Sweden

The encounter between the two took place earlier this week at the jail where Marwan Barghouti is being held.
Video of far-right Israeli minister taunting imprisoned Palestinian leader sparks outrage
JERUSALEM — Israel’s far-right security minister posted video footage of himself taunting the most high-profile Palestinian prisoner while visiting him in jail this week, in an encounter that has prompted outrage from supporters.The video is the first time that Marwan Barghouti, 66, who is serving five life sentences after being convicted in 2002 for his role in planning attacks that killed five Israeli civilians, has been seen for many years. He appears gaunt and frail, with his arms held together in front as he nods slightly.In the 13-second video, Itamar Ben Gvir taunts and threatens Barghouti, saying, “Whoever harms the people of Israel, whoever kills children, whoever kills women, we will wipe them out.”Barghouti appears to try to respond, saying, “You know...” before Ben...
August 15, 2025

Video of far-right Israeli minister taunting imprisoned Palestinian leader sparks outrage

Residents examine damaged cars trapped in a mud following flash flooding due to heavy rains in Mingora, the main town of Swat Valley, northwestern Pakistan, 15 August 2025
Flash floods in India and Pakistan kill over 200 people, scores remain missing
SRINAGAR -- Flash floods triggered by torrential rains killed over 200 people across India and Pakistan in the past 24 hours, with rescuers searching for at least 80 missing in a remote Himalayan village where cloudbursts devastated a Hindu pilgrimage site.A relief helicopter carrying supplies to flood-hit areas in Pakistan's northwest crashed Friday due to bad weather, killing all five people aboard including two pilots.In India-controlled Kashmir, at least 60 people died and 80 remained missing after flash floods struck the remote village of Chositi, where more than 200 Hindu pilgrims were eating at a community kitchen when floodwaters swept down the mountain.At least 50 seriously injured people were treated in local hospitals, many of them rescued from a stream filled with mud and...
August 15, 2025

Flash floods in India and Pakistan kill over 200 people, scores remain missing

Hezbollah supporters beat their chests as they march in Beirut, 6 July 2025
Hezbollah refuses to hand over its weapons to Lebanese government
BEIRUT — Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem threatened open confrontation on Friday if Lebanon's government proceeds with plans to disarm the militant group, calling the cabinet decision an implementation of "US-Israeli orders."The Lebanese Council of Ministers approved a decision last week requiring the army to urgently develop a disarmament plan and implement it before year-end, marking the most severe challenge to Hezbollah since the civil war ended in 1990."The decision is dangerous and exposes the country to a major crisis," Qassem said during a televised speech in Baalbek. "It strips the resistance and Lebanon of defensive weapons during aggression."Qassem vowed Hezbollah would not surrender its weapons and warned of armed conflict, if not outright...
August 15, 2025

Hezbollah refuses to hand over its weapons to Lebanese government

The 79-year-old was handed a fine instead of a jail sentence because of his poor health
F1 tycoon fined $23,000 in Singapore gift scandal
SINGAPORE — A Singapore-based billionaire has been fined $23,400 (S$30,000; £17,251) after he had earlier pleaded guilty to a charge connected to a gift scandal that shocked the country last year.Hotel tycoon Ong Beng Seng had admitted to abetting the obstruction of justice by helping ex-transport minister Subramaniam Iswaran cover up evidence while the latter was being investigated for corruption.Ong gave expensive gifts, including an all-expenses paid trip with a private jet ride, to Iswaran while they were engaged in official business.The 79-year-old had faced a maximum penalty of seven years in jail but a judge said "judicial mercy" would be granted in light of his poor health.Ong suffers from multiple myeloma, a rare bone marrow cancer.At his sentencing on Friday, Judge...
August 15, 2025

F1 tycoon fined $23,000 in Singapore gift scandal

Communal fighting and war have displaced some hundreds of thousands of Rohingya in Rakhine State
Fears of starvation in Myanmar as UN warns of 'disaster'
BANGKOK -- Aid agencies are warning of starvation in war-torn Myanmar's Rakhine State, with the World Food Programme (WFP) making an urgent appeal for more donations to avoid a "full-blown disaster".The agency has been trying to feed the rapidly rising number of displaced people in the state, including the 140,000 Rohingya Muslims who have been living in camps since they fled their homes during communal fighting in 2012.The civil war which was ignited by the 2021 military coup has destroyed the economy across much of Myanmar and created huge humanitarian needs.But the situation in Rakhine, which has been cut off from the rest of the country because of a military blockade, is significantly worse than other areas.On 20 April, a 50-year-old father living in the Ohn Taw Kyi camp...
August 15, 2025

Fears of starvation in Myanmar as UN warns of 'disaster'

Rubbish dump trucks, green and yellow in colour, queue up laden with rubbish in a tip. To the left and right are high piles of degrading plastic and rubbish. In the background the skyline of Nairobi can be seen
Global plastic talks collapse as countries remain deeply divided
GENEVA — Global talks to develop a landmark treaty to end plastic pollution have once again failed.The UN negotiations, the sixth round of talks in just under three years, were due to end on Thursday but countries continued to negotiate into the night in the hopes of breaking a deadlock.There remained a split between a group of about 100 nations calling for curbs on production of plastic, and oil states pushing for a focus on recycling.Speaking in the early hours, Cuban delegates said that countries had "missed a historic opportunity but we have to keep going".The talks were convened in 2022 in response to the mounting scientific evidence of the risks of plastic pollution to human health and the environment.Despite the benefits of plastic to almost every sector, scientists are...
August 15, 2025

Global plastic talks collapse as countries remain deeply divided

Prabowo's flagship free meals programme has become the target of food safety concerns and heated anti-government protests
More than 300 ill in Indonesia after eating free school lunches
JAKARTA -- Some 365 people have fallen ill in an Indonesian town after eating school lunches, the largest spate of food poisonings to hit President Prabowo Subianto's free meals program so far.The meals have temporarily been suspended in Sragen, in central Java, as food samples are being tested for contamination, local authorities said.The program - which costs an estimated $28bn (£21bn) - delivers on a campaign promise by the president to combat stunting in the country.But it has been plagued by a string of food poisonings, as well as criticisms that its high price tag has put considerable strain on the government's finances - with several ministries having their budgets cut as a result.Wizdan Ridho Abimanyu, a ninth-grader in Sragen, told Reuters he was awakened in the middle of...
August 15, 2025

More than 300 ill in Indonesia after eating free school lunches

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