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The Syrian president says government forces had expelled 'outlawed groups' in Suweida city
Syria leader vows to protect Druze after sectarian violence in Suweida 
DAMASCUS — Syria's interim president has said it is his "priority" to protect the country's Druze citizens, after Israel vowed to destroy government forces it accused of attacking members of the religious minority in Suweida province.In his first televised statement since Israel's air strikes on Damascus on Wednesday, Ahmed al-Sharaa also warned that Syrians were not afraid of war.Syrian state media reported that the military was withdrawing from Suweida under a ceasefire agreement with Druze leaders. But it is not clear whether that will hold.More than 350 people are reported to have been killed since sectarian clashes between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes erupted in the province on Sunday.The government responded by deploying its forces to the predominantly...
July 17, 2025

Syria leader vows to protect Druze after sectarian violence in Suweida 

Volunteers rehearsed taking cover in a supermarket basement in an air raid rehearsal in Taipei earlier this month
Sirens and evacuations as Taipei rehearses to counter China invasion threat
TAIPEI — Taiwan's capital Taipei came to a standstill on Thursday as the island held one of its largest-ever civil defence exercises against possible Chinese invasion.Air raid sirens rang out across the metropolitan area and in some areas residents sought shelter indoors, while traffic ground to a halt. The city also held mass evacuation drills and mass casualty event rehearsals.The exercise was held in conjunction with Taiwan's largest ever war games - the annual Han Kuang exercises - as the island increasingly attempts to ramp up its defences.China claims self-ruled Taiwan as its part of its territory and has not ruled out the use of force to "reunify" with the island.Tensions have increased since last year when Taiwan elected its president William Lai, whom China...
July 17, 2025

Sirens and evacuations as Taipei rehearses to counter China invasion threat

An investigation will look into the cause of the blaze at Corniche Hypermarket in Kut
60 dead after fire tears through Iraq shopping center
BAGHDAD — A fire that tore through a shopping centre in the Iraqi city of Kut has left at least 60 dead, officials said.The blaze at the mall, which had reportedly opened five days ago, broke out on Wednesday night and has since been brought under control.Social media videos showed firefighters rescuing people from the mall's roof, but state media reported that many are still missing."A tragedy and a calamity has befallen us," regional governor Mohammed al-Miyahi said, adding that legal action would be brought against the shopping centre's owner.The governor has also declared three days of mourning.Videos on INA's news channel show flames ripping through several floors of the Corniche Hypermarket in the city's centre, as firefighters try to douse them.Other...
July 17, 2025

60 dead after fire tears through Iraq shopping center

The latest deaths take the toll since the arrival of the monsoon in late June to nearly 180 nationwide
Monsoon rains kill 63 in Pakistan 
SINGAPORE — Torrential rains in Pakistan's Punjab province have killed at least 63 people and injured 290 in the 24 hours since downpours started on Wednesday morning.Most of the victims were crushed by collapsing buildings, while the rest either drowned or were electrocuted, according to the National Disaster Management Authority.Authorities in the city of Rawalpindi, next to the capital Islamabad, declared Thursday a public holiday to keep people at home, while those living near a swelling river which runs through the city have been asked to evacuate.The latest deaths take the nationwide toll to nearly 180 since the monsoon started in late June. More than half of them were children.The floods have closed several expressways throughout Punjab and either cancelled or delayed dozens...
July 17, 2025

Monsoon rains kill 63 in Pakistan 

Ursula Von der Leyen
EU budget: Parliament revolts against Commission proposal
BRUSSELS — The European Parliament's members are deeply unsatisfied with the proposal for a seven-year budget, the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) put forward by the European Commission on Wednesday and have threatened at the outset not to enter into negotiations on the paper.The level of information provided by Budget Commissioner Piotr Serafin in a briefing to MEPs from the Parliament’s Committee on Budgets (BUDG) on Wednesday was deemed unsatisfactory by most. “Commission President’s Ursula von der Leyen is giving a press conference and she is giving to the press more information than you to us,” lamented Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt, the committee’s chair.Some of his colleagues underlined the lack of figures, official documents, and explanatory materials from...
July 17, 2025

EU budget: Parliament revolts against Commission proposal

The Syrian interior ministry said a ceasefire had been agreed on Wednesday night to end the fighting in Suweida city
US says 'specific steps' agreed to end Syria violence after Israeli strikes hit Damascus
JERUSALEM — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said an agreement has been reached to end the violence in Syria following Israeli attacks on the country's capital.Israel's military struck the Syrian defence ministry in Damascus and government forces in southern Syria for a third day on Wednesday, as deadly sectarian fighting in the mostly Druze province of Suweida continued.Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was "working to save our Druze brothers". Interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa accused Israel of causing a "large-scale escalation".More than 350 people are reported to have been killed since Sunday, when clashes between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes erupted in Suweida.The Syrian military reportedly began to withdraw its...
July 17, 2025

US says 'specific steps' agreed to end Syria violence after Israeli strikes hit Damascus

Lee Jae-yong leaves after attending a final decision at the Seoul Central District Court on February 05, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea
Samsung boss cleared of fraud by South Korea's top court
SEOUL — Samsung boss Lee Jae-yong has been cleared by South Korea's top court of fraud charges, concluding a years-long legal battle over his role in a 2015 merger deal.Lee, the grandson of Samsung's founder and the de facto head of the company since 2014, had been accused of using stock and accounting fraud to try to gain control of the firm.In its final verdict, the Supreme Court in Seoul upheld a not guilty verdict, after Lee was acquitted of all charges in two earlier trials.The case drew widespread scrutiny of the technology giant, as the country grapples with corporate corruption scandals involving its powerful family-run conglomerates known as chaebols."Today, the Supreme Court has clearly confirmed through its final ruling that the merger of Samsung C&T and the...
July 17, 2025

Samsung boss cleared of fraud by South Korea's top court

Kutina has defended her lifestyle saying she and her children were happy living in the cave
Mystery surrounds Russian mum and children found in Indian cave
BENGALURU — Police in India are trying to piece together the story of a Russian woman who was found living in a cave in the southern state of Karnataka with her two young daughters.Nina Kutina was rescued on 9 July by policemen who were on a routine patrol near Ramteertha hills in the Gokarna forest, which borders the tourist paradise of Goa.Authorities say the 40-year-old and her daughters - six and five years old - do not have valid documents to stay in India. They have been lodged in a detention centre for foreigners near Bengaluru, the state capital, and will be deported soon.Kutina has defended her lifestyle in two video interviews to Indian news agency ANI, saying she and her children were happy living in the cave and that "nature gives good health".But even a week after...
July 17, 2025

Mystery surrounds Russian mum and children found in Indian cave

Smoke rises after strikes on Syria's defense ministry in Damascus on Wednesday
Israel carries out fresh strikes on Syrian capital
DAMASCUS — A powerful series of airstrikes has rocked the Syrian capital Damascus, with Syrian state media blaming Israel.One video from a Syrian television channel shows the Ministry of Defense building being hit live on air, forcing the anchor to take cover.Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz shared the footage, saying “the painful blows have begun.”Israel has been carrying out airstrikes on Syria as part of its commitment to protect the Druze, an Arab minority at the center of clashes with government loyalists.The extent of the damage from the latest strikes, including if there have been any casualties, is unclear.Earlier on Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that it struck the entrance of the headquarters of Syria’s defense ministry.Two civilians were injured...
July 16, 2025

Israel carries out fresh strikes on Syrian capital

A worker inspects fabric for export before the dyeing process at the Trisula Textile Industries factory in Cimahi, West Java on April 15.
Striking trade deal with US was an ‘extraordinary struggle,’ Indonesia says
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday the United States has reached a trade agreement with Indonesia, after negotiations Jakarta described as an “extraordinary struggle.”The deal will see the US impose a 19% tariff on Indonesia’s exports, a reduction from the 32% Trump had initially threatened to impose on the country.After first announcing the agreement on Truth Social, Trump told reporters that it calls for Indonesia to not charge any tariffs on American exports. Trump also said Indonesia committed to buying “$15 Billion in US Energy, $4.5 Billion in American Agricultural Products, and 50 Boeing Jets, mny of them 777’s.”On Wednesday afternoon, Indonesia’s government confirmed the deal, saying President Prabowo Subianto had negotiated it directly with Trump over...
July 16, 2025

Striking trade deal with US was an ‘extraordinary struggle,’ Indonesia says

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