The kickoff of Saturday’s Champions League football final between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Paris was delayed for security reasons, a stadium announcer said on Saturday. “The kickoff must be delayed for some minutes for security reasons,” the announ…
Yemen: Houthis, govt fail to end Taiz blockade in talks
Yemen’s warring parties failed to reach agreement on Saturday to lift a blockade by Houthi rebels of the country’s third largest city, the United Nations said, after three days of talks in the Jordanian capital of Amman. The failure virtually shuts dow…
Iran says crew of seized Greek tankers ‘not arrested’
Iran’s state maritime body said on Saturday that the crew of two Greek tankers seized by its Revolutionary Guards on Friday had not been detained, and were in good health and being cared for on board their vessels. Iranian forces seized two Greek tanke…
Sri Lanka to pay $72.6m for 90,000t of Russian oil: minister
Sri Lanka will pay $72.6 million to buy a 90,000-tonne shipment of Russian oil docked at Colombo’s port for weeks, its energy minister said on Saturday, as the island nation works to restart its only refinery and address a crippling energy crisis. Sri …
Early elections are needed amidst Pakistan’s political chaos
Pakistan’s political chaos continues to aggravate, with both Imran Khan and Shehbaz Sharif refusing to concede defeat, and the collateral damage are the unknowing citizens. The last few weeks have confirmed what most, who lived through the Pakistan Mus…
Russia steps up battle for eastern Ukraine
Russia pressed its onslaught on eastern Ukraine Saturday, saying it had captured the strategic town of Lyman and had successfully tested hypersonic missiles in the Arctic. Ukrainian forces battled to repel Russian forces from the outskirts of the key c…
‘Israeli official’ visits Saudi amid normalisation rumours
An unnamed senior Israeli official has visited Saudi Arabia ‘very recently’, Israeli news outlet Channel 12 reported, inthe latest of a series of reported meetings that indicate ties between Riyadh and Tel Aviv are warming. The official was welcomed at…
Outrage online as Tottenham to play friendly match in Israel
Pro-Palestine football fans have called on Tottenham Hotspur to reconsider a match it is set to play in Israel this summer. Tottenham announced Friday that they would play Italian side AS Roma in a pre-season friendly at the Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa…
Mo Salah seeks revenge in Champions League final showdown
Liverpool will face Real Madrid in Paris on Saturday night for a heavyweight Champions League final showdown that will keep football fans around the world on the edge of their seats. Mohamed Salah, known to Premier League fans as ‘The Egyptian King’, w…
UN rights envoy defends China visit amid Uyghur criticism
The UN rights envoy on Saturday said her contentious visit toChina was “not an investigation”, and insisted she had unsupervised access during meetings in Xinjiang, where Beijing is accused of widespread human rights abuses. Michelle Bachelet’s long-pl…