Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday visited Irpin outside the capital of Ukraine, its mayor said, where Russian forces were accused of atrocities against civilians. Irpin Mayor Oleksandr Markushyn posted pictures on an official social medi…
Jordan bans Dr Strange for gay character
The new Marvel film ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ has been banned from cinemas across Jordan, local daily Roya News reported on Friday, citing an unnamed “official source” in the Media Commission – a government body regulating the media…
Berlin police roll up Ukraine flag at WWII ceremony
Police on Sunday rolled up a giant Ukrainian flag displayed by demonstrators at a Soviet War Memorial in central Berlin, saying it was to ensure that a WWII commemoration ceremony stayed peaceful. Berlin police have imposed a ban on displays of flags o…
Syrian president meets Iranian leader in Tehran: Iran media
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited his closest regional ally Iran on Sunday for talks with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during which both leaders called for stronger ties between Tehran and Damascus, Iranian state media reported. Assad,…
Hundreds rally in support of Tunisia’s Saied
Hundreds of Tunisians demonstrated Sunday in a show of support for President Kais Saied and a series of extraordinary measures he took since last July that critics have slammed as a “coup”. The rallies come as Saied faces mounting criticism over his Ju…
France’s crimes ‘cannot be forgotten’: Tebboune
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has said that the French empire’s “heinous crimes” committed during its colonisation of Algeria “can’t be forgotten,” Anadolu Agency reported. Tabboune made the comments on Sunday, which marked the 77th anniversa…
Saudi King Salman enters hospital for ‘examinations’: report
Saudi Arabia’s ageing King Salman has been admitted to hospital for unspecified tests, state media reported Sunday. The kingdom has generally sought to quell speculation over the health of the 86-year-old monarch, who has ruled the top oil exporter and…
India, Pakistan challenge WHO over Covid-related deaths
India and Pakistan have rejected World Health Organisation (WHO) data saying that their Covid-19 related death tolls were many times the official figures reported by the two countries. A WHO report stated that the real number of Covid-related deaths in…
Trump son-in-law Kushner to invest Saudi money in Israel
Jared Kushner’s private investment firm, Affinity Partners , plans to invest capital from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund in Israeli businesses, according to the Wall Street Journal. This would mark the first time money from the kingdom’s Public I…
Ennahda to skip Tunisia President Saied’s ‘sham’ dialogue
A Tunisian political dialogue promised by President Kais Saied was slammed on Friday as a “sham” by one of the country’s main political parties, which has said it will not be participating. Moderate Islamist faction Ennahda was the largest party in Tun…