Turkey to expel US envoy, 9 others

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that he had told his foreign ministry to expel the ambassadors of the United States and nine other Western countries for demanding the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala.
24 October 2021

Picasso artworks in Las Vegas fetch more than $100m

Eleven Picasso paintings and other works that helped turn Las Vegas into an unlikely destination for art were sold at auction on Saturday for more than $100 million.
24 October 2021

Facebook boss ‘not willing to protect public from harm’

The Facebook whistleblower whose revelations have tipped the social media giant into crisis has launched a stinging new criticism of Mark Zuckerberg, saying he has not shown any readiness to protect the public from the harm his company is causing.
24 October 2021

Ethiopia launches air strike on Tigray’s ‘western front’

Ethiopia’s military launched an air strike on a rebel-held facility in Tigray’s west yesterday, a government official said, the seventh aerial bombardment in the war-hit region in a week.
24 October 2021

Inquiry into Baldwin shooting focuses on gun protocol

The police investigation into a fatal shooting with a prop gun fired by actor Alec Baldwin on a film set was focusing Saturday on the specialist in charge of the weapon and the assistant director who handed it to Baldwin. 
24 October 2021

Hurricane Rick gains strength as it advances on Mexico

Hurricane Rick gained strength as it advanced toward Mexico’s Pacific coast Saturday and risked  becoming a major hurricane, the US National Hurricane Center said.
24 October 2021

Man asks cops to jail him to escape wife

For some people, going to prison can feel like escaping to freedom. 
24 October 2021

Israel to build new 1,355 settler homes

Israel plans to build more residences for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, a government ministry said yesterday, adding to those announced in August by the new ruling coalition. 
24 October 2021

Khamenei urges reversal of Arab-Israeli normalisations

Arab nations that normalised ties with Israel last year have “sinned” and should reverse such moves, Iran’s supreme leader Ali
24 October 2021

Colombia’s most-wanted drug lord ‘Otoniel’ captured

Colombia’s most-wanted drug trafficker, Dairo Antonio Usuga, also known as “Otoniel,” was arrested by the country’s authorities,
24 October 2021

US plan to call Russians 'homeless' for visa purposes condemned by Moscow

Russia on Sunday condemned a decision by the United States to add Russians seeking U.S. visas to a list of “homeless nationals” who can apply for visas in third countries.
24 October 2021

30 killed in fighting between Somalia army and former ally

At least 30 people died and over 100 were injured in intensified fighting between the Somali National Army and its former ally Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a (ASWJ) in the Somali state of Galmudug over the weekend, residents and hospital officials said.
24 October 2021

German anti-migrant far-right vigilantes stopped at Polish border from patrolling

German police said on Sunday they had stopped more than 50 far-right vigilantes armed with pepper spray, a bayonet, a machete and batons who were trying to patrol the Polish border to stop migrants from entering the country.
24 October 2021

Gang shootout in northern Mexico leaves four dead

A car chase and shootout between gang members and law enforcement near Mexico's northern border left three members of the powerful Gulf Cartel dead along with one bystander, officials said on Saturday.
24 October 2021

Erdogan says he ordered to declare 10 Western countries' envoys unwanted

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he had ordered the foreign ministry to declare 10 ambassadors from Western countries 'persona non grata' for calling for the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala.
23 October 2021

Britain set for £7b transport investment

Britain’s upcoming budget will invest almost £7.0 billion ($9.6 billion, 8.3 billion euros) on transport outside London, the Treasury said yesterday, as part of plans to cut economic inequality. 
23 October 2021

US targeting Feb. 2022 to launch new lunar program Artemis

Nasa is aiming to launch its uncrewed lunar mission Artemis 1 in February next year, the space agency said Friday, the first step in America’s plan to return humans to the Moon. 
23 October 2021

Rising tide of leaks threatens to inundate Facebook

Facebook  held back from doing all it could to stop users from being radicalised  and US election misinformation from flooding the social network,  according to media reports Friday.     
23 October 2021

Outcry as Israel outlaws Palestinian civil groups

Israel designated six leading Palestinian civil society groups as outlawed “terrorist organisations” Friday in a move swiftly condemned by the Palestinian Authority and international human rights groups. 
23 October 2021

Leaders discuss ‘stronger’ European defense

US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed strengthening European defenses in a telephone call Friday, the White House said, as Washington seeks to mend ties after a bitter row over submarine contracts. 
23 October 2021