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Citing threatening Trump post, US prosecutors seek protective order
Prosecutors have asked a US judge to limit information Donald Trump can publicly discuss regarding the latest indictments against him, citing a threatening post by the ex-president that his campaign defended Saturday as "political speech"
6 August 2023, 02:51 AM
One man critically injured in Tel Aviv shooting
At least one man is in a serious condition after a shooting attack on a central street in Tel Aviv yesterday, Israeli police said.
5 August 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Interstellar shout’ brings back Voyager 2
Nasa has succeeded in re-establishing full contact with Voyager 2 by using its highest-power transmitter to send an “interstellar shout” that righted the distant probe’s antenna orientation, the space agency said.
5 August 2023, 18:00 PM
After warship, naval drone hits Russian tanker
Ukraine carried out a drone strike overnight on a Russian tanker in the Kerch Strait, a day after one of Moscow’s ships was hit in the Black Sea, a Ukrainian security source told AFP yesterday.
5 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Saudi Arabia urges its citizens to quickly leave Lebanon
Saudi Arabia called on its citizens to quickly leave Lebanese territory and to avoid approaching areas where there have been armed clashes, the Saudi embassy in Lebanon said in a statement posted late on Friday on X, formerly known as Twitter.
5 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Saudi dives into Ukraine peace push
Saudi Arabia is hosting talks on the Ukraine war yesterday in the latest flexing of its diplomatic muscle, a session that Kyiv acknowledged would “not be easy” given the wide range of countries represented.
5 August 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Ridiculous’
Former president Donald Trump appeared before ardent supporters in the deeply conservative southern state of Alabama on Friday, dismissing the latest federal indictment against him a day earlier as an “illegal and unconstitutional travesty.”
5 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Palestinian killed by Israeli settlers burried
Mourners yesterday attended the funeral of a Palestinian killed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, after the UN warned of a dramatic spike in such cases.
5 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Situation tense as rebels kill 3 soldiers in Kashmir
Three soldiers were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir during a clash with suspected rebels as the disputed region marked the fourth anniversary of New Delhi imposing direct rule, police said yesterday.
5 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Ex-PM Thaksin delays return to Thailand
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday said he had delayed his return to the kingdom next week, as he awaits a breakthrough in a post-election gridlock that could see his family’s party lead a coalition government.
5 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Death toll rises to at least 30
At least 10 people were killed in floods in a city near Beijing, officials said yesterday, bringing the death toll from recent torrential rains in northern China to at least 30.
5 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Timeline of former prime ministers arrested in Pakistan
Pakistan has a long history of incarcerating individuals who have held the country's top executive office
5 August 2023, 10:16 AM
New York park erupts in chaos as live streamer's giveaway goes awry
Thousands of people overran New York City's Union Square and the surrounding streets on Friday in a chaotic scene after a popular live streamer announced a "giveaway" event, with police struggling to contain fans throwing projectiles and injuring officers
5 August 2023, 07:51 AM
Trump pleads not guilty
Former US president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to criminal charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election and defraud the American people.
4 August 2023, 18:00 PM
World’s oceans set new surface temp record
The world’s oceans set a temperature record in the past week, with their surface hitting 20.96 degrees Celsius (69.7 Fahrenheit), European Union climate observatory data showed yesterday.
4 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Coal miners uncover Roman ship in Serbia
Archaeologists in Serbia are painstakingly brushing sand and soil off the ancient woodwork of a Roman ship discovered by miners in a vast opencast coal quarry.
4 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Black Sea Naval Base: Ukrainian sea drone hits Russian warship
A Russian warship was seriously damaged in an overnight Ukrainian naval drone attack on Russia’s Black Sea navy base at Novorossiysk, two sources said yesterday, after Russia said it had fended off the attack.
4 August 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Inhumane treatment’ of migrants at Italy-France border: MSF
Migrants are being systematically turned away by France at the border with Italy with “acts of violence, degrading and inhumane treatment”, the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charity said yesterday.
4 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Six white US police officers admit torturing Black men
Six white Mississippi police officers tortured two innocent Black men using a sex toy, Tasers and a sword in an hours-long attack that ended with one man shot through the mouth and neck, the US Department of Justice said Thursday.
4 August 2023, 18:00 PM
N Zealand military ‘not in a fit state’
Facing ageing equipment and difficulties recruiting personnel, New Zealand’s military needs a revamp, the government said yesterday.
4 August 2023, 18:00 PM