UAE keeps its position as one of the safest countries in the world
ABU DHABI: The UAE has maintained its position as one of the safest places in the world, according to the Global Terrorism Index.The GTI provides a comprehensive summary of global…
France disrupted by strikes over pension reform
PARIS: Train services, schools, flights, and scores of businesses in France were disrupted on Thursday as labor unions organized mass protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to raise the retirement…
India accuses BBC of ‘colonial mindset’
New Delhi: The Indian Foreign Ministry has condemned the BBC for broadcasting a “propaganda piece” on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The documentary focuses on allegations that Modi’s government discriminates against…
AAR Corp welcomes new US law on used aircraft parts
Washington: US-based aircraft maintenance provider AAR Corporation could benefit from a provision in the recently enacted fiscal year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that requires the US Air…
US to build a military-industrial base in Morocco
Washington: US President Joe Biden has instructed Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin to prepare an emergency plan to establish an American military-industrial base in the Kingdom of Morocco, the New York…
Ukrainian interior minister killed in a helicopter crash
Kiev: Ukrainian Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky has been killed, police confirmed on Wednesday, after a helicopter he was traveling in crashed in a residential area in the town of Brovary…
Russia, Belarus launch joint air force drills
MOSCOW: Belarus said Monday that joint air force drills with Russia began on its territory, amid concerns Minsk was being dragged into the Ukraine conflict to fight alongside Moscow.Minsk’s defense…
China’s population shrinks for the first time in over 60 years
BEIJING: China’s population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data showed Tuesday, as the world’s most populous country faces a looming demographic crisis.The…
Catholic priest burned alive
Abuja: Catholic priest Reverend Isaac Achi was burned alive on Sunday in a botched home invasion at his house in Kaffin Koro parish in Nigeria’s Niger state, a police spokesman…
Italy’s most-wanted mafia boss arrested
ROME: Italian police have apprehended the country’s most-wanted mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro. The authorities believe the leader of Sicily’s Cosa Nostra was involved in a series of high-profile murders…