Turkey’s intelligence agency conducted a cross-border operation inside Syria and seized a man suspected of perpetrating a 2013 bomb attack near the Syrian border that killed dozens of people, a Turkish security source said on Monday. Twin car bombs ripped through the border town of Reyhanli in Hatay province on May 11, 2013, killing 53…
The UK and Mauritius said on Monday that they have made good progress in talks to save the Chagos Islands. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government said he was considering frontloading payments to Mauritius to sweeten the deal. He said it involved giving up sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory and leasing back a…
The former home of religious figure Martin Luther (1483-1546) in the eastern German town of Wittenberg will remain closed to the public until 2027 for renovation. Work on the building, which was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, would stabilise the climate inside the building, improve energy efficiency. It added that a new entrance…
Hamas is preparing for the possible release of Palestinian prisoners in light of reports of significant progress in negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire. “We renew our promise to our steadfast, patient people and to our heroic prisoners in the jails and affirm that their freedom will soon be achieved,’’ Hamas said on Monday. Israeli Foreign…
Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday unveiled new export restrictions on state-of-the-art artificial intelligence technology, including chips and AI models used for software. This is in an effort to keep it out of the hands of adversaries. A group of 20 partner countries would be exempt from the restrictions, which were announced just a…
No fewer than 24 people have died DUE major wildfires continue to ravage the Los Angeles area in the U.S. state of California, the city’s medical examiner said on Sunday. The medical examiner said that 16 of the fatalities are related to the Eaton Fire near Pasadena, and eight others to the Palisades Fire in…
The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the Yuan, strengthened six pips to 7.1885 against the dollar on Monday. This is according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the Yuan is allowed to rise or fall by two per cent from the central parity rate…
Meghan Markle’s new lifestyle TV series on Netflix, “With Love, Meghan’’ has been postponed by three months due to the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles, the streaming giant said. The show was to feature “the LA native cooking, gardening, crafting and hosting parties’’. It had been due to premiere worldwide on Netflix on Wednesday. Netflix said…
Boeing International Corporation says it is ready to assist airlines in Nigeria in accessing adequate aircraft insurance coverage through partnership with buoyant lessors and global financiers. Mr Moore Ibekwe, Boeing Sales Director, Africa Region Commercial Airlines, disclosed this in Dublin, Ireland during the startoff meeting of the “Boeing Lessor Forum“ scheduled to hold from Jan….
Egypt is stepping up diplomatic engagement with African nations as it seeks to bolster security in the strategically vital Horn of Africa and Red Sea region. Ongoing conflicts in the region have sharply cut into Egypt’s crucial Suez Canal revenues. The diplomatic effort comes as Egypt grapples with a 60 per cent drop in canal…
