Month: July 2025

Two Southwest flight attendants hurt after jet dives to avoid mid-air collision

WASHINGTON: Two flight attendants on a Southwest Airlines flight departing Burbank, California, were injured on Friday after pilots took evasive…

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Democrats and advocates criticize Trump’s executive order on homelessness

SAN FRANCISCO, California: Leading Democrats and advocates for homeless people are criticizing an executive order President Donald Trump signed this…

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Death toll rises in Thai-Cambodian clashes despite ceasefire call

SAMRAONG, Cambodia: Thailand and Cambodia clashed for a third day on Saturday, as the death toll from their bloodiest fighting…

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Columbia genocide scholar says she may leave over university’s new definition of antisemitism

NEW YORK: For years, Marianne Hirsch, a prominent genocide scholar at Columbia University, has used Hannah Arendt’s book about the…

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Tropical storm adds to Philippines’ weather toll with 25 dead and 278,000 evacuated this week

MANILA: A tropical storm was blowing across the Philippines’ mountainous north Friday, worsening more than a week of bad weather…

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US lifts sanctions on Myanmar junta allies after general praises Trump

WASHINGTON: The United States lifted sanctions designations on several allies of Myanmar’s ruling generals on Thursday, two weeks after the…

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Europeans and Iran meet in Istanbul as the return of sanctions looms over nuclear deadlock

ISTANBUL: Iranian and European diplomats are set to meet in Istanbul Friday to embark on the latest drive to unpick…

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Ukraine’s Zelensky says ‘listened’ to protesters on anti-graft law

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky said his government had heard protesters opposing a law revoking the independence of anti-corruption agencies and…

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