Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire and former Chelsea owner, has criticised the EU for rejecting his challenge to the sanctions it imposed on him after the invasion of Ukraine. Mr…
WASHINGTON: A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Tuesday to more than three years behind bars for joining a plotto attack the US Capitol…
More than 300 firefighters have been battling a wildfire on a mountain near Cape Town for a second day. The fire, on the mountain slopes near the seaside town of…
WASHINGTON: The liberal-leaning top court in Democrat-voting Colorado on Tuesday barred Donald Trump from running in the state’s presidential primary on grounds of fomenting an insurrection on January 6, 2021,…
A UN Security Council vote on a resolution to increase much-needed aid deliveries to Gaza has been delayed as talks continue to avoid a third US veto over a halt…
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s new emir Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmed al-Sabah on Wednesday criticised parliament and cabinet for harming national interests as he was formally sworn in before lawmakers as the country’s…
Africa’s first female billionaire has lost her High Court fight against an application to freeze up to £580m of her assets. Businesswoman Isabel dos Santos, whose father Jose Eduardo dos…
CAIRO: Hamas’s Qatar-based leader Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Cairo on Wednesday for talks on a ceasefire in the group’s war with Israel in Gaza and a prisoner exchange.Haniyeh arrived “in…
A British businessman who was kidnapped from his home in Ecuador has been rescued by police. Colin Armstrong, who is also the UK’s Honorary Consul in Guayaquil, was reportedly taken…
DAUFUSKIE ISLAND: Sallie Ann Robinson proudly stands in the front yard of her grandmother’s South Carolina home. The sixth-generation native of Daufuskie Island, a once-thriving Gullah community, remembers relatives hosting…