WASHINGTON – The US Justice Department will file a lawsuit on Friday (June 25) challenging a Georgia election law that imposes new limits on voting, calling it a violation of civil rights,…
DUBAI – Iran’s moderate presidential candidate congratulated his hardline rival hardline judge Ebrahim Raisi for winning the election, Iranian state media reported on Saturday (June 19), as…
TOKYO – The Tokyo Olympics will go ahead even if the city is under a state of emergency due to Covid-19, a top Olympic official said on Friday (May 21), underscoring the challenges facing…
MADRID – Spain is poised for a surge in internal travel after a national state of emergency ends on Sunday (May 9), a move regional governments fear weakens their hand in the fight again…
Italian rapper Fedez has accused state broadcaster RAI of trying to censor him during a union-sponsored May Day concert at which he accused the rightist League party of homophobia. RAI…
DUBAI – The United States on Sunday(May 2) denied a report by Iran’s state television that the arch-foes had reached a prisoner swap deal in exchange for the release of US$7 billion (S$9.3…
TOKYO – Japan’s government is expected to issue a third state of emergency in Tokyo and three western prefectures that could last for about two weeks, according to media reports,…
WASHINGTON – US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin will travel to Japan and South Korea next week, their agencies said on Wednesday (March 10), in the…
RIYADH – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed “common challenges” faced by Washington and Riyadh in his first phone call with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, state…
DUBAI – An Iranian nuclear scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret atomic weapons programme was assassinated near Teheran on Friday (Nov 27), Iranian state media…