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Newly-elected Lebanese member of parliament Taymour Jumblatt, son of Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and grandson of Kamal Jumblatt, arrives to attend the first session of the newly-elected assembly at its headquarters in the capital Beirut on May 31, 2022. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
June 25, 2023, 10:33 pm
Lebanon’s main Druze party names new leader, son of longtime party chief
Sole contender Taymour Jumblatt, 41, to succeed father Walid Jumblatt, who headed Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) party for 45 years
By AFP
A member of Wagner group speaks with a local resident in Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023. (Roman Romokohv / AFP)
June 25, 2023, 6:53 pm
Russian city at heart of brief rebellion expresses relief, confusion after mutiny
In Rostov-on-Don, some locals say they understand the Wagner mercenaries who rebelled, but one is pleased that things have ‘somehow become calmer’
By AFP
A truck drives as a plume of smoke rises from a building during a reported Russian airstrike on Syria's northwestern rebel-held Idlib province, on June 25, 2023. (Abdulaziz KETAZ / AFP)
June 25, 2023, 5:51 pm
Russian airstrikes kill at least 11 people in rebel-held Syria
The explosions, including one allegedly at a food market, are said to be in retaliation for deadly drone attacks last week attributed to rebels
By AFP
A serviceman stands atop of an armored vehicle of the Wagner Group military company, as he guards an area at the HQ of the Southern Military District in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. (AP)
June 25, 2023, 6:50 am
US spy agencies reportedly detected early signs of Russia revolt by Wagner chief
Intelligence officials conducted briefings on potential for unrest in nuclear-armed country a full day before it unfolded, Washington Post and New York Times report
By AFP
Members of Wagner group sit atop of a tank in a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023. (Stringer/AFP)
June 24, 2023, 3:17 pm
‘Russia’s weakness is obvious’: World watches and reacts to Wagner mutiny
UK Defense Ministry analysis says incident ‘represents the most significant challenge to the Russian state in recent times’
By AFP
In this Monday, September 20, 2010 file photo, Yevgeny Prigozhin, left, shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, around his factory which produces school meals, outside St. Petersburg, Russia. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
June 24, 2023, 3:58 am
Yevgeny Prigozhin: Russian mercenary chief turned firebrand critic, target for arrest
While gaining acclaim in Russia for his Wagner Group’s capture of key Ukrainian towns, Prigozhin has also accused Moscow’s defense ministry of systemic mismanagement, lies
By AFP
Two women stand on August 16, 2016, in New York. High body mass index -- an indication that people could be overweight -- was linked to more than half of deaths and disability from diabetes. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
June 23, 2023, 1:19 pm
Diabetes cases to double to 1.3 billion by 2050, study finds
Researcher warns of ‘cascade of widening diabetes inequity’ as most cases projected to be in lower-income countries or among minorities in richer nations
By AFP
Nurses work in a COVID-19 ward of the Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital in Tehran, Iran, June 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
June 22, 2023, 9:26 pm
15 die of poisoning in Iran after drinking bootleg booze, state media says
Another 180 hospitalized after imbibing black market drinks, a recurring problem in a country where alcohol is outlawed
By AFP
Illustrative: A handgun and bullets. (Somboon Kaeoboonsong; iStock by Getty Images)
June 22, 2023, 8:51 pm
Pregnant Ohio woman shot and killed by her toddler
Laura Ilg shot while 33-weeks pregnant by 2-year-old son who was playing with gun not properly stored
By AFP
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian speaks during a press conference following a meeting with his Omani counterpart, in Muscat on June 21, 2023. (AFP)
June 22, 2023, 2:51 pm
Iranian FM visits UAE, invites president to meet his counterpart Raisi in Tehran
Rounding off three-day Gulf tour, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian meets with President bin Zayed Al Nahyan
By AFP
The headquarters of Axel Springer AG, the publisher of Germany's biggest newspaper BILD, are pictured in Berlin, Germany, March 11, 2009. (Franka Bruns/AP)
June 22, 2023, 9:44 am
German tabloid Bild to cut 200 jobs in digital shift to be profitable
Publisher Axel Springer warns that certain positions, such as page layout and proofreading, could be rendered obsolete in the future by artificial intelligence
By AFP and ToI Staff
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers the opening speech on the first day of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London on June 21, 2023. (Henry Nicholls/Pool/AFP)
June 21, 2023, 7:00 pm
Sunak says UK investigating report that universities working with Iran on drones
British PM pledges to ‘not accept collaborations which compromise our national security’ as he’s grilled in Parliament over allegations
By AFP
Moldova's parliamentary candidate Ilan Shor, leader of his self-named party, meets with supporters during a campaign event in the city of Comrat on February 15, 2019. (Daniel Mihailescu/AFP)
June 21, 2023, 6:05 pm
Moldova outlaws pro-Russia party led by oligarch living in Israel
Chisinau’s pro-European government has accused Ilan Shor, who fled the country in 2019 and is under US sanctions for alleged corruption, of trying to overthrow it
By AFP
File: US President Joe Biden (left) as he addresses the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate from the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House, in Washington, DC, on June 17, 2022; China's President Xi Jinping as he speaks after walking with members of the Chinese Communist Party's new Politburo Standing Committee, the nation's top decision-making body, to meet the media in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 23, 2022. (MANDEL NGAN and Noel CELIS/AFP)
June 21, 2023, 1:15 pm
Biden equates Xi Jinping with ‘dictators’ at Democrats’ donor event
US president says Chinese leader was angry over being unaware of alleged spy balloon the Americans shot down in February, just as a tyrant would be; Beijing says ‘extremely absurd’
By AFP
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk (C) is seen on a giant screen as he delivers a speech at the opening of the 53rd UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, on June 19, 2023. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
June 20, 2023, 7:45 pm
US leads 27 countries in condemning UN Human Rights Council probe into Israel
Ambassador Michele Taylor tells Geneva-based body that group of countries ‘deeply concerned’ about Commission of Inquiry’s ‘open-ended mandate with no sunset clause’
By AFP and ToI Staff
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