Deutsche Bank AG has been forced to pay seven million euros in a settlement following an investigation by German prosecutors into whether it laundered money for relatives of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. The leading investment bank agreed to pay 7.0…
Two armed drones downed near Turkish base in Iraq: mayor
Two bomb-laden drones targeting a Turkish military base in northern Iraq were shot down Friday, a local mayor said, amid heightened tensions days after nine Iraqi civilians died in shelling blamed on Turkey. The Turkish army has maintained dozens of ou…
Pakistan celebrates its first woman to summit K2
Pakistan on Friday celebrated Samina Baig becoming the first woman from the country to summit K2, the world’s second highest mountain. The 31-year-old reached the top of the 8,611-metre (28,251-foot) peak early Friday as part of a seven-member local te…
Saudi arrested for helping Israeli journalist enter Mecca
A Saudi citizen has been arrested for facilitating the entry of an Israeli journalist into the holy city of Mecca. Gil Tamari, the world news editor at Israeli Channel 13, took a video of himself crossing into the holy city of Mecca and pointing to the…
Trump used ‘lawlessness and corruption’ to try to overturn 2020 election: probe chair
President Donald Trump “blazed a path of lawlessness and corruption” as he sought to overturn the results of the 2020 US election, the chairman of the House committee investigating last year’s attack on the Capitol said on Thursday. Bennie Thompson, sp…
17 people killed by gunmen in northwest Nigeria
Gunmen have killed 17 people including five policemen in separate attacks in northwest Nigeria’s Katsina state in the latest wave of violence in the region, police and a local official said Thursday. Northwest and central Nigeria are a hub of criminal …
Israeli airstrike in Syria kills 3 soldiers, wounds 7 others
Israel launched airstrikes targeting Syrian military positions around Damascus overnight, killing three soldiers, wounding seven others, and causing material damage, state media reported on Thursday. Syrian state media quoted a military official as say…
YouTube to remove videos spreading abortion falsehoods
YouTube will begin removing misleading videos about abortion in response to falsehoods being spread about the procedure that is being banned or restricted across a broad swath of the US. The move announced on Thursday by the Google-owned video site com…
One Sudan pro-democracy protester shot dead: medics
A Sudanese pro-democracy protester was shot dead Thursday during rallies against a military coup, taking the toll of those killed in crackdowns since the army takeover to 115, medics said. The pro-democracy Central Committee of Sudan Doctors said the p…
Security forces raid Sri Lanka’s main protest camp
Hundreds of Sri Lankan soldiers and police raided the main anti-government protest camp in the capital early Friday and began tearing down tents of unarmed activists, an AFP reporter said. They swooped in on the protesters blocking the Presidential Sec…