A Jerusalem cafe picketed for weeks by observant Jews said Thursday it had agreed to shut on the Sabbath, bowing to demands despite counter-protests by secular Israelis. The coffeehouse opened in June near a neighbourhood of ultra-Orthodox Jews, who strictly shun working, exchanging money and using electricity on Saturdays. Cafe Basimta had drawn increasingly heated […]
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European spy chiefs worry that Russia’s war against Ukraine is increasingly spilling over onto their soil, but Kyiv’s Western allies are struggling to come up with countermeasures to halt Moscow’s “hybrid” attacks. Denmark’s intelligence agency warned on Thursday that Russia is “actively” preparing sabotage operations against its defence industry. And France’s top domestic spy made […]
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A rare trio of hurricanes were churning through the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, which scientists attributed to waters warmed by a historically strong El Nino phenomenon. Tropical Storm Marie strengthened into a hurricane late Wednesday off the coast of Baja California, lining up behind Hurricanes Karina and Lowell — both rated as major Category 4 […]
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Initial findings by experts probing a deadly collision between two Turkish vessels in the Marmara Sea, which sank a cargo ship leaving 10 crew missing, pointed on Thursday to negligence on the part of the second ship, an oil tanker. The ALSU collided early on Wednesday with the Tugberk Imamoglu, a cargo vessel carrying rolled […]
Read MoreMaltese Prime Minister Robert Abela on Thursday called for “caution” amid growing public anger over the acquittal of a wealthy businessman accused of masterminding the car-bomb killing of top investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Abela spoke a day after the verdict, which was followed by a rally outside parliament organised by the main opposition Nationalist […]
Read MoreThe United Nations warned Thursday of the immense challenge of reaching Nepal flood survivors, with destroyed roads forcing aid workers to consider using cargo drones and porters to reach isolated Himalayan communities. More than 1,200 people have been killed and some 5,600 are missing on both sides of the China-Nepal border since the catastrophic glacial […]
Read MoreSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday insisted there was no “solid proof” Morocco orchestrated July’s migrant rush into Ceuta, after a police report alleged failings by Moroccan security forces. But the Socialist leader slammed “unacceptable” Moroccan government comments about Ceuta since the crisis began, in rare public criticism of neighbouring Rabat which claims the […]
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Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar arrived in Kyiv on Thursday to discuss shipping in the Black Sea and food security, Ukraine’s authorities said. Kyiv hailed the visit, Jaishankar’s first standalone trip to Ukraine, as “historic” and called for a peaceful resolution to the war in Ukraine. It follows a meeting earlier this week between Indian […]
Read MoreAmerican actor John Malkovich said Thursday he had no plans to retire, speaking ahead of the premiere of his latest film, dark comedy “Wild Horse Nine” set in 1970s Chile. Malkovich, 72, plays a cynical CIA officer troubled by his conscience ahead of the American-backed coup to overthrow the South American country’s left-wing president Salvador […]
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