International
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Man City Boss Maresca Hit with Doku Injury Blow
Doku will miss City’s Premier League opener against Bournemouth with a calf injury and is unlikely to return for up to three weeks.
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As Election Nears, Israelis Fear Polarisation Could Spark Violence
A recent poll by Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) found that the scenario seen as most threatening over the next five years was “violent conflict between societal groups” — narrowly ahead of “Iran…
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Iberia Extends Suspension of Flights to Cuba Until June 2027
Nearly three-quarters of Cuba’s hotels have been shuttered and the island’s tourism sector has been brought to “almost total paralysis” by US sanctions and fuel shortages, Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero said last month.
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Senior FIFA Official Withdraws Support from Embattled Infantino
Frenchman Lamour’s position as chief operating officer had become untenable after he broke ranks with senior FIFA directors last month and issued a scathing statement criticising Infantino over his now-scrapped plan to allow private investment…
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Vietnam Exonerates Ex-MP for Fatal Crash After Online Outrage
Vietnamese authorities have countered days of online outrage over a senior official avoiding charges for a fatal car crash — with a showpiece broadcast showing the dead young woman’s father backing the decision.
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Trump Threatens to Bomb Oman if it Gets in Way of Iran Deal: Report
Trump told Yingst that there is a direct back-channel between his administration and officials of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. “They’re good poker players, but they’re dying,” he was quoted as saying.
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Over 80 Miners Arrested Outside Turkey’s Energy Ministry
About 100 miners from one of the two mines staged a nine-day hunger strike in the Turkish capital in April to demand that their employer pay their salaries.
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Venezuela quake death toll rises to 6,301
The number of dead from Venezuela’s twin quakes in June rose to 6,301 on Monday, as rescue teams and family members continued to sift through the rubble in search of more victims.
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Trump dismisses reports of munitions shortages, says US has ‘massive amounts’
President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States has a vast supply of munitions and threatened those who suggested otherwise with jail terms as his frustration with the Iran war boiled over.
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Israel objects to US-backed Gaza plan, defiant on pullout
Netanyahu’s office demanded “verifiable” disarmament by Hamas, which on Friday announced it would give up weapons under the Trump plan to a nascent Palestinian governing committee.
