Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday dismissed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and ruled he “grossly” violated ethics by appointing a minister who was once jailed, raising the spectre of political upheaval and a shakeup in the governing alliance. Real estate tycoon Srettha is the fourth premier in 16 years to be removed in verdicts by the...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reportedly postponed a trip to the Middle East over heightened security concerns in the region and a possible retaliatory strike from Iran against Israel. Blinken’s trip, originally scheduled for Tuesday, was delayed over “uncertainty about the situation,” Axios reported, citing two unnamed sources. Secretary of State Antony Blinken...
Yemen’s Houthi rebels stormed the headquarters of the United Nations’ Human Rights Office in the capital, Sanaa, seizing documents, furniture and vehicles, a senior U.N. official said Tuesday. The seizure was the latest move in a crackdown by the Houthis on people working with the U.N., aid agencies and foreign embassies. The crackdown comes as...
As Israel continues to brace itself under the threat of an imminent attack from Iran or its proxy forces, including Hamas and Hezbollah, security experts are sounding the alarm that Tehran has its sights set on Jordan as its next great “terror front.” “Jordan is the last holdout,” Behnam Ben Taleblu, Iran expert and senior...
A senior Iranian security official is warning that Iran will attack Israel if its talks with Hamas for a ceasefire in Gaza fall apart, a report says. The official, speaking to Reuters, said Iran and its allies, including Hezbollah, would also launch a direct attack on the Jewish State if it believes Prime Minister Benjamin...
A teenager wearing a helmet and a neo-Nazi-styled bullet-proof vest randomly stabbed five people near a mosque in Turkey on Monday while live-streaming the attack on social media, according to officials and local media. The 18-year-old, identified as Arda K., broadcast the knife rampage on social media through a camera attached to his vest, HaberTurk...
A helicopter pilot was killed and others were injured early Monday after the pilot crashed a helicopter onto the roof of an Australian hotel during an unauthorized flight, authorities said. The New Zealand Herald identified the pilot as 23-year-old Blake Wilson of New Zealand. The aviation company Nautilus Aviation confirmed to news outlets that Wilson...
Russian President Vladimir Putin is continuing to blame the West for his nation’s difficulties subduing opposition forces in Ukraine. The Russian president told regional governors and national defense officials on Monday that the Ukrainian military’s current campaign in the territory of the Kursk region will not affect negotiations. “The West is fighting us with the...
Russian President Vladimir Putin is scrambling to counter Ukrainian offensives amid a weeklong invasion in Russia’s Kursk region in what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy argued Monday night was a border security operation. “Our operations are purely a security matter for Ukraine – the liberation of the border area from the Russian military,” Zelenskyy said in...
Amid the slew of recent artwork which has captivated his audience day-over-day consecutively for a week, Banksy – the elusive illustrator – has sparked wonder among fans who are shape-shifting the elucidation behind his murals in the comment section of his social media posts. Though the unknown artist has previously been caught costumed on camera,...
