Showing 61 - 70 of 5,031
Trump condemned for saying critical filmmaker brought on own murder
AFP, Published on 16/12/2025
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Donald Trump faced a storm of condemnation on Monday after posting "perverse" and "sick" remarks suggesting Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered because of the celebrated filmmaker's criticism of the US president.
The last word on weird book titles
Roger Crutchley, Published on 14/12/2025
» Being somewhat old-fashioned I still love browsing in bookshops. It provides a brief escape to a completely different world, both relaxing and therapeutic. Alas it is a pleasure future generations are unlikely to experience as these days bookshops are something of an endangered species.
Iran detains Nobel-prize winner in 'brutal' arrest
AFP, Published on 13/12/2025
» PARIS (FRANCE) - Iranian security forces on Friday detained the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi along with at least eight other activists in an arrest condemned as "brutal" by the Norwegian Nobel committee.
Venezuela: Performative purging
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 09/12/2025
» 'If you're on a boat full of cocaine or fentanyl or whatever, headed to the United States, you're an immediate threat to the United States," said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio last week. So it's perfectly reasonable for the US armed forces to kill everybody on that boat (including a "double tap" on any survivors in the water).
In Jerusalem, Merz reaffirms Germany's support for Israel
AFP, Published on 07/12/2025
» JERUSALEM - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reaffirmed Berlin's support for Israel during a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem on Sunday before talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Opposition renews call to axe Thamanat
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 05/12/2025
» The opposition People’s Party has renewed its demand for the removal Deputy Prime Minister Thamanat Prompow, warning that his continued cabinet presence could compromise investigations into a major transnational crime and money-laundering network.
Top Korean court upholds jail terms for Pattaya barrel murders
Online Reporters, Published on 04/12/2025
» The South Korean Supreme Court on Thursday upheld sentences for three men convicted of murdering a tourist from their country and putting the body in a barrel before dumping it in a reservoir near Pattaya in Thailand
Singapore executions touch 22-year high on drug, murder offences
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/12/2025
» SINGAPORE — Singapore has executed 17 individuals this year on drug and murder charges, marking the highest annual tally since 2003 amid renewed debate over the city-state’s use of the death penalty.
Trump confirms call with Maduro, Caracas slams US maneuvers
AFP, Published on 01/12/2025
» CARACAS - US President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday he had recently spoken with Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro amid soaring tensions between the two countries, while Caracas slammed what it called US preparations for an attack.
'End of an era': MTV pulling plug on global music channels
AFP, Published on 30/11/2025
» LONDON - MTV kick-started a new era of music and pop culture in 1981, when it went on air for the first time, emblematically playing "Video Killed the Radio Star" as its debut music video.