Middle East

TAIPEI — Heavy rains and high winds lashed Taiwan on Thursday as the largest storm to hit the island in nearly three decades made landfall along its southeast coast, killing at least one person and injuring dozens. Typhoon Kong-rey packed winds approaching 200 kilometers per hour (125 mph), equivalent to …

PHOENIX — Donald Trump said former Rep. Liz Cheney is a “war hawk” who should be fired upon, as he raged against one of his most prominent intra-party critics while campaigning Thursday night in Arizona. “She’s a radical war hawk. Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine …

The Israeli occupation has killed 43,204 Palestinian civilians and injured 101,641 others since the start of its genocide in the Gaza Strip in October 2023, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.A ministry statement added the Israeli occupation committed over the past 24 hours six massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, …

MANILA — Jennylyn M Barrios’ job as a make-up artist takes her all over Manila – precious time away from Uno, her 10-month-old son. There simply isn’t enough time in the day to make the homemade meals her growing baby needs. But in rapidly developing Philippines, there are increasingly options …

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has said that around 8,000 soldiers from North Korea are now in Russia near Ukraine’s border and are preparing to help the Kremlin fight against Ukrainian troops in the coming days. The new figure is a dramatic increase from a day earlier, when Defence Secretary …

BERLIN — Germany ordered the closure of all three Iranian consulates in the country on Thursday following Tehran’s execution of Iranian-German dual citizen Jamshid Sharmahd, who had spent four years in an Iranian prison on terror charges. Sharmahd, 69, a German citizen of Iranian descent and a US resident, was …

WASHINGTON — US rapper Young Thug was released from jail Thursday evening after pleading guilty to gang, drug and gun charges, in a dramatic twist that ended the longest criminal trial in Georgia history. The 33-year-old Grammy winner, born Jeffery Lamar Williams, has spent more than 900 days behind bars …

ZAPORIZHZHIA — As she sweeps up broken glass outside her shop, Inna knows her country’s future is in the hands of Americans voting more than 5,000 miles away. “We hope that the woman, Kamala Harris, will win and support us,” she says. A Russian bomb had shattered her shop windows …

PAIPORTA, Valencia — At least 158 people have died in Spain’s worst flooding disaster in generations as rescuers battle odds to find survivors. On Thursday more than 1,200 workers, aided by drones, were deployed to the rescue mission as rains continued to threaten parts of the country. “Right now the …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Mohammed Al-Quwaiz, chairman of the Board of the Saudi Capital Market Authority (CMA), said that the authority has 50 new files for offering in the Saudi stock market (Tadawul). The authority has concluded as many as 100 agreements with financial consultants for the purpose of …