Japanese artist Ryoichi Kurokawa wins Richard Mille Art Prize
DUBAI: Japanese artist Ryoichi Kurokawa has been awarded the Richard Mille Art Prize by the Louvre Abu Dhabi and luxury brand Richard Mille.
Kurokawa was chosen from the shortlisted...
Bangladesh arrests journalist for ‘anti-state activities’
DHAKA: Bangladesh police on Monday said they had arrested a veteran journalist for alleged “anti-state activities,” accused of promoting the banned party of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
The...
Gunmen kill at least 11 people at a Jewish event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach
Prime Minister Albanese calls Bondi scenes ‘shocking and distressing’
Shooting occurred during Hanukkah celebration, Israeli president says
SYDNEY: At least 11 people were...
Anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies intensify across Europe
A British lawmaker complained of seeing too many non-white faces on TV
Despite mainstream parties condemning racist rhetoric, they are adopting tougher immigration policies
Jerusalem’s ‘cursed’ antiquity museum reopens its doors amid rumors it may become a hotel
The Rockefeller Archaeological Museum stores some 60,000 artifacts spanning millennia, including unique decorations from the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s takes effect
SYDNEY - Australia's world-first social media ban for children under 16 took effect on Wednesday, barring young people from creating or holding accounts on platforms such as Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat.
India nightclub fire kills 23 in Goa
Local media, citing police officials, say the fire was suspected to have been started by a “cylinder blast” but added that further investigation was required
Goa, a...
New Trump strategy vows shift from global role to regional
Pointing to US efforts to increase energy supply at home and not in the oil-rich Gulf, the strategy said: “America’s historic reason for focusing on the Middle East will recede”
President Trump’s contempt shocks the country’s largest Somali community
MINNEAPOLIS — Even for a president who has long made clear he’s no fan of Somalia, the latest round of White House contempt was a shock Wednesday in the country’s largest Somali...
Sister of former Pakistani leader Imran Khan says he is in good health, quelling...
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan is in good health but is largely being kept under solitary conditions, one of his sisters said Tuesday after authorities allowed her the first...