Hezbollah’s second-in-command following the death of leader Hassan Nasrallah signaled Monday that the terrorist group is set to reveal its new leader soon, saying it will choose his successor “at the earliest opportunity.” Naim Qassem made the remark during the first televised speech from a Hezbollah official after Nasrallah was killed by an Israeli airstrike … Read more
Shipping containers stacked at a storage yard outside of the APM Terminals yard at the Port of Mobile in Mobile, Alabama, US, on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. Micah Green | Bloomberg | Getty Images With a potential strike at ports up and down the East Coast and along the Gulf Coast set to begin after … Read more
Rupert Murdoch looks on as he walks on the day of the hearing on the contentious matter of succession of Rupert Murdoch’s global television and publishing empire, in Reno, Nevada, U.S. September 23, 2024. Fred Greaves | Reuters British real estate portal Rightmove rejected a sweetened $8.29 billion takeover bid from Rupert Murdoch’s Australian property … Read more
Rupert Murdoch at his annual party at Spencer House, St James’ Place in London. Picture date: Thursday June 22, 2023. Victoria Jones | Pa Images | Getty Images LONDON — Rupert Murdoch’s Australian property firm REA Group said Monday it would no longer seek to buy the U.K.’s Rightmove after the property portal rejected a fourth … Read more
China’s President Xi Jinping speaks during an awards ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 29, 2024, ahead of China’s National Day. Adek Berry | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday that no challenges can stop the country from moving forward and reiterated Beijing’s … Read more
Shoppers at the Alexanderplatz in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images The harmonized German consumer price index eased to 1.8% in September, coming in lower than expected, preliminary data from the country’s statistics office Destatis showed on Monday. The September harmonized CPI figure had been forecast to come … Read more
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves before voting in the country’s presidential election, in Tehran, Iran July 5, 2024. Office Of The Iranian Supreme Le | Via Reuters Iran’s powerful proxy network across the Middle East is being dealt blow after blow from Israel, which has dramatically escalated fighting with Lebanese militia group Hezbollah … Read more
Fires raged across the Yemeni city of Hudaydah following a series of strikes by the Israeli Air Force on Sunday. Video shared on social media showed a huge explosion at the city’s port, while footage recorded by Houthi-controlled Al Masirah TV captured fires blazing at the Al-Hali power station. The Israeli Air Force targeted power … Read more
At least 15 people have died in Mexico as a result of Hurricane John, the country’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has confirmed. The storm first made landfall a week ago as a category three hurricane on Mexico’s Pacific coast, south-east of the resort of Acapulco. It then weakened and dissipated over the mountains of … Read more
Israel has been carrying out air strikes across Lebanon for days, but Sunday’s strike on Kola was the first to hit the heart of the capital Beirut. Four people were killed and a further four were injured in the attack, Lebanon’s health ministry said. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) – a … Read more