WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump called Elon Musk and asked him to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of Starlink, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing US officials. The Starlink system was working more normally on Thursday, shortly after the Trump-Musk conversation, according to US and Ukrainian officials cited by the Journal. Some Ukrainian officials told the newspaper the system was not restored to full functionality but was working at higher speeds than under the ca
LONDON: Israeli forces used US-made electroshock weapons to torture Palestinian detainees, according to a report published by The Guardian on Thursday. An investigation, conducted by the newspaper and Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism, identified four former Palestinian detainees who said Israeli personnel tortured them with weapons resembling Tasers manufactured by the American company Axon Enterprise. The findings raised questions about the continuing supply of American-made energy w
British teenager Freddie Slater is poised to make his Formula One debut representing Audi during a practice session at the upcoming Mexican Grand Prix.
Melody Bryant, a resident of Washington state, has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy related to a Canadian school shooting. She allegedly assisted the shooter by providing financial support and promoting a livestream of the attack.
Hundreds of thousands of students and their supporters gathered in Belgrade for a final rally before Serbia’s parliamentary election. This demonstration represents a significant challenge to current leader Aleksandar Vucic.
DAMMAM: Matchday 11 of the Saudi Pro League kicked off on Thursday with two matches, while Al-Ahli and Al-Khaleej’s fixture was moved to Friday after King Fahd International Airport in Dammam was targeted in an attack on Wednesday evening, preventing the latter from catching their flight to Jeddah. Al-Hazem hosted Al-Fayha in Qassim, with Bonheur Mugisha opening the scoring for the hosts with a header in the fifth minute before Al-Fayha icon Fashion Sakala equalized at the half-hour mark. In the
LONDON: The European Parliament called on Thursday for the Houthi militia in Yemen to be included on the EU’s list of terrorist organizations. MEPs overwhelmingly backed a resolution that said the Iran-backed group’s military and political wings, leadership, and military and security apparatus, should be designated. The text called for all channels of financing for the Houthis to be dismantled and for the European Union to freeze funds and economic resources belonging to the group and its facili
The IUCN has warned that 96 percent of the world’s coral reefs could face collapse by 2075 due to escalating climate change impacts. Coral reefs, classified as “critically endangered,” are highly vulnerable to rising temperatures.
President Donald Trump criticized LeBron James for what he deemed disrespectful behavior during the national anthem at an NBA game. Trump called for James to apologize.
MANCHESTER, England: Manchester City will try to preserve the Premier League’s only perfect record at Aston Villa this weekend while dealing with mounting injuries and major off-field distractions following their guilty verdict on financial-rule charges. Enzo Maresca’s City have won all seven league matches to sit three points clear of champions Arsenal, but an independent commission’s finding that the club were guilty of 114 financial breaches has cast a shadow over their blistering start. C
JAMLA, Syria: A developmentally disabled man was killed by Israeli forces during a raid on a village in southern Syria’s Daraa province, state media and residents said Thursday. The man, Muath Salama Al-Baeer, was buried in the village of Jamla later Thursday as anger rose over Israeli incursions in the area. State news agency SANA reported that a “civilian with special needs” was killed during an Israeli incursion into Jamla. It did not give more details about how he was killed. The Israeli mil
RIYADH: Arab countries and the Muslim World League on Thursday condemned Houthi attacks the previous night on Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd International Airport in Dammam and the Shaybah oilfield in the Eastern Province that killed four people and injured 10. The UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan and Egypt denounced the strikes as violations of Saudi sovereignty and international law, and reaffirmed their support for the Kingdom’s efforts to protect its security and territorial integrity. Bahrain’s Minist
Hundreds of Ethiopians fled into Kenya following fighting in the border town of Moyale. Gunfire continued in parts of the town a day after the conflict began.
MELBOURNE: A man was charged on Thursday with threatening an Australian lawmaker’s staff with nunchucks days after another legislator was critically injured when a man repeatedly hit her with a car. Nunchucks are a controlled weapon used in martial arts consisting of two or more batons joined by a cord, rope or chain, according to Western Australia state law. Nunchucks can only be carried in public in the state for use in legitimate sports, training or martial arts instruction. The incidents
Unidentified individuals raided Libya’s central bank in Tripoli following the resignation of the bank’s governor. This incident occurs amid Libya’s ongoing political instability.
DAKAR: The World Health Organization was not told that Nigeria’s Ebola patient had traveled to Congo, the WHO’s representative in Nigeria said on Thursday, after Uganda said she had visited the country. Nigeria’s government has said the country’s first Ebola case in more than a decade involved a Ugandan woman who had recently arrived from a trip there. Uganda’s health ministry said the woman had traveled to Congo, where the outbreak was first declared in mid-May. Pavel Ursu, the WHO repre
DUBAI: Gulf economies are heading for a strong rebound in 2027 after the war tested their resilience, with years of reform and long-term investment helping maintain stability across the region, according to Jihad Azour, director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund. Speaking to Arab News in a one-on-one interview at the launch of the IMF’s Regional Economic Outlook in Dubai, Azour pointed to Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, saying its reform-driven pillars
SHANGHAI: World number one Elena Rybakina reached the quarterfinals of the Ningbo Open on Thursday on her return from injury when opponent Polina Kudermetova retired. The top seed and defending champion was cruising 5-0 in eastern China when the world number 105 from Uzbekistan called it quits because of injury. Moscow-born Kazakh Rybakina will face Poland’s unseeded Katarzyna Kawa in the last eight. Rybakina, 27, won the US Open for her third Grand Slam crown in September and usurped Aryna
CAIRO: Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least four people in the Gaza Strip in separate incidents on Thursday, health officials in the enclave said. In Gaza City, a strike on a car killed at least one person, medics said. They earlier said there had been two deaths. A crowd gathered around the burning wreckage, as orange-vested emergency crews sprayed it with water, photos from the scene showed. Other strikes killed a Palestinian man on a bike in the southern city of Khan Younis and
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