[ad_1] WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange waves after landing at RAAF air base Fairbairn in Canberra, Australia, on June 26 2024. | Photo Credit: AP WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet on Wednesday, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice … Read more
[ad_1] Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is on trial on spying charges in Russia. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich went on trial in Russia on June 26 on spying charges, which he denies. Here is a short guide to his case. Who is Evan Gershkovich? Mr. Gershkovich is a 32-year-old … Read more
[ad_1] File picture of outgoing Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who will take charge of NATO | Photo Credit: AP NATO appointed Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general on Wednesday, putting the outgoing Dutch prime minister in charge of the world’s biggest security organisation at a critical time for European security as war rages in … Read more
[ad_1] A South Korean national flag flutters in the wind at the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. A suspected hypersonic missile launched by North Korea exploded in flight on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, a development that comes as North Korea is protesting the regional deployment of a U.S. aircraft … Read more
[ad_1] Israel’s Supreme Court on June 25 ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for military service, a decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition as Israel continues to wage war in Gaza. The court ruled that in the absence of a law that distinguishes … Read more
[ad_1] External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar and Chinese Ambassador Xu Feihong during a meeting, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI Chinese Ambassador Xu Feihong called on External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Tuesday. The meeting comes days after a U.S. Congressional delegation met Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Dharamshala and called for … Read more
[ad_1] WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has arrived at a federal courthouse in Saipan ahead of an expected guilty plea in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will set him free to return home to Australia. The plane carrying the eccentric computer expert and internet publisher touched down more than two hours before the … Read more
[ad_1] A New York judge partially lifted a gag order on Donald Trump following his conviction on criminal charges stemming from an effort to influence the 2016 election by buying a porn star’s silence. File | Photo Credit: AFP A New York judge partially lifted a gag order on Donald Trump on Tuesday following the … Read more
[ad_1] Australian leaders cautiously welcomed an expected plea agreement that could set free Julian Assange, who was pursued for years over WikiLeaks’ publication of a trove of classified documents. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday there was nothing to be gained by keeping the Australian incarcerated. A plane chartered by Mr. Assange landed on … Read more
[ad_1] U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy. | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. Surgeon General on June 25 declared gun violence a public health crisis, driven by the fast-growing number of injuries and deaths involving firearms in the country. The advisory issued by Dr. Vivek Murthy, the nation’s top doctor, came as the U.S. grappled … Read more