The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, targeting the country’s top spokesman and potentially hurting chances of diplomatic talks amid rising tensions between the two countries. Zarif, a critical figure in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, dismissed the action and said it would ... Read More »
Chinese military garrison chief in Hong Kong says army is determined to protect China’s sovereignty, stoking fears of intervention The head of the Chinese army in Hong Kong has spoken on the protests for the first time, saying the unrest has “seriously threatened the life and safety” of the people ... Read More »
Google has updated its Chrome web browser to prevent websites see when visitors are using Incognito Mode, making it easier for people to bypass paywalls on websites. The latest update is designed to improve users’ privacy by preventing websites from monitoring when people are using the private browsing feature. ... Read More »
Half of ice sheet’s surface thought to be melting as African plume that baked Britain now blasts the Arctic “In early July I was on an expedition to northeast Greenland in Kronprins Christian Land at 80 degrees north, and we measured a temperature of 17C in the shade. In ... Read More »
A health official said that a second case of Ebola was detected on Tuesday in the city of Goma. Officials are worried that the virus could establish a foothold in the densely populated area close to the Rwandan border. The first Ebola case in Goma was detected in mid-July, prompting the World ... Read More »
We’re still coming to grips with how hot the recent heat wave that scorched through Europe actually was. On Monday, officials in Britain confirmed the country experienced its hottest day on record last Thursday. July 25 also broke national records in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. In Paris, the temperature ... Read More »
At least 57 inmates died during a bloody clash between prison gangs in the Brazilian Amazon on Monday morning. Para’s state government said in a statement that the riot began around 7 a.m. local time (1000 GMT) at a prison in the northern city of Altamira, and involved rival gangs. ... Read More »
A statement of the Pakistani military announced on Tuesday that a military aircraft had crashed early in the morning in a built-up area in the garrison city of Rawalpindi killing all five crew members and 12 civilians and setting off a blaze that left a pile of smoking rubble. The ... Read More »
National ‘green legacy’ initiative aims to reduce environmental degradation About 350m trees have been planted in a single day in Ethiopia, according to a government minister. The planting is part of a national “green legacy” initiative to grow 4bn trees in the country this summer by encouraging every citizen ... Read More »
HMS Duncan will accompany tankers along strategic waterway as tensions with Iran soar A second warship has arrived in the Strait of Hormuz to protect British ships in the strategic waterway, as the foreign secretary urged Iran to “come out of the dark” and release a British-flagged tanker it detained ... Read More »
Lebanese Ministry of Information
