Author: Daily Sabah With Reuters
The International Atomic Energy Agency reported hearing loud blasts near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant on Sunday, coinciding with reports of a drone attack on the plant’s training center, the director general of the agency said. The agency has not yet been able to confirm any impact, said Rafael Mariano Grossi. “The IAEA is aware of reports of an alleged attack by a drone at the ZNPP training center today, just outside of the site’s perimeter,” Grossi said in a statement. “Reports state that there were no casualties and no impact on any NPP equipment.”
Thousands of Montenegrins gathered in the town of Cetinje on Sunday to commemorate the 12 victims of a mass shooting last week, with many accusing police of not having done enough to stop the gunman’s rampage. In a crime that shocked the small Balkan nation, 45-year-old Aco Martinovic went on a shooting spree that lasted for hours on Wednesday. When he was finally cornered by police, he turned his gun on himself, and later died of his injuries. People lit candles on Sunday in front of a church in Cetinje close to where the shooting began and stood in silence…
Elon Musk said Nigel Farage should quit as leader of Britain’s right-wing Reform UK party in an abrupt withdrawal of support by the U.S. billionaire for the Brexit campaigner who is trying to shake up the British political establishment again. “The Reform Party needs a new leader. Farage doesn’t have what it takes,” Musk said on his social media platform X on Sunday, a few hours after Farage described him as a friend who made Reform look “cool”. Musk – a close ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump – had seemingly backed Farage and posed for a photograph with him…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that people spreading lies and misinformation online were not interested in supporting those affected and were only interested in themselves. “Those that are spreading lies and misinformation as far and as wide as possible are not interested in victims, they are interested in themselves,” Starmer said. Starmer was responding to a question about Elon Musk’s recent attacks on his handling of child rape cases although he did not criticise Musk individually. Musk – a close ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump – last week backed calls for a national inquiry into the…
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that the Iranian nuclear programme was approaching the point of no return, adding that France would need to have a strategic discussion regarding Iran with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. Macron said that leaders would need to ask themselves if they should launch a sanctions restoration mechanism on Iran before October 2025. Iran ‘main strategic and security challenge’ in Middle East: Macron Macron said Iran was the main strategic and security challenge in the Middle East, citing the acceleration of its nuclear programme and support for Russia’s war against Ukraine. “Iran is the…
A 52-year-old woman has died in hospital from injuries sustained after a man drove his car into a German Christmas market last month, a spokesperson for the local public prosecutor’s office said on Monday, bringing the death toll from the attack to six. The attack on Dec. 20 in the central city of Magdeburg that also left scores injured shocked the country and stirred up tensions over the charged issue of immigration. Officials have described the suspect as a 50-year-old psychiatrist from Saudi Arabia with a history of anti-Islamic rhetoric and a sympathy for the far-right Alternative for Germany party.…
Australia reclaimed the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after a decade by defeating India 3-1 in a thrilling five-Test series that concluded Sunday. In keeping with a pulsating series where momentum swung back and forth by the session, the fifth Test remained on a knife edge until the final hour when Australia eased to a six-wicket triumph. Perhaps helped by Jasprit Bumrah’s inability to bowl because of a back injury, Travis Head and debutant Beau Webster guided Australia to their victory target of 162 runs with an unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 58. The win in front of a packed house at a Sydney…
Australia reclaimed the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after a decade by defeating India 3-1 in a thrilling five-test series that concluded Sunday. In keeping with a pulsating series where momentum swung back and forth by the session, the fifth test remained on a knife edge until the final hour when Australia eased to a six-wicket triumph. Perhaps helped by Jasprit Bumrah’s inability to bowl because of a back injury, Travis Head and debutant Beau Webster guided Australia to their victory target of 162 runs with an unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 58. The win in front of a packed house at a Sydney…
Australia reclaimed the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after a decade by defeating India 3-1 in a thrilling five-Test series that concluded Sunday. In keeping with a pulsating series where momentum swung back and forth by the session, the fifth Test remained on a knife edge until the final hour when Australia eased to a six-wicket triumph. Perhaps helped by Jasprit Bumrah’s inability to bowl because of a back injury, Travis Head and debutant Beau Webster guided Australia to their victory target of 162 runs with an unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 58. The win in front of a packed house at a Sydney…
Ukrainian forces have launched a major new attack in Russia’s western Kursk region, Russian military bloggers reported on Sunday. Ukrainian troops broke across the border in a surprise incursion on Aug. 6, and for the past five months have resisted Russian attempts to expel them. Reports from the Russian bloggers, who support Moscow’s war in Ukraine but have often reported critically on failings and setbacks, indicated that the latest Ukrainian assault had put Russian forces on the defensive. “Despite strong pressure from the enemy, our units are heroically holding the line,” the Operativnye Svodki (Operational Reports) channel said. It said…