In a dramatic escalation of South Korea’s ongoing political crisis, anti-corruption investigators have sought a renewed arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose controversial attempt to impose martial law last month plunged the nation into turmoil. The Corruption Investigation Office (CIO) confirmed late Monday that it had refiled a request with the Seoul…
South Korea’s anti-graft investigators have requested police assistance to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, following a week-long standoff over his refusal to surrender for questioning regarding his alleged failed martial law bid. The embattled former prosecutor has defied multiple attempts by the Corruption Investigation Office (CIO) to take him into custody, remaining holed up…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is awake and in good condition following a successful prostate removal surgery, according to a statement from his office late Sunday evening. The procedure was performed at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, and the premier has been moved to a fortified underground recovery ward. “The surgery ended successfully without complications,” the…
German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on Friday dissolved parliament and confirmed the expected February date for an early general election after the collapse of Olaf Scholz’s government last month. Internal fights brought down Scholz’s coalition over how to revive Europe’s largest economy, but a deadly car-ramming attack at a Christmas market last week has renewed the…
Israeli air strikes struck Sanaa’s international airport and other targets in Yemen on Thursday, killing six people. The World Health Organization, WHO, chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who said he was at the airport during the strike, added that one of their plane’s crew members was injured. However, the Israeli military did not immediately respond to…
The United States, US military has said that it killed two fighters from the terrorist group Islamic State in Syria and wounded another. “The terrorists were moving a truckload of weapons which were destroyed during the strike. The US Central Command, CENTCOM, confirmed this in a press release on Monday. “This strike occurred in an…
The Kremlin on Monday debunked reports which suggested that Asma al-Assad, the British-born wife of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, wanted a divorce. The reports also said she wants to leave Russia. Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesperson, also refuted reports which suggested that Assad had been confined to Moscow and had his property assets frozen. Peskov…
The International Tennis Integrity Agency announced Monday that a two-time Grand Slam doubles champion, Max Purcell has been voluntarily suspended for breaking anti-doping rules. The Australian, who is ranked 12th in the world for doubles, admitted to a breach of the regulations relating to the use of a “prohibited method” and had “requested to enter…
New York Judge, Juan Merchan has ruled that President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction is valid. The judge rejected Trump’s argument that it should be dismissed in the wake of a landmark immunity ruling from the US Supreme Court. The ruling comes after Trump and his team requested Merchan overturn his guilty verdict in New…
A tragic carbon monoxide leak has claimed the lives of 12 people at a ski resort in Gudauri, northern Georgia, police announced on Monday. The victims, including 11 foreigners and one Georgian national, were discovered in a sleeping area located above a restaurant at the popular ski station. Authorities have stated that preliminary investigations revealed…