BEIRUT — Lebanon’s often-fractious press corps was united in anger this week over comments by Tom Barrack, the U.S. special envoy to Syria, who warned journalists against “animalistic” behavior and told them to “act civilized.” Faced with a media scrum during a news conference held Tuesday in the Lebanese capital Beirut with a congressional delegation, Barrack strode…
MELBOURNE, Australia — A man charged with torching a Melbourne synagogue, in an antisemitic attack that Australia accuses Iran of directing, was remanded in custody when he appeared in court Wednesday. Younes Ali Younes, 20, last week became the second suspect to be charged for the December arson attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue. Police…
The parade of Trump terribles is a long one, starting in Washington and stretching clear across this beleaguered nation. A bumbling Defense secretary who lacks the competence to organize a two-car military procession. A screw-loose Health secretary who seems not to care if measles and other plagues descend on America. A director of national intelligence…
BERLIN — Germany’s leaders on Wednesday launched a drive to attract more people into voluntary military service as the country scrambles to strengthen its armed forces in the face of growing fears about future Russian aggression, a project that some in the governing coalition say doesn’t go far enough. Germany, a leading NATO and European…
Ukraine’s targeting of Russian oil refineries has resulted in long queues at petrol pumps (Image: GETTYAP) Russia is facing a fuel crisis as petrol stations run dry, motorists queue for hours, and rationing is imposed in several regions. Weeks of Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries have slashed production, driving prices to record highs and…
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentine police raided a villa in a quiet seaside resort on Tuesday as part of a hunt for a 17th-century Italian portrait believed to have been looted 80 years ago from a Jewish collector by a fugitive Nazi officer who settled in Argentina after World War II. The probe reopens a…