TEHRAN: Iran said Wednesday it had detained five suspected agents of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency on charges of tarnishing the country’s image online, Iranian news agencies reported. “These mercenaries sought to sow fear among the public and tarnish the image of the sacred system of the Islamic Republic of Iran through their calculated activities online,“…
SHANGHAI: China’s central bank boss on Wednesday warned that the global monetary system could be “weaponised” and politicised by dominant countries, as the country navigates an uneasy trade truce with the United States. The superpowers said this month they had made progress on points of contention including Beijing’s exports of rare earths and visas for…
TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed on Wednesday that his country would show no mercy towards Israel’s rulers, hours after US President Donald Trump demanded Tehran’s “unconditional surrender”. “We must give a strong response to the terrorist Zionist regime. We will show the Zionists no mercy,“ Khamenei posted on X. Israel last week…
PARIS: Netflix announced Wednesday a livestreaming and on-demand content agreement with French television group TF1, its first such deal with a major traditional broadcaster anywhere in the world. The service will launch in summer 2026, Netflix’s co-chief-executive Greg Peters told AFP, while declining to name any of the financial or other details of the tie-up…
GAZA CITY: Gaza’s civil defence agency said 30 people were killed by Israeli fire in the Palestinian territory on Wednesday, including 11 who were seeking aid. The war sparked by Hamas’s October 2023 attack on Israel has ravaged the Gaza Strip, with severe shortages of food, fuel and clean water. Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal…
DENPASAR: Three Australians were arrested in Indonesia over the murder of a male compatriot on the resort island of Bali and face the death penalty, police said Wednesday, after a days-long manhunt. Authorities had been searching for several suspects over the shooting of Zivan Radmanovic, a 32-year-old Australian national, on Saturday. He was killed when…
AHMEDABAD: At least 18 people have died since Monday as torrential rains lashed parts of India’s western Gujarat, state officials said. Disaster response teams have been deployed to help residents in the south of the state, who are bracing for more heavy monsoon rainfall. “Eighteen people have lost their lives in rain-related incidents, while dozens…
In a world where enterprises now manage their unified communications (UC) platforms, such as Microsoft Teams, on a global basis, why are these same enterprises all too often still procuring and managing telecommunications services on a country-specific or regional basis? Surely there would be material efficiencies and cost savings to consistent global management of all…
KUNSHAN: Bustling Taipei-style shopping streets, majestic temples to the island’s deities and thriving factories dot the eastern Chinese city of Kunshan, for years a hub for Taiwanese businesses. But now those firms are feeling the strain from cross-Strait tensions that have stoked safety fears among companies. Taiwanese entrepreneurs — known as “Taishang” in Mandarin —…
SEOUL: North Korea will send military builders and sappers to help restore Russia’s Kursk region after Ukraine’s incursion, Moscow’s security chief said, in a fresh sign of deepening ties between the two countries. Sergei Shoigu, head of Russia’s Security Council, was in Pyongyang for the second time this month for talks with leader Kim Jong…
