11+ hour, 53+ min ago   (600+ words) “Woman Unknown,” a drama about Denmark in the aftermath of the Nazi occupation directed by May el-Toukhy, won the prestigious Golden Lion at the 83rd Venice Film Festival on Saturday. El-Toukhy was the only woman to have solely directed a film…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (413+ words) TWENTY-FIVE years after al-Qaeda hijackers attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the legacy of Sept. 11, 2001 remains embedded in American foreign policy, national security and everyday life. For the estimated 100 million Americans born since the attacks, 9/11 is increasingly a…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (571+ words) A Hong Kong court is set to sentence Friday three activists who for years organized vigils in remembrance of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, in a case that is widely seen as a barometer of the city's freedoms as Beijing clamps…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (501+ words) Spain's parliament backed a law on Thursday granting citizenship to tens of thousands of Western Saharans who were born when Spain ran the disputed territory, which is now largely controlled by Morocco. The text grants Spanish nationality to Sahrawis born…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (136+ words) newswav.com Significant activity seen at Iran nuclear site after Trump threat The world’s most free-thinking newspaper - The UN nuclear watchdog has confirmed activity at Iran's Pickaxe Mountain site following satellite imagery showing significant construction and excavation. - Analysis by the…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (571+ words) During a long speech at a Republican convention in Dallas, Texas, Donald Trump sought to revitalise his conservative base, defending the unpopular war in Iran while trying to keep control of Congress in the November midterm elections by promising cash…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (299+ words) GAZA CITY (Palestinian Territories): An Israeli strike in Gaza on Thursday killed a family of four including two children, Palestinian hospital and security sources said, while the Israeli army said it targeted a “military operative”. “The bodies of four members…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (814+ words) Tourists heading to new destinations once considered pickpockets their primary concern. However, travel scams have grown far more sophisticated, with fraudsters harnessing new artificial intelligence tools to build deceptive websites and exploit stolen data, according to Florent Silve, an executive…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (629+ words) TORONTO, Canada — The trade war between the United States and Canada has escalated rapidly, rupturing what was once one of the world’s closest economic partnerships. But the conflict is a mismatch, with the $31-trillion US economy roughly 13 times larger than…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (406+ words) HONG KONG, Sept 10 — A Hong Kong court found Dow Jones guilty on Thursday of trying to deter a reporter from taking a union role, but acquitted the publisher on a charge that it fired her because of it. Selina Cheng,…...