Russia and Ukraine involved in Black Sea naval standoff
- 25-Nov-2018
MOSCOW: Russia and Ukraine accused each other of breaking international law on Sunday after Russian border guards tried and failed to stop two Ukrainian armored artillery vessels circumnavigating Crimea en route to a Ukrainian port. The incident in the Black Sea reflects rising tensions between Moscow and Kiev around the Sea of Azov which both […]
Gunman arrested after deadly Los Angeles store hostage standoff
- 22-Jul-2018
LOS ANGELES: Police in Los Angeles arrested a man who took hostages and barricaded himself inside a Trader Joe’s grocery store on Saturday, ending a three-hour standoff during which he fatally shot a woman, authorities said. The man, who was chased by police after he was suspected of repeatedly shooting his grandmother and another woman […]
First day of government shutdown ends in standoff
- 21-Jan-2018
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers were locked in a standoff with Democrats on Saturday over the U.S. government shutdown, with Republicans saying they would not negotiate on immigration until the government is reopened. Funding for federal agencies ran out at midnight with no agreement in Congress, meaning the second year of Trump’s presidency […]
China says Indian drone invaded its airspace, crashed
- 07-Dec-2017
BEIJING: An Indian drone has “invaded” China’s airspace and crashed, China’s defence ministry said Thursday, months after the neighbours ended one of their worst border standoffs in decades. “The Indian move violated China’s territorial sovereignty. We strongly express our dissatisfaction and opposition,” deputy director of the army’s western theatre combat bureau, Zhang Shuili, said in […]
Brazil fines Facebook $11.6 mn over WhatsApp data standoff
- 28-Jul-2016
RIO DE JANEIRO: A judge in Brazil on Wednesday slapped an $11.6 million fine on the local Facebook branch over the company's refusal to surrender data from its WhatsApp messenger program to a police investigation.
Tense standoff outside US mosque over blasphemous cartoon protest
- 30-May-2015
PHOENIX, ARIZONA: Anti-Islam protesters — some of them heavily armed — faced off against religious rights demonstrators outside a US mosque Friday, in a tense but peaceful standoff.