Global News Bulletin

Russia has released an American journalist, Evan Gershkovich, and a former US Marine, Paul Whelan, as part of a prisoner exchange deal involving multiple countries, under which 26 prisoners were freed on Thursday. The prisoner deal, the largest swap in post-Soviet history between Russia and the United States, took place in the Turkish capital Ankara,…

By Reuters – Police in Germany arrested four stateless Syrian Palestinians and one Syrian national suspected of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes in Syria some 10 years ago, prosecutors said. The men, identified in line with German privacy laws only as Jihad A., Mahmoud A., Sameer S. and Wael S. are suspected to have been affiliated with the…

Dubai: Dubai announced on Sunday that work had begun on a new terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport, which the Gulf emirate’s ruler said will become “the world’s largest” at a cost of almost $35 billion. “We approved the designs for the new passenger terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport, and (are) commencing construction of the…

LONDON (AP) — A judge in London on Thursday threw out a lawsuit by former U.S. President Donald Trump accusing a former British spy of making “shocking and scandalous claims” that were false and harmed his reputation. Judge Karen Steyn said the case Trump filed against Orbis Business Intelligence should be dismissed. “There are no compelling reasons to…

The Maldives’ government has formally requested the Indian government to provide “comprehensive details” of an incident in which its coast guard personnel allegedly boarded three Maldivian fishing vessels operating within its economic zone. The development is the latest in the diplomatic row between the two nations that led to the strain in bilateral ties after…