When she first started learning to ride a motorbike, Iranian Maryam Ghelich, now an instructor, would drive through Tehran's empty streets at night to avoid scrutiny over her clothing or lack of a licence. Fifteen years on, Ghelich has trained hundreds of women, helping them
By Scott Murdoch and Christine Chen SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Stories of horror and heroism emerged as Australians mourned the 15 people killed by two gunmen at Sydney's Bondi Beach during a Hanukkahevent. Police said two shooters, a father-son duo, opened fire on the crowd
SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - A Sydney fruit shop owner who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during the mass shooting at Bondi Beach is recovering in hospital after undergoing surgery for bullet wounds to his arm and hand, his family said. Forty-three-year-old
BEIJING, Dec 15 (Reuters) - China and Saudi Arabia agreed to have closer communication and coordination on regional and international issues, with Beijing lauding Riyadh's role in Middle East diplomacy, statements following a meeting between the nations' foreign ministers on
By Renju Jose and Lucy Craymer SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Australian police said on Monday that the alleged offenders behind an attack at a Jewish celebration in Sydney's Bondi beach that killed 15 people, were a father and son duo. One of the gunmen was also killed,
SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Australian police said on Monday that the alleged offenders behind the attack at Sydney's Bondi beach were a father and son duo, and that they were not looking for a third offender. Police said during a media briefing that investigations
The 43-year-old was shot twice, is a father of two and owner of a fruit shop in a suburb of Sydney.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned the shooting as “an act of evil antisemitism, terrorism" and the local police commissioner has said that a counter terror investigation will be carried out.
Australian authorities have labelled the shooting a terrorist attack, and the local police commissioner has vowed that a full investigation will be carried out, led by Australia's counterterrorism command.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned the shooting as “an act of evil antisemitism, terrorism" and the local police commissioner has said that a counter terror investigation will be carried out.
There has been no contact with Iranian Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi since her arrest at the end of last week, her supporters said Sunday, urging the Islamic republic to release the campaigner and dozens of others arrested alongside her. Mohammadi, who won the 2023
JERUSALEM, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Sunday's deadly shooting at a Jewish holiday celebration in Sydney and said he had warned his Australian counterpart that the country's support for Palestinian statehood would fuel
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JERUSALEM, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Israel's Supreme Court ruled on Sunday against a government push to oust the attorney general, who has sparred with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's nationalist-religious coalition over the legality of its policies, court documents showed. In
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By Byron Kaye and Pete Mckenzie SYDNEY, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Days after Hamas attacked Israel in 2023, killing some 1,200 people and sparking the war in Gaza, an inverted red triangle was spray-painted on the front of a Jewish bakery in Sydney, the first of a string of
By Christine Chen SYDNEY, Dec 14 (Reuters) - A bystander captured on video tackling and disarming an armed man during an attack in which 12 people were shot dead at a Jewish holiday event at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday has been hailed as a hero whose actions potentially
SYDNEY, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Twelve people were killed and around a dozen wounded when gunmen opened fire during a Jewish holiday event at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday, Australian officials said. Following are comments from world leaders in the wake of the deadly shooting:
By Kirsty Needham, Stella Qiu and Alasdair Pal SYDNEY, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Ten people were killed and around a dozen wounded after two gunmen opened fire during a Jewish holiday event at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday, Australian officials said. One suspected gunman was dead
By Friederike Heine and Matthias Williams BERLIN, Dec 14 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Sunday for a "dignified" peace and guarantees that Russia would not attack Ukraine again as he prepared to meet U.S. envoys and European allies in Berlin to end
By Menna AlaaElDin and Muhammad Al Gebaly CAIRO, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Hamas' chief negotiator Khalil Al-Hayya said on Sunday that a targeted assassination by Israel on Saturday of one of the group's senior commanders threatens the "viability of the truce" in the enclave. In a
DUBAI, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, will visit Russia and Belarus in the next two to three days, foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said on Sunday. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in