29-06-2024 GAZA CITY: At least five Palestinians, including a girl, were killed in overnight Israeli attacks on two houses in Deir el-Balah. Gaza’s Civil Defence says three of its medics were killed by Israeli aircraft and 12 others wounded while they carried out rescue efforts in central Bureij refugee camp. …

29-06-2024 By SJA Jafri KARACHI: Karachi, the port city that once gleamed with state-of-the-art infrastructure and modern education, has been ranked as the least liveable city in global survey once again. The Economist Intelligence Unit, a sister organization to The Economist, has ranked 173 cities across the globe on a …

29-06-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: Demand for beer in India is at a multi-year high and air conditioner sales are skyrocketing as the intense, unprecedented heat scorching parts of the country becomes a boon for some consumer businesses. Temperatures in the Indian capital Delhi and the western …

29-06-2024 TEHRAN: A snap election called after a deadly helicopter crash. A candidate promising a different approach both at home and abroad and suddenly there’s an element of suspense and unpredictability in Iran, as voters go to the polls to choose a new president. Elections in the Islamic Republic are …

29-06-2024 TOKYO/ OKLAHOMA: Oklahoma’s top education official has ordered schools in the state to begin incorporating the Bible into lessons, in the latest US cultural flashpoint over religion in the classroom. A directive sent by Republican state Superintendent Ryan Walters said the rule was compulsory, requiring “immediate and strict compliance”. …

29-06-2024 BEIJING/ SUZHOU: A Chinese woman who tried to shield a Japanese mother and her child from a knife attack has died. Hu Youping was working as a school bus attendant in Suzhou city when a man attacked a Japanese woman and her child at a bus stop outside a …

29-06-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: At least one person has died after the roof of a terminal building in the Indian capital’s main airport partially collapsed due to heavy rains, with several domestic flights cancelled. The collapse occurred in New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport early on Friday, …

29-06-2024 PYONGYANG: North Korea is carrying out a widespread crackdown on everything from wedding dresses to slang as it seeks to counter the South’s influence, a new report has revealed. The report released by South Korea’s Unification Ministry is based on the testimony of hundreds of defectors. It includes the …

28-06-2024 ATLANTA: President Joe Biden’s allies scrambled on Friday to contain the fallout from his faltering performance at the first 2024 US presidential debate after he struggled to stem a barrage of attacks and false claims from his Republican rival Donald Trump. The Biden campaign had hoped that a strong …

28-06-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The Indian government has sought a detailed report from Tamil Nadu state following media reports that Apple supplier Foxconn was allegedly rejecting married women for iPhone assembly jobs. A media outlet alleged that Foxconn had excluded married women from jobs at its main …