14-09-2024 DAKAR: Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday dissolved the opposition-led national assembly, clearing the way for early legislative elections on Nov. 17. In an evening address, Faye, who came to power in April, said working with the assembly had grown difficult after members refused to start discussions on …

14-09-2024 GAZA STRIP: Israel’s military continued to pound Gaza, killing 40 more Palestinians as international condemnation mounted over an Israeli attack that killed at least 18 people at a United Nations-run school, including six aid workers. UN chief Antonio Guterres reiterated his demand for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza following …

14-09-2024 DAMASCUS/ JERUSALEM: Details are emerging of an apparent raid by Israeli Special Forces on a “Hezbollah missile production facility” in Syria. Israel’s government has said nothing about the operation which, according to US media reports, took place at the beginning of the week. Syrian state media say 18 people …

14-09-2024 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has ruled out another presidential debate against his rival Kamala Harris before November’s election. He said on Thursday two days after the pair’s first showdown in Philadelphia – that Harris only wanted a rematch because he “clearly” won. Several instant polls taken after Tuesday’s contest indicated …

13-09-2024 FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank (ECB) t provided almost no clues to its next step, even as investors bet on steady policy easing in the months ahead. The ECB lowered its deposit rate by 25 basis points to 3.50% in a widely telegraphed move, following up on a similar …

13-09-2024 GENEVA/ NEW DELHI: Indian Foreign Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that there has been “some progress” with China on the boundary issue. The minister said that approximately 75 percent of the “disengagement” problems has been resolved. Jaishankar, who is in Geneva, Switzerland for bilateral meetings, said this at an …

13-09-2024 NAIROBI: Hundreds of passengers have been stranded at Kenya’s main airport after workers went on strike in protest at a planned takeover by an Indian business group. Large queues formed outside Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Wednesday morning as flights were delayed and cancelled. Union leaders on …

13-09-2024 TOKYO: Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has named the nine candidates who will run in a leadership race scheduled for September 27 to replace Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, whose three-year term was tarnished by scandals. The record number of contenders named on Thursday include former Environment Minister Shinjiro …

13-09-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA STRIP: About a quarter of the people wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza – at least 22,000 Palestinians have injuries that are “life-changing”, according to the World Health Organization. Israel’s military has bombed the United Nations-operated al-Jaouni school in central Gaza for a fifth time since …

13-09-2024 PYONGYANG: North Korea has fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, according to South Korea and Japan. The launches took place at about 7:10am on Thursday (22:10 GMT, Wednesday), days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised to put his nuclear force fully ready for battle …