16-06-2024 KHARTOUM: Mohanad el-Balal is one of many Sudanese civilians doing everything they can to ward off a devastating famine and there is one man whose photograph he will never forget. Sadiq, a middle-aged father, grips the arms of his wheelchair tightly to keep himself upright, his painfully thin legs …

16-06-2024 NAIROBI: A Kenyan magistrate who was shot by a senior police officer earlier this week has died, according to the country’s chief justice. Justice Martha K Koome wrote on X, that Makadara Principal Magistrate Monica Kivuti had “lost the fight” against her “extensive injuries”. Ms Kivuti was shot by …

16-06-2024 PRETORIA: South Africa’s parliament has re-elected Cyril Ramaphosa as the country’s president following a landmark coalition deal between the governing African National Congress (ANC) and opposition parties. The new government of national unity combines Ramaphosa’s ANC, the centre-right Democratic Alliance (DA) and smaller parties. In his victory speech, Ramaphosa …

During the meeting, the Endowments Minister said the Bonalu festivities at the popular Ujjaini Mahankali temple, Secunderabad would be conducted on July 21. Hyderabad: Endowments Minister Konda Surekha said the annual Bonalu festivities would be conducted from July 7 to 29 this year. An appeal has been made to Chief …

15-06-2024 MAKKAH: More than 1.5 million Muslim pilgrims have gathered in Saudi Arabia’s Mecca for the start of Hajj, taking place this year against the harrowing backdrop of Israel’s continued onslaught on the Gaza Strip. The annual pilgrimage began on Friday with crowds of robed worshippers circling the Kaaba, the …

15-06-2024 UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council has demanded that Sudanese paramilitary forces call off their eight-week siege of el-Fasher, a city in the Darfur region where fighting has sparked fears of a possible genocide. Sudan’s army has been fighting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for more than a …

15-06-2024 DYBAI/ SANA’A: Two cruise missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have struck a bulk cargo carrier in the Gulf of Aden, severely injuring one of the crew. The M/V Verbena, a Palauan-flagged, Ukrainian-owned, and Polish-operated ship, “reported damage and subsequent fires on board. The crew continues to fight the …

15-06-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: An Indian Air Force flight has brought back the bodies of 45 workers who were killed in a fire in Kuwait. The fire broke out on Wednesday at a residential building in Mangaf city where 176 Indian workers lived. Kuwaiti authorities said 50 …

15-06-2024 BEIJING: A prominent female #MeToo activist in China has been handed a five-year jail sentence for “subversion against the state”. Sophia Huang Xueqin was convicted and sentenced on Friday, nearly 10 months after she went on trial. Labor activist Wang Jianbing, who stood trial with Huang, was sentenced to …

15-06-2024 PUGLIA: The G7 has agreed to use frozen Russian assets to raise $50bn (£39bn) for Ukraine to help it fight invading Russian forces. US President Joe Biden said it was another reminder to Russia “that we’re not backing down” but in Moscow President Vladimir Putin said the move was …