11-08-2024 TEHRAN: Iran is set to carry out an order by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to “harshly punish” Israel over the assassination of a Hamas leader in Tehran, a Revolutionary Guards deputy commander was quoted as saying on Friday by local news agencies. “The supreme leader’s orders regarding the …

11-08-2024 AYOUROUS, NIGER: It was just a few minutes before 7 o’clock on a Friday evening in early June when Kani* and 10 others fleeing violence in northeastern Mali arrived at a checkpoint in Labbezanga, close to the border with Niger. Six armed men, three of them wearing military fatigues, …

11-08-2024 DHAKA: The Chief Justice of Bangladesh’s top court has said he agreed “in principle” to resign after an ultimatum from protesters, days after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled to neighboring India. Obaidul Hassan, who was appointed to helm the Supreme Court last year and is seen as a loyalist …

10-08-2024 GAZA CITY: An Israeli air strike on a school building sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City has martyred more than 100 people, the director of a hospital has told media. Fadl Naeem, head of al-Ahli Hospital where many of the casualties were taken, said those were the victims who …

10-08-2024 TEHRAN/ UNITED NATIONS: Iran is set to carry out an order by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to “harshly punish” Israel over the assassination of a Hamas leader in Tehran, a Revolutionary Guards deputy commander was quoted as saying on Friday by local news agencies. “The supreme leader’s orders …

10-08-2024 DHAKA/ NEW DELHI: Indian companies are slowly resuming normal operations in neighboring Bangladesh following disruption linked to deadly anti-government protests that forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to India. Here are some details of what Indian companies have said about their activities in Bangladesh, where many …

10-08-2024 BERLIN/ VIENNA: An 18-year-old Iraqi national was detained in Vienna in connection with investigations into an alleged plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in the Austrian capital, Austria’s interior minister said on Friday. The Iraqi comes from the same circle as the main suspect, a 19-year-old Austrian with …

10-08-2024 TEHRAN: Dozens of Russian military personnel are being trained in Iran to use the Fath-360 close-range ballistic missile system, two European intelligence sources told Reuters, adding that they expected the imminent delivery of hundreds of the satellite-guided weapons to Russia for its war in Ukraine. Russian defence ministry representatives …

10-08-2024 NEW DELHI: Long-time Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina had not resigned as prime minister before fleeing this week to India as anti-government protesters marched on her official residence, her son and adviser told Reuters early on Saturday. Hasina has been sheltering in New Delhi since Monday following an uprising that …

10-08-2024 WASHINGTON: The Biden administration has decided to lift a ban on US sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, the State Department said on Friday, reversing a three-year-old policy to pressure the kingdom to wind down the Yemen war. The State Department was lifting its suspension on certain transfers …