13-10-2024 TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA: While millions of people in Florida fled Hurricane Milton, Mike Smalls Jr ventured into the violent winds in Tampa, Florida, holding a blow-up mattress, an umbrella and a pack of ramen noodles. He went outside Wednesday evening as the storm pounded the US state and livestreamed on …

13-10-2024 GAZA STRIP/ JERUSALEM: Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defence agency says 30 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday, according to media. The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry estimates at least 42,175 people in Gaza have been killed since 7 October last year. …

Two persons were arrested’Mumbai police will soon arrest third accused, says CM Mumbai’12 oct “Baba Siddique Murder Live Updates: Former Maharashtra Minister and senior NCP leader Baba Siddique died in hospital after being shot by three men in Mumbai’s Bandra East on Saturday night. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde informed …

12-10-2024 LONDON/ BEIRUT: The UK government says it is “appalled” by reports that Israel has deliberately fired at UN peacekeeping bases belonging to Unifil in southern Lebanon. Unifil says its headquarters in the town of Naqoura has been affected by explosions for the second time in 48 hours. The Lebanese …

12-10-2024 ANNA MARIA ISLAND, FLORIDA: At least 16 people are confirmed dead after Hurricane Milton passed through Florida, though the total number of deaths could rise as rescue workers make their way through floodwaters and debris. More than two million homes and businesses are without power and thousands of people …

12-10-2024 STOCKHOLM/ TOKYO: Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors, has won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize. Known as hibakusha, the group is made up of survivors of the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It has been recognized by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for efforts to rid …

12-10-2024 PITTSBURGH: Former President Barack Obama made a passionate case against Donald Trump and in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday during a rally at a Pittsburgh college campus aimed in part at spurring young people to show up for the Nov. 5 election. Obama has been a …

12-10-2024 BEIRUT/ JERUSALEM: A senior Hezbollah official eluded an Israeli assassination attempt on Thursday in Beirut, three security sources said, as Israeli strikes there killed 22 people and the UN said its peacekeepers in southern Lebanon were in growing danger. Wafiq Safa, who heads Hezbollah’s liaison and coordination unit responsible …

12-10-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India approved on Wednesday plans to construct two of a new class of nuclear-powered attack submarines, two defence officials said, in a project estimated to cost about 450 billion rupees ($5.4 billion). As India scrambles to modernize its military in the face of …

12-10-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA SRTIP: A United Nations commission of inquiry has accused Israel of carrying out a “concerted policy to destroy Gaza’s healthcare system” during its ongoing war with Hamas. The commission said Israeli attacks on Gaza’s healthcare facilities and Israel’s treatment of Palestinian detainees amounted to war crimes, …