28-07-2024 ABUJA: Nigerian courts convicted 125 Boko Haram Islamist militants and financiers of a series of terrorism-related offences in a mass trial this week, the attorney-general’s office said. A Boko Haram insurgency has killed thousands of people and displaced millions since it began in 2009, creating a humanitarian crisis in …

28-07-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India will make a decision on sugar industry calls for a hike in the minimum selling price (MSP) in the coming days, a senior government official said on Saturday, adding that ethanol policies would be set before the start of the next …

28-07-2024 PARIS: Three out of 10 French high-speed trains will be cancelled on Saturday on routes hit by a series of “coordinated” arson attacks. French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said security forces continued to search for the “saboteurs” responsible after rail networks were paralyzed ahead of the opening of the …

28-07-2024 TOKYO: It was early in the day, but already hot. As she wiped sweat from her brow, Chieko Kiriake searched for some shade. As she did so, there was a blinding light – it was like nothing the 15-year-old had ever experienced. It was 08:15 on 6 August 1945. …

28-07-2024 GAZA CITY: Israel’s military has struck a school near Deir al-Balah, a city in central Gaza, killing at least 30 Palestinians and injuring more than 100, according to the Hamas-run ministry of health. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Telegram that a Hamas command and control centre was …

28-07-2024 PARIS: The 2024 Olympics opened in Paris in spectacular style with thousands of athletes sailing along the River Seine past lively performers on bridges, banks and rooftops in an ambitious take on an opening ceremony. Swapping a stadium for a waterway for the first time to open the “greatest …

27-07-2024 JERUSALEM/ WASHINGTON: Israel is seeking changes to a plan for a Gaza truce and the release of hostages by Hamas, complicating a final deal to halt nine months of combat that have devastated the enclave, according to a Western official, a Palestinian and two Egyptian sources. Israel says that …

27-07-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that Pakistan is trying to stay relevant through “terrorism” and “proxy war” but its “unholy plans” will never succeed. The nuclear-armed South Asian neighbors share an uneasy relationship and India has, for decades, accused Pakistan …

27-07-2024 US Vice-President Kamala Harris who’s expected to be the Democratic nominee for November’s presidential election has held what she called “frank and constructive” talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Striking a tougher tone than President Joe Biden, Harris said she made clear her “serious concerns” about casualties in …

27-07-2024 PARIS/ LONDON/ NEW YORK: A series of fires has hit French high-speed rail lines, hours before the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. Rail company SNCF says it’s a “massive attack aimed at paralyzing the network”; France’s transport minister condemns the “coordinated malicious acts.” Some 800,000 customers will be affected with …