05-09-2024 GAZA CITY: Gaza’s Health Ministry says 42 Palestinians were killed and 107 wounded in the latest 24-hour reporting period. Palestinian children are being vaccinated in Deir el-Balah amid loud explosions in Bureij and Maghazi refugee camps, which were excluded from a humanitarian pause in fighting and the vaccination campaign. …

05-09-2024 NEW YORK: Telegram has apologized to South Korean authorities for its handling of deepfake pornographic material shared via its messaging app, amid a digital sex crime epidemic in the country. It comes days after South Korean police said they had launched an investigation into Telegram, accusing it of “abetting” …

05-09-2024 WASHINGTON: The US has charged Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and several other prominent figures in the Palestinian group in connection with its deadly attack in Israel on 7 October last year. The justice department said it was indicting six Hamas members with seven charges, including the murder of dozens …

05-09-2024 LONDON/ NEW YORK: UK shares dropped on Wednesday morning following falls in Asian and US markets as concerns grow about the world’s largest economy. Data showed US manufacturing activity remains subdued, with investors now focused now on US jobs figures due on Friday. American chip giant Nvidia was hit …

05-09-2024 JAKARTA/ MANILA/ BEIJINH: A former Philippine mayor who was on the run for weeks after being accused of spying for China has been arrested in Indonesia. Philippine authorities have been pursuing Alice Guo across four countries since she disappeared in July following an investigation into her alleged criminal activities. …

04-09-2024 DEIR EL-BALAH, GAZA CITY: Maha Abu Shamas, 27, has been getting her four children, all under the age of 10, ready to get their polio vaccines since the early hours of the morning. Maha, a mother of five, has been living in a classroom in Deir el-Balah’s central Gaza …

04-09-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ KOLKATA: India’s federal police said it had arrested the former principal of R.G. Kar Medical College in Kolkata for alleged graft, after an investigation in the case of the brutal rape and murder of a young female doctor on the premises. Sandip Ghosh, …

04-09-2024 BEIJING: Dissident Chinese artist Gao Zhen has been detained on suspicion of “insulting revolutionary heroes and martyrs,” his brother and artistic partner Gao Qiang has said. The Gao Brothers are known for their provocative sculptures, which critique the founder of the People’s Republic of China, Mao Zedong, and his …

04-09-2024 VICTORIA: Hong Kong’s flagship airline Cathay Pacific has cancelled dozens of flights after a plane heading from the city to Zurich was forced to turn around due to an “engine component failure”. The company says it has now inspected all 48 of its Airbus A350s and found 15 aircraft …

04-09-2024 LONDON: The UK has suspended some arms sales to Israel, saying there is a “clear risk” the equipment could be used to commit serious violations of international law. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the UK would be suspending 30 out of 350 arms export licences to Israel, affecting equipment …