11-06-2024 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council has voted to support a US-proposed Israel-Gaza ceasefire plan. The proposal sets out conditions for a “full and complete ceasefire”, the release of hostages held by Hamas, the return of dead hostages’ remains and the exchange of Palestinian prisoners. Fourteen of the …

11-06-2024 DAMASCUS/ JERUSALEM: Israel has intensified covert strikes in Syria against weapons sites, supply routes and Iranian-linked commanders, seven regional officials and diplomats said, ahead of a threatened full-scale assault on Tehran’s key ally Hezbollah in Lebanon. A June 2 air raid that killed 18 people, including an adviser with …

11-06-2024 OSLO: More armed conflicts took place in 2023 than in any other year since the end of World War II, a new study has found. The Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO) said 59 armed conflicts took place worldwide last year, led by the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. …

11-06-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ JAMMU: Nine people have died and 33 injured after suspected militants fired on a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims in the Indian federal territory of Jammu and Kashmir, police officials said. Officials had initially said after the incident that the death toll was 10, …

11-06-2024 CAIRO: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has visited Egypt as he attempts to build regional support for a draft Gaza peace deal recently unveiled by President Joe Biden. The top American diplomat is on his eighth visit to the Middle East since the start of the war in …

11-06-2024 BRASILIA: Firefighters are battling wildfires in Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland. The Pantanal is home to jaguars, giant anteaters and giant river otters. Close to 32,000 hectares have already been destroyed by the fires in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, local media report. Climate experts …

11-06-2024 JERUSALEM: The dramatic rescue of four Israeli hostages in Gaza amid efforts to try to get Israel and Hamas to agree to a ceasefire has raised questions over the impact it could have on reaching a deal, as mediated talks show no sign of a breakthrough. As images of …

11-06-2024 PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron has called snap parliamentary elections later this month in the wake of a big victory for his rival Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in the European Parliament vote. The far-right party is on course to win 32% of the vote, exit polls say, more than …

10-06-2024 NEW YORK: India beat Pakistan by six runs in the T20 World Cup 2024 Group A match at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. Pakistan bowled out India for 119 in 19 overs as Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf took three wickets each. Rishabh Pant top-scored …

10-06-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi was sworn in as India’s prime minister on Sunday for a third term, after a shock election setback that will test his ability to ensure policy certainty in a coalition government in the world’s most populous nation. President Droupadi Murmu administered …